“Bush Expected to Name Judge as Gonzales’s Successor”: Monday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “President Bush has decided to nominate Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York who has presided over several high-profile terrorism trials, as his next attorney general, and is expected to announce the selection Monday, according to several people familiar with the decision.”

And The Washington Post on Monday will contain a front page article headlined “Ex-Judge Is Said to Be Pick At Justice; Democrats Likely To Accept Him as Attorney General.”

“Diverse litigants side with Gitmo captives; With the Supreme Court poised to decide another Guantanamo case, foreign and domestic lawyers, lawmakers, diplomats and others are filing briefs defending the rights of the captives”: Carol Rosenberg has this article today in The Miami Herald.

“European Verdict on Appeal by Microsoft Expected Monday”: This article will appear Monday in The New York Times.

“Bush Picks Mukasey As Attorney General”: The Associated Press provides this report. The official announcement is expected tomorrow.

The New York Times provides a news update headlined “Bush Expected to Name Judge as Gonzales’s Successor.”

And The Washington Post provides a news update headlined “Bush Settles on Mukasey to Replace Gonzales; Appointment of Retired Federal Judge Could Come on Monday.”

“Makah judges talk tough on whalers”: The Seattle Times today contains an article that begins, “No matter what the federal government decides to do with them, the five Makah tribal whalers who illegally killed a gray whale last weekend will still have to face Jean and Emma. That’s Jean Vitalis, chief judge of the Makah tribal court, and Emma Doulik, the associate judge. They’re lifelong residents of Neah Bay and longtime leaders among the Makah. And they’ll be the first to tell you this truth: Reservation justice is not blind.”

“Drake decision prompts outcry; Reached at home Saturday, Chemerinsky says he’s willing to talk to UCI’s chancellor any time about the deanship”: This article appears today in The Orange County Register.

The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Law school deans differ on advocacy roles; Some believe they must curb their activism in the interest of their institution; others say they retain their right to speak freely.”

The Daily Pilot of Costa Mesa, California contains an editorial entitled “Chancellor owes the public answers.”

And The Press-Telegram of Long Beach, California contains an editorial entitled “Withdrawing job offer to legal scholar is an assault on ideas.”

“‘The Nine’: Jeffrey Toobin’s new book peeks inside the sheltered world of the Supreme Court justices; Are the unpredictable personal dynamics among the justices more important than the agenda they brought with them?” Online at Salon, Law Professor Garrett Epps has this review of Jeffrey Toobin’s new book, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.”

“Bush May Name Former Federal Judge to Succeed Gonzales”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “A former federal judge from New York has emerged as a contender to succeed Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general, as the White House moved closer to announcing President Bush’s choice to lead the Justice Department, according to associates of several prospective candidates. The former judge, Michael B. Mukasey, has been cited as a candidate since Mr. Gonzales announced his resignation.”