“4th Circuit’s 5-5 Split May Impact Hot-Button Cases; One closely watched case could set precedent on detention of ‘enemy combatants’ without a trial or the filing of charges”: law.com provides this report.

Linda Greenhouse is reporting: Wednesday in The New York Times, she will have articles headlined “Justices Agree to Hear Case About Voter ID Laws” and “Justices to Enter the Debate Over Lethal Injection.”

“Supreme Court to Examine Lethal Injection, Voter Identification; Justices grant 17 new cases, perhaps in response to concerns about shrinking docket”: law.com’s Tony Mauro provides this report.

“Review Doesn’t Halt Texas Executions”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “The nation’s busiest death penalty state executed another inmate Tuesday night, undeterred by a Supreme Court review of whether the lethal injection method most states use is cruel and unusual.”

Jeffrey Toobin is guest-blogging about his new book at “TPMCafe”: You can view his posts by clicking here.

“Supreme Court agrees to weigh lethal injection executions”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle provides this news update.

And James Oliphant of The Chicago Tribune has a news update headlined “High court to hear voter ID, death penalty cases.”

“High court to hear voter ID case”: Joan Biskupic of USA Today provides this news update.

“Supreme Court to Consider Lethal Injection”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post provides this news update.

And Joan Biskupic of USA Today has a news update headlined “High court to rule on lethal injections.”

“Levels of Deception”: In the current issue of CQ Weekly, columnist Kenneth Jost has this preview of Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific-Atlanta, a case that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on October 9, 2007.

“Supreme Court Considers Lethal Injection, Voter I.D.” This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Dahlia Lithwick appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Day to Day.”

“Justices to hear Kentucky lethal-injection case”: The Courier-Journal of Louisville provides this news update.

And The Associated Press provides a report headlined “Ky. Inmate Challenges Execution Method” that begins, “Ralph Baze admits he shot a sheriff and a deputy 15 years ago in eastern Kentucky. But he doesn’t want his death sentence carried out with the three-drug formula commonly used in lethal injections across the nation. Baze, 52, had been scheduled to be put to death Tuesday until the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a stay of execution earlier this month. Now the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear his appeal, agreeing to review the first direct challenge to the constitutionality of how 37 states conduct executions.”

“Mukasey Security Detail Filed Complaint”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Emptying the trash, carrying groceries and toting golf clubs were among duties allegedly assigned to U.S. marshals protecting two federal judges in New York over the last decade – one of whom has been nominated to be the next U.S. attorney general. The valet-like chores were outlined in a complaint two years ago against Michael B. Mukasey, another judge and their wives by deputy marshals assigned to the judges’ security details.”

“Lethal Injection Challenge Gets Top U.S. Court Review”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News provides this report.

Reuters is reporting: James Vicini has articles headlined “Supreme Court to decide photo ID voting law” and “Top U.S. court to rule on lethal injections.”

And in related coverage, “US Supreme Court agrees to hear Pfizer patent case” and “Supreme Court says it will hear LG patent case.”

“Reopening a very old issue”: At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, “Not since March 17, 1879, has the Supreme Court faced a constitutional test over a method of carrying out the death penalty.”

“Lawyer requests $750,000; Gordon cites complexity of Jefferson desegregation case”: The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky today contains an article that begins, “The Louisville attorney who helped overturn Jefferson County Public Schools’ student-integration policy is asking a federal judge to order the district to pay him $750,000 in fees and bonuses.”

“Supreme Court to rule on voter ID laws”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times provides this news update.

“Court Will Hear Lethal Injection Case”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections in the case of two death row inmates from Kentucky.”

The ruling of the Supreme Court of Kentucky in Baze v. Rees, which the U.S. Supreme Court this morning agreed to review, can be accessed here. My earlier coverage of that ruling appears at this link.

“Breaking News: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Indiana Voter Identification Case.” Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law” blog.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Supreme Court to Hear Voter ID Case“; “Court to Consider Technology Patent Case“; and “Court to Review Virginia Drug Case.”

“Court grants 17 new cases”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” Today’s Order List can be viewed at this link.

“Foreigners can’t sue police for violating their legal rights”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “Foreigners who are arrested in the United States can’t sue police for failing to tell them of their right to contact their consulate, despite a treaty requiring such notification, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.”

My earlier coverage of Monday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Ruling paves way for terrorism trials; A military review panel gives U.S. officials the authority to try Guantanamo Bay detainees”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

And The Washington Post reports today that “Court Reverses Ruling on Detainees.”

“The Case That the President’s Reach Exceeds His Grasp”: Today in The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani has this review of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage’s new book, “Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy.”

“Contingency-Fee Con-Men”: Law Professor Lester Brickman has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal.

“High Court Is Set for High Drama”: Marcia Coyle has this article in today’s edition of The National Law Journal.

“Court Reinstates Terrorism Charges”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A military appeals court sided with the Pentagon on Monday, overruling a judge who threw out terrorism charges against a Guantanamo Bay detainee.”

Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times will report that “Court Advances War Crime Trials.”

Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald provides a news update headlined “Panel reinstates captive’s war charges.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Military commissions’ powers broadened.”

“In the chambers of the US Supreme Court: Jeffrey Toobin examines the nine personalities that sit on the nation’s highest court.” Tuesday in The Christian Science Monitor, Warren Richey will have this review of Jeffrey Toobin’s new book, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.”

“Federal court vacancies yet to be filled”: The Providence Journal today contains an article that begins, “U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, last week said the time might have passed already for the White House to successfully nominate candidates for a vacancy on the U.S. District Court in Providence and for the vacant 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seat long held by a Rhode Islander.”

“Mukasey’s Role in Terror Detention Is Questioned”: Joseph Goldstein of The New York Sun provides a news update that begins, “Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a judge who is now President Bush’s nominee for attorney general, Michael Mukasey, allowed prosecutors to keep a man behind bars for ten months without any criminal charges being filed against him.”

“D.C. opposes gun access plea”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“A break for bloggers”: Today in The Philadelphia Daily News, Dan Gross has an item that reports, “The U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit has dismissed blueberry heir Anthony DiMeo III’s motion to reverse a lower court’s dismissal of the libel/defamation-of-character suit DiMeo filed against blogger Tucker Max.”

You can access last Wednesday’s non-precedential ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in DiMeo v. Max at this link.

“Judging Controversial Cases: A panel of judges, who ruled in controversial cases, talk about the pitfalls of presiding over high-profile cases, judicial independence and how their lives have changed since the rulings.” That was the title of this past Saturday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “America & the Courts” program. You can view the broadcast online by clicking here (RealPlayer required). C-SPAN has also posted online the entire panel discussion (RealPlayer required).

“Freud, the FCC & the doctrine of respondeat superior“: Online at the First Amendment Center, Ronald K.L. Collins has an essay that begins, “Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson tarted it up for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. Compared to their ribald routine, the resulting legal show was Victorian. When the infamous bustier malfunction case came before the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently, black robes and dark, pinstriped, buttoned-down, tailored suits were the order of the day.”

Ensuring that there would be no possibility of a “wardrobe malfunction,” C-SPAN allows you to “watch” the Third Circuit oral argument audiotape by clicking here (RealPlayer required).

“6 stories in service of justice; The Orlando federal-courthouse annex is called ‘spectacular’ in a dedication after years of disagreement”: This article appeared Saturday in The Orlando Sentinel.

According to the article, “The six-story courthouse annex was dedicated during an hourlong ceremony that featured 500 guests, a long procession of robed federal judges and speeches from several dignitaries, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.” The article goes on to report that “Afterward, Thomas participated in several ribbon-cutting ceremonies with dignitaries and was mobbed like a rock star. He signed autographs, posed for pictures and chatted with the public.”