“The media panels”: At the blog “Stubborn Facts,” Simon Dodd has this incredibly detailed post about Monday morning’s panels at this week’s Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference. Update: Ann Althouse discusses Simon’s post at this link.

“Baseball Crank” provides a post titled “Blog to the Chief.”

And at law.com’s “Legal Blog Watch” site, Robert J. Ambrogi has a post titled “Bashman: A Life Story.”

“Michigan judges move closer to the bench; Three appointments to the federal court in Grand Rapids may get Senate confirmation”: This article appears today in The Detroit News.

The Detroit Free Press reports today that “Judge’s nomination heads to U.S. Senate.”

And Booth Newspapers report that “Michigan judge questioned.”

“Bush’s latest pick for Appeals Court grilled by senators”: The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi today contains an article that begins, “Leslie Southwick’s nomination to a federal court seat ran into potential trouble Thursday from congressional Democrats disturbed by his record on civil rights and gay rights. Southwick, a retired Mississippi Court of Appeals judge, is President Bush’s choice for a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”