“Bid to rescue the Claiborne issue”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Class-Action Firms Extend Reach to Global Rights Cases”: Adam Liptak will have this article Sunday in The New York Times.

“How Libby’s Trial Hurt the Press”: Norman Pearlstine has this essay online at Time magazine’s web site.

“Detainee Abuse Was Well Planned”: This article appears online at Time magazine’s web site.

And today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday” contained an audio segment entitled “U.S. Panel Shapes New Interrogation Guidelines” (RealPlayer required).

“Judge: Mack’s confession can’t be used.” The Reno Gazette-Journal today contains an article that begins, “Washoe County District Attorney Richard Gammick failed in his duties as a prosecutor by not telling Darren Mack during conversations they had while he was on the run in Mexico that he was represented by lawyers, a judge ruled Friday. Therefore Mack’s confession to Gammick that he killed his estranged wife, Charla, in self defense, and shot Washoe District Judge Chuck Weller can not be used during his murder and attempted murder trial, Judge Douglas Herndon ruled.”

“Former Supreme Court Justice Speaks at TU: Constitutional liberties at risk, O’Connor says.” This article appears today in The Tulsa World.

“Corzine to reshape court beyond chief justice choice”: The Associated Press provides this report from New Jersey.

“After EBay ruling, patent injunctions no longer automatic”: MarketWatch provides this report.

“The Supremes’ Technical Failure”: Ellis Cose will have this essay in the June 11, 2007 issue of Newsweek.

“Executions unlikely the rest of the year; A judge will not hear legal challenges to the state’s lethal injection procedure until October”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “Execution moratorium extended until fall at least; Judge wants to see death chamber and study procedures.”

And in The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz reports that “S.J. judge plans tour of death chamber; State execution method faces legal challenge.”

“Gitmo: A fetid and cancerous symbol; The offshore prison breeds terror; it must be closed now.” Law Professor Joseph Margulies has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Lawyer under probe may quit; William Lerach says he could retire, adding to talk he may be indicted”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Fraternity urges freedom in teen sex case; Black professionals want Genarlow Wilson released”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution today contains an article that begins, “A group of African-American business owners, educators, lawyers and other influential men joined the public crusade Friday to free a Douglas County man sentenced to 10 years in prison for engaging in consensual oral sex as a teenager with a girl two years younger than him.”

“Commission accuses judge of breaching conduct code”: The Orlando Sentinel today contains an article that begins, “An Orlando circuit judge made unwanted sexual advances toward a law-school student and abused people who faced him in court, according to formal charges filed by a state investigative agency Friday.”

You can access the judicial misconduct charges at this link, while a related document is here.

“SEC to Side With Enron Plaintiffs; Agency Asks Court to Back Shareholders”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “Federal securities regulators will throw their weight behind investors in a big-money dispute that could resolve whether shareholders can sue bankers who enabled their corporate clients to engage in fraud, two people familiar with the decision said yesterday. The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the U.S. solicitor general to file court papers supporting investors in an upcoming Supreme Court case, an action that has not been made public. The agency’s decision follows intense lobbying by industry groups, unions and plaintiff lawyers, including well-known California attorney William S. Lerach.”

“Detainee Case Stirs Arguments on Boy Fighters”: This article will appear Sunday in The New York Times.

“Supreme Court ending term with big issues; School integration, campaign ads, Bush’s faith-based initiative and more are on the divided justices’ docket this last month”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Padilla Judge Won’t Toss FBI Wiretaps” and “Libby Learns Sentencing Outcome Tuesday.”