“Powell Calls for Closure of Military Prison at Guantanamo”: This article will appear Monday in The Washington Post.

“Conservatives Worry About Court Vacancies”: Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Michael Abramowitz have an article that begins, “A White House failure to move quickly to fill judicial openings around the country is fueling concern among conservative allies that President Bush may miss an opportunity to use his final months in office to continue putting his stamp on the federal judiciary.”

The article reports, among other things, that U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) has asked the White House to nominate attorney Carolyn P. Short for the Philadelphia-based vacancy that now exists on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

“Pakistan’s suspended judge to face new complaint”: Reuters provides a report that begins, “Pakistan’s government has prepared a new misconduct complaint against the suspended chief judge, the law minister said on Sunday, raising the stakes in a three-month-old dispute that has sparked street protests.”

In Monday’s issue of The Christian Science Monitor: Tomorrow’s newspaper will contain articles headlined “From Gitmo cell to ‘freedom’ in Albania: Abu Muhammad, an Algerian doctor, is one of eight former Guantanamo detainees who were granted asylum in Albania” and “Unlikely popular heroes of Pakistan’s opposition: lawyers; Thousands of lawyers have taken to the streets to protest Musharraf’s controversial dismissal of the chief justice of the Supreme Court.”

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Loving Reflects on Interracial Marriage“; “Powell Calls for Closing Guantanamo Bay“; “Studies Say Death Penalty Deters Crime“; “Jailed Chinese Reporter Joins Yahoo Suit“; “Durham DA Heads to Trial Over Duke Case“; and “Prisons Ban Books Over Fear of Radicals.”

“Stacking juries toward death”: The Boston Globe contains this editorial today.

Paris Hilton is not appealing: So reports The Associated Press.

Update: And The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Paris Hilton says she will not file appeal; Heiress issues a statement saying that she intends to fulfill the remainder of her 23-day sentence in jail.”

“Chinese Leave Guantanamo for Albanian Limbo”: The New York Times contains this article today.

“F.B.I. Agent Tells Padilla Jury of Coded Plans for Jihad”: This article appeared Saturday in The New York Times.

Saturday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times reported that “Padilla jury hears him talk in cryptic decade-old call; In it, the terrorism defendant tells his alleged recruiter that he is ready for his mission.”

And The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported on Saturday that “Calls tie Padilla to terror, prosecutors say.”

“Besieged White House Reinforces Counsel’s Office”: The Washington Post contains this article today.

“Microsoft Finds Legal Defender in Justice Dept.” This article will appear Sunday in The New York Times.

Harrisburg Senators 9, Altoona Curve 6: My son and I spent this delightful spring evening in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, watching from two rows behind the Senators dugout a AA minor league baseball game between two Eastern League rivals.

After squandering a two-run lead in the top of the seventh, and facing a three-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh, the Senators managed to answer the five runs that the Curve scored in the top of that inning with five runs of their own. You can access the box score at this link, while game recaps are here and here. Thanks to home plate umpire Cory Blaser for tossing a baseball to my son as the umps were exiting the field at the conclusion of the game.

Earlier today, my son’s little league team was eliminated in the semifinal round of the playoffs for teams consisting of fifth and sixth graders. Although that was a sad development, the team was the only one of multiple teams from our township to make it to the semifinal round. My son played well today, reaching base safely on two out of three trips to the plate. And on defense, he played very well, handling two opportunities at second base (a grounder and a line drive), and in left field catching the third out on a sharply hit fly ball when the opposing team had runners on second and third who surely would have scored had the ball not been caught.

Our baseball-filled weekend will conclude tomorrow, as we head to Baltimore to watch the Orioles host the Colorado Rockies and to obtain a bobblehead doll.

“2 courts apply same experience-and-logic test, get different results”: Online at the First Amendment Center, Douglas Lee has an essay that begins, “Experience and logic, it appears, also are in the eyes of the beholder. No other explanation exists for the diametrically opposed holdings in Pennsylvania v. Long and U.S. v. Black, in which one court recognized a First Amendment right of access to jurors’ names and another did not. While both courts applied the ‘experience and logic’ test required by the U.S. Supreme Court, their applications could not have been more different.”

“Hamdan seeks new court review”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“A Bill of Rights without borders: A 50-year-old court decision on constitutional protections overseas comes into play in the war on terror.” Law Professor Kal Raustiala has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Campbell claims unjust sentencing; Attorney says judge punished ex-mayor for some things of which he was acquitted”: This article, reporting on an appeal argued yesterday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, appears today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“Ruling Likely to Spur Convictions in Capital Cases”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

“It’s Subpoena Time”: The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, “For months, senators have listened to a parade of well-coached Justice Department witnesses claiming to know nothing about how nine prosecutors were chosen for firing.”

“Hilton release unusual, lawyers say; People remain in custody even with heart problems, AIDs or emotional difficulties, criminal attorneys say”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Available online from law.com: An article reports that “Assault Launched on High Court’s Pay Disparity Ruling; Congress urged to undo decision that bars many unequal pay claims; Ledbetter is scheduled as witness in Tuesday hearing.”

In other news, “Opponents Buy More Time to Fight Southwick Nomination; Senate Judiciary Committee delays vote on controversial 5th Circuit nominee; supporters still expect his confirmation.”

Shannon P. Duffy reports that “3rd Circuit Overturns Lifetime Computer Ban; Federal appeals court rules sentence too harsh in pornography case.” My earlier coverage of Tuesday’s Third Circuit ruling appears here.

An article reports that “Doctor’s Blog Sinks Malpractice Defense.”

In news from Texas, “Attorney to Seek New Trial After Theft Conviction for Demanding Payment From Wife’s Lovers.” My most recent earlier coverage appears at this link.

And the brand new installment of my “On Appeal” column is headlined “Even the Recused Judge Agreed With This Appeal’s Outcome.”

“Ruling hits 2 media giants; Mexico’s high court nullifies parts of a law that would have helped solidify TV Azteca’s and Televisa’s control”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

And The New York Times reports today that “Mexico’s Court Limits Reach of Big Media.”

“Senate begins push for trials at Gitmo; A panel takes first step to restore habeas corpus; But that won’t help resolve how to weed out the dangerous detainees from the rest”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times. In addition, columnist Rosa Brooks has an op-ed entitled “At Gitmo, it all hinges on a word: If military tribunals can only try ‘unlawful’ enemy combatants, they may have no authority over Guantanamo detainees.”

And The Washington Post reports today that “Senate Committee Approves Bill for Detainee Hearings.”

“Artificial Sweetener Rivals Renew a Heated Court Fight”: The New York Times contains this article today.

And Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer has an article headlined “Is Equal-Splenda Settlement Dissolving?”

“Teen’s search for justice: Genarlow Wilson’s 10-year sentence for consensual sex ought to be thrown out by judge.” This editorial appears today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“Campbell attorney argues for reduced prison time”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution provides a news update that begins, “Former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell filled another courtroom Friday, although the erstwhile pol spent the day in the minimum security prison in Florida where he has lived since last August. His appeals attorney, who Campbell found over the Internet after his conviction, argued in federal appeals court that a judge wrongly sidelined one of his attorneys and was ‘unreasonable’ in sentencing the former mayor to 30 months in prison. Douglas A. Berman contended that U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story disregarded the jury’s acquittal of Campbell on corruption charges when determining the sentence.”

“Hearing on FEC Pick Could Add Fuel to Debate Over Justice Dept.” This article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Notification repeal bound for governor; Senate votes against abortion restriction”: The Concord (N.H.) Monitor today contains an article that begins, “The state’s flawed parental notification law, which has spent its four years tied up in a court battle, is now the governor’s call. The state Senate voted 15-9 late last night to repeal the law rather than fix it. The House took the same route months ago. And Gov. John Lynch has already said he’d sign a repeal, thereby ending a costly and long court fight that went to the U.S. Supreme Court and is now pending in the local federal court.”

And The New York Times reports today that “New Hampshire to Repeal Parental Notification Law.”

“Protests Rage Against Musharraf; Aides Criticize Justice He Ousted”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Court Okays Crackdown on Alien IDs”: Today in The New York Sun, Joseph Goldstein has an article that begins, “New York’s highest court is weighing in on the national debate on immigration, ruling that the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles can act to prevent illegal immigrants from getting driver’s licenses.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s New York State Court of Appeals ruling appears at this link.

“Bork v. Yale Club: Jurist Seeks Redress Over a Fall.” This article appears today in The New York Times.

And The New York Post today contains an article headlined “$1 Mil Bork Chop: Judge Sues Yale Club.”

Via WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” you can access the complaint initiating suit at this link.

“Embryos at the center of bitter custody battle; Texas high court may look at case of woman who wants a family, and her ex, who does not”: The Houston Chronicle published this article last week.

And The Associated Press reports that “Top Texas Court Gets Embryo Custody Case.”

“For ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ Split on Party Lines”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

And Stephen Benjamin has an op-ed entitled “Don’t Ask, Don’t Translate.”

“Supreme Court justices: Well-off, well-traveled; Only two justices reported assets under $1M, while a number of them spent time traveling to far-flung locales.” Bill Mears of CNN.com provides this report.

“Justices Report Their 2006 Finances”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press provides this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Step Back for Women”: Reynolds Holding will have this article in the June 18, 2007 issue of Time magazine.