“Death in the Family: Booth Gardner, a former governor of Washington State who has Parkinson’s, is urgently lobbying for a doctor-assisted-suicide law; His son is among those fighting him every step of the way.” This cover story will appear in tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

“Musharraf’s emergency upends Pakistan’s courts”: McClatchy Newspapers provide a report that begins, “A month after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, the country’s once-independent judiciary is in disarray and still under attack, making it unlikely that America’s closest ally in the war on terrorism will have a functioning democracy anytime soon. Police lines surround the principal courts, unfit judges are taking over the judicial apparatus and the enormous number of lawyers on hunger strikes has slowed the wheels of justice.”

“Witness Names to Be Withheld From Detainee”: The New York Times today contains a front page article that begins, “Defense lawyers preparing for the war crimes trial of a 21-year-old Guantanamo detainee have been ordered by a military judge not to tell their client — or anyone else — the identity of witnesses against him, newly released documents show.”

“Detainees Get Third Round at High Court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press provides this report.

And Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Guantanamo prisoners to ask Supreme Court for basic rights.”

The Ninth Circuit passes the gavel to its newest chief judge: You can view the photo by clicking here. You can access a list of the Ninth Circuit’s previous nine chief judges at this link. A few more details appear in this post of mine from yesterday.

“U.S. judge tosses out case over immunity; He blasted the prosecutors, who reneged on amnesty for the firm”: The Philadelphia Inquirer today contains an article that begins, “A federal judge in Philadelphia dismissed a major antitrust indictment against a Luxemburg shipping company and two executives yesterday, chastising U.S. prosecutors who granted the company immunity, then later indicted the company.”

My most recent earlier coverage appears here and here.