“Lawsuit Threatens Sarbanes-Oxley Act”: Today in The Washington Post, personal finance columnist Jane Bryant Quinn has this essay about a case now pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“Right the Ship or Hold the Course? Attorney General Works More Toward Justice Department Stability Than Reform.” This article appears today in The Washington Post.

And The Los Angeles Times today contains an article headlined “William Mercer’s charmed life at Justice; The Montanan is among the few U.S. attorneys who may survive all eight years under Bush, despite brushes with scandal.”

“Some Legal Activists Have Hearts Set on ‘True Liberal'”: Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Kevin Merida have an article that begins, “It could be seen as the sincerest form of flattery: Ask some activists on the left the kind of Supreme Court justice they would like to see a President Obama appoint, and the name you hear most is the same justice they most often denounce.”

“Justice Department broadening investigation of Kent; Sale of home and gift reporting being examined”: The Houston Chronicle today contains a front page article that begins, “A Justice Department investigation into the sexual conduct of U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent has expanded to include allegations that he accepted but failed to report gifts and also sold his home in a deal arranged by a lawyer with dozens of cases in his court, Kent’s own attorney and other lawyers have confirmed.”