“Don’t Trust Me on Guantanamo, Read This”: Bloomberg News columnist Ann Woolner has this essay today.

And yesterday iin The Chicago Tribune, columnist Steve Chapman had an op-ed entitled “Truth and the Gitmo detainees.”

“How will Supreme Court look?” Last Thursday in The Dallas Morning News, Carl Leubsdorf had an essay that begins, “John McCain calls the future shape of the federal judiciary ‘one of the defining issues of this presidential election,’ a point underscored by the recent spate of 5-4 Supreme Court decisions.”

“Retiring Chief Justice says state’s way to pick judges best”: The Nashville City Paper contains an article that begins, “Tennessee’s method for selecting Supreme Court and other appellate judges is under attack primarily from Republican lawmakers, but if retiring Chief Justice and Republican William M. Barker has his way, the method is not going anywhere.”

“Abu-Jamal wants appeals court to reconsider ruling”: The Associated Press provides this report.

And The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update headlined “Abu-Jamal seeks new trial in Phila. officer’s slaying.”

My earlier coverage of the Third Circuit’s ruling from March 2008 appears here and here.

“The Supreme Court’s Group Hug”: Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at the web site of Time magazine.

“The Supreme Court and the future of marriage: McCain, Obama oppose gay marriages, but how to ban them is the issue.” Tom Curry, national affairs writer for MSNBC, has this report.

“Court hears case against sex-offender registry; It’s unfair to the homeless, lawyer tells Georgia Supreme Court”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this news update.

And The Associated Press provides a report headlined “Appeal: Sex offender law criminalizes homelessness.”

The Associated Press is reporting: Mark Sherman has an article headlined “Employers use federal law to deny benefits.”

And in other news, “R.I. lead paint loss gives industry huge win.”

“Supreme Court Ends Term On Ideological Edge”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“The politics behind Senate wiretap bill”: Bob Egelko had this article yesterday in The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Justice Dept. Sued Over Political Bias; Applicants Begin Coming Forward”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

And yesterday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times contained an article headlined “More scrutiny, secrecy at Justice Department; The Office of Professional Responsibility, which monitors lawyers’ conduct, has taken on weighty issues since 9/11, yet it has stopped issuing regular public reports.”

“Guantanamo Crumbles: A federal court strikes another blow against the flimsy process used to justify detentions of ‘enemy combatants.'” The Washington Post contains this editorial today.

“Prison shuts the book on novelist; Inmate author’s sales violate policy”: This article appears today in The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina.

“Justice Kennedy: the Supreme Court’s man in the middle.” Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

“What Did the Framers Have in Mind?” At his “Think Again” blog hosted by The New York Times, Stanley Fish has a post that begins, “Whatever side of the Second Amendment controversy you may be on, the clear winner in District of Columbia v. Heller (striking down a Washington, D.C., ban on hand guns) was intentionalism, the thesis that a text means what its author or authors intend.”

“Paterson Will Pick a New Chief Judge of New York; Lippman, Ciparick Express Interest”: Joseph Goldstein has this article today in The New York Sun.

“What Kind of Justices Might a President Obama Appoint? Senator Obama’s Reactions to Recent Supreme Court Decisions Show that the Answer May Not Be Easily Predictable.” Edward Lazarus has this essay online at FindLaw.