“Officials Say Justice Dept. Based Hires on Politics Before Goodling Tenure”: The Washington Post contains this article today.

“SJC won’t intervene in church closing; First Amendment cited in Wellesley parish case”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

“Libby Prosecutor Asks for No Leniency in Sentence”: Neil A. Lewis has this article today in The New York Times.

And The Washington Post reports today that “Special Prosecutor Seeks 30 to 37 Months in Prison for Libby.”

“Alito urges grads to reject intolerance; U.S. top court justice is Seton law keynoter”: This article appears today in The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger.

And The Associated Press reports that “Alito Speaks to Seton Hall Grads.”

“Fewer candidates apply for positions as U.S. attorneys”: McClatchy Newspapers provide this report.

And The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Immigration judges lack apt backgrounds; A growing number of the jurists have little or no experience in that area of law; Some have strong Republican resumes.”