“Reaction to the Oral Argument in Brendlin v. California”: Orin Kerr attended today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in the case, and he offers these thoughts at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

The Court has posted online at this link the transcript of today’s oral argument in Brendlin v. California, No. 06-8120.

Access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in United States v. Atlantic Research Corp., No. 06-562: The transcript is at this link.

Access the transcript of today’s online chat with the authors of “Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas” by Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher. Available here from washingtonpost.com.

“Loss for Whistle Blowers”: Inside Higher Ed today provides this report on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued on Friday.

En banc Eighth Circuit rules that plea agreement signed by federal prosecutors and criminal defendant cannot be enforced unless accepted by the federal district court: Today’s ruling failed to produce a majority opinion, although the vote in favor of the federal government’s position on appeal was 8-4.

“Abortion Groups Exploit Court Decision, Democrats See Boost”: Bloomberg News provides this report.

“Supreme Court to Hear Environmental Case”: The AP provides a report that begins, “The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider an environmental case Monday that could make it easier for many industrial companies to recover some of the millions of dollars they’ve spent cleaning up hazardous waste sites.”

“Court to hear money launder case”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

And in early news coverage, The Associated Press provides reports headlined “Court to Review Money Laundering Case“; “Court Avoids Student Recruiting Case“; and “Summary of Supreme Court Actions Monday.”

You can access today’s U.S. Supreme Court Order List at this link.

“Abortion rights gain ground in Latin America; Mexico City is voting Tuesday on a bill that would legalize abortion”: The Christian Science Monitor contains this article today.

“An Abortive Decision: The Supreme Court’s recent decision moves American jurisprudence in the wrong direction.” This editorial appears today in The Harvard Crimson.

Today in The Chicago Tribune, Dennis Byrne has an op-ed entitled “Court ruling abets life, logic.”

And in The Washington Post, columnist Robert D. Novak has an op-ed entitled “The Democrats’ Partial Pro-Lifers.”

“Gonzales remains in the spotlight; Key GOP senator says the attorney general’s testimony hurt the White House and the Justice Department”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today, along with an editorial entitled “The next attorney general? If Gonzales does step down, Bush would do well to follow the example of Ronald Reagan with a crony-free nomination.”

And The Washington Times reports today that “GOP hits Gonzales’ ‘harmful’ testimony.”

“New York’s Most Obnoxious Lawyer”: This article appears in the current issue of The Village Voice.

“Few Specifics Evident As Padilla Trial Nears; Prosecutor Calls Charge ‘Hard to Particularize'”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “The trial of Jose Padilla, the ‘dirty bomber’ whose alleged plotting was used to justify extraordinary presidential power, will get underway next month, and the prosecution’s case is rich in atmospherics.”

“D.C. Circuit Hears Oral Argument Today in Murphy Rehearing”: “TaxProf Blog” provides this post today.

“DNA to clear 200th person; Pace picks up on exonerations”: This front page article appears today in USA Today, along with an article headlined “DNA likely to exonerate man who served 25 years; Parolee seeks to have rape conviction vacated.”

“‘Supreme Discomfort’ leaves Clarence Thomas as an open case”: Today in The Los Angeles Times, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David J. Garrow has this review of the book “Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas” by Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher.

“John Walker Lindh’s Buyer’s Remorse”: You can access at this link (TimesSelect temporary pass-through link) the installment of Adam Liptak’s “Sidebar” column that will appear in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Specter Says Gonzales Presence Is ‘Harmful'”: This article will appear Monday in The New York Times.

“Clarence Thomas: Slights and resentment shaped philosophy of conservative justice.” Today in The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jonathan Entin has this review of the book “Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas” by Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher.

“Gone Nuts: When the News Is Already Bizarre, What’s a Humorist To Do?” Associate Justice William W. Bedsworth of California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal will have this essay in Monday’s issue of Legal Times.

“Law Prof bloggers at 7th Cir. Conference”: Rick Garnett has this post today at the “Mirror of Justice” blog.

“The Supreme Court has shed its liberal leanings”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers provides this report.

“Philip Morris: no U.S. agent.” Michael P. Shea will have this essay in tomorrow’s issue of The National Law Journal about a case to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. If this case doesn’t result in a 9-0 reversal, I will be surprised.

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday“: The broadcast contained audio segments entitled “Discussions on Abortion Ruling Center on Mother’s Health” and “Prospects Grim for Attorney General Gonzales.”

“Whistle-blower’s attorneys want high court to revisit case; Justices denied $1 million share of fraud damages”: Yesterday’s issue of The Rocky Mountain News contained an article that begins, “Attorneys for Rocky Flats whistle-blower Jim Stone are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to admit that it was wrong. They are asking the high court to make a rare reconsideration of its March 27 decision. The court denied Stone a $1 million share in fraud damages paid to the U.S. government by a former operator of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant.”

And The Denver Post reports that “Court asked to revisit Flats ruling.”

“The Embattled Attorney General: Gonzales still has the president’s support, for now.” The April 30, 2007 issue of U.S. News & World Report will contain this article.

“Reading the Abortion Ruling: Is the high court’s ‘partial-birth’ decision a major shift or a narrow exception?” This article will appear in the April 30, 2007 issue of U.S. News & World Report.

Today in The New York Times, columnist David Brooks has an op-ed entitled “Postures in Public, Facts in the Womb” (TimesSelect temporary pass-through link).

And in The Boston Globe, Kenneth C. Edelin has an op-ed entitled “Risking women’s health.”

“Some People Love Guns. Why Should the Rest of Us Be Targets?” Jonathan Safran Foer has this Second Amendment-related op-ed today in The Washington Post.

“Court may open door to recruiting; If Supreme Court sides with Tennessee school, it may get crazy with 8th-grade standouts too”: Barry Temkin has this essay today in The Chicago Tribune.

“The Other Big Story This Week: It was buried in the avalanche of coverage of the horrible shootings at Virginia Tech; But the Supreme Court’s partial-birth ruling will likely have a much bigger impact on Campaign.” Eleanor Clift has this essay online at Newsweek’s web site. And the April 30, 2007 issue of that magazine will contain a related Periscope item headlined “Battles on Three Fronts.”

Meanwhile, at Time magazine’s web site, Karen Tumulty has an essay entitled “The Abortion Ruling: An Isolated Win?”

“Justice Thomas’s Life A Tangle of Poverty, Privilege and Race”: This front page article — adapted from the book “Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas” by Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher — appears today in The Washington Post.

“Justice Kennedy at center of abortion debate; His majority opinion in a Supreme Court case encourages new laws to urge women not to end pregnancies”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Abortion again a big issue in campaign; High court ruling puts it back in the political spotlight”: This article will appear Sunday in The San Francisco Chronicle.

“GOP support for Gonzales continues to deteriorate; The party’s No. 3 leader in the House and a Bush ally in the Senate signal it’s time for change; The White House holds fast”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

The Washington Post today contains articles headlined “Bush Rebuffs GOP Pressure For Gonzales to Step Down; After Testimony, Attorney General Loses Lawmakers’ Support” and “Rough Week, Alberto? You Could Say That.”

And in The Los Angeles Times, Gary Wolf has an op-ed entitled “Gonzales and the ‘hive mind’: The attorney general’s testimony reveals an administration governed by collective wisdom.”

“Exiled Cuban militant gets a muted welcome home; The Cuban exile, a former CIA operative accused of terrorism, puts the Bush administration in a bind”: This article appears today in The St. Petersburg Times.

The Miami Herald reports today that “Posada is with family but unable to comment; Luis Posada Carriles spent his first full day of freedom welcoming visitors to his home, but the family said they were prohibited from commenting.”

The Boston Globe contains an editorial entitled “Cubans can be terrorists, too.”

And in The New York Times, Bernardo Alvarez Herrera has an op-ed entitled “A Terrorist Goes Free.”