“Border case puts U.S. attorney on defensive; Johnny Sutton prosecuted a pair of agents who shot a fleeing Mexican smuggler; Conservatives are up in arms”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

“Execution rules still inhumane”: This editorial appears today in The St. Petersburg Times.

“Marriage Vs. Civil Unions: State Supreme Court Hears Testimony Today On Whether Same-Sex Couples May Wed.” Lynne Tuohy has this article today in The Hartford Courant.

The Supreme Court of Connecticut provides this summary of the case.

“New York Plan for DNA Data in Most Crimes”: The New York Times contains this article today.

“Padilla trial to begin, minus the ‘dirty bomb’ talk”: This article appears today in USA Today.

And Reuters reports that “U.S. jury to get preview in Padilla terrorism case.”

“Cutting the Grass: Congressional Democrats prepare another assault on the First Amendment.” John Fund has this essay online today at OpinionJournal.

“Alito touts Constitution’s lessons at Hampden-Sydney”: The Associated Press provides this report.

And The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports today that “Associate justice cites document’s universal truths about mankind; Constitution offers life lessons, Alito says.”

“Feingold Versus the Law”: The New York Sun today contains an editorial that begins, “So Senator Feingold of Wisconsin, a foe of the federal death penalty, is stalling the elevation of the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Roslynn Mauskopf, to the federal bench.”

Available online from The New Republic: Benjamin Wittes has an essay entitled “No Comparison: Alberto Gonzales digs himself a deeper hole.”

And Christine Stansell has an essay entitled “Partial Law: A lost history of abortion.”