“Congress OKs Fast-Tracked Executions”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on today’s broadcast of “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

“Mukasey’s independent streak could mark a turn for the White House; The nominee for attorney general is known for his firm grasp of the law and for not easily backing down”: Sunday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times will contain this article.

“A Defeat for Gay Marriage: Maryland’s legislature should take up the challenge in a Court of Appeals decision.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

“In 2008, Bush v. Gore Redux?” Columnist Bob Herbert has this op-ed today in The New York Times.

The Associated Press is reporting: An article reports that “Law Banning Horse Slaughter Upheld.” My earlier coverage of Friday’s Seventh Circuit ruling appears at this link.

In other news, “Gitmo Ruling Clouds Attorney Access.”

And an article reports that “‘God’ Gets an Attorney in Lawsuit.”

“Government appeals in citizen-detainee case”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Nine Ways To Read The Nine: Jeffrey Toobin’s new book as a referendum on Supreme Court reporting.” Emily Bazelon and Dahlia Lithwick have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And this past Wednesday’s broadcast of WHYY Radio’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” contained an audio segment entitled “Jeffrey Toobin Profiles ‘The Nine’ Inside the Robes.”

“U.S. District Judge Cassell resigns to teach, advocate; The critic of mandatory minimum sentences will take up job at U., litigate for crime victims group”: This article appears today in The Salt Lake Tribune.

And The Deseret Morning News reports today that “Utah’s youngest federal judge resigns.”