“Adviser to Guantanamo trials faces more criticism”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Advisor Says Obama Would Consider Changes To Judicial Nominations Process”: Lawrence Hurley of The Daily Journal of California has this post today at his “Washington Briefs” blog.

“In Defense of Looseness: The Supreme Court and gun control.” Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has this essay in the August 27, 2008 issue of The New Republic.

“Fincher asserts that the district court erred by not allowing the jury to determine whether his possession of firearms was reasonably related to a well regulated militia and therefore protected by the Second Amendment.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today issued this opinion, in an appeal in which the defendant argued that the Second Amendment allowed him to possess, without a license, both a machine gun and a sawed-off shotgun.

“We consider here the ability of a copyright holder to dedicate certain work to free public use and yet enforce an ‘open source’ copyright license to control the future distribution and modification of that work.” So begins an opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Fight Restrictions On Product-Liability Suits”: This article appears today in The Wall Street Journal.

“Appeals court reverses Steinbeck copyrights ruling”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that awarded John Steinbeck’s son and granddaughter publishing rights to 10 of the author’s early works, including ‘The Grapes of Wrath.'”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Mukasey won’t pursue charges in Justice Department hiring scandal; The abuses that took place under Alberto R. Gonzales violated civil service rules but were not crimes, the attorney general says”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today in The New York Sun, Joseph Goldstein reports that “Mukasey Will Encourage Rejected Job Seekers To Reapply.”

And The New York Times contains an editorial entitled “Mr. Mukasey in Denial.”

“Plame loses appeal of suit against Cheney over leak”: The Washington Times contains this article today.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Cheney, Rove, Libby Win Plame Suit Dismissal Appeal.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s D.C. Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Search and Replace: Congress needs to set the rules for how border agents can delve into travelers’ laptops.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

“‘Rogues’ and Humpty Dumpty Judges”: Thomas R. Eddlem, the so-called “rogue juror” featured in this Boston Globe article from Sunday, has this essay at LewRockwell.com.

And at Eddlem’s “Dangerous Talk Blog,” you can access additional posts on the subject here and here.

My earlier coverage appears at this link.

“Files Show Governor Intervened With Court”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “When Gov. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia filed a friend-of-the-court brief in June arguing that the State Supreme Court should review a $382 million judgment against the DuPont Company, he said he was not taking sides, but acting in the interest of due process. Documents from the governor’s office, however, show that Mr. Manchin had consulted with the company before filing the brief, and DuPont officials say the governor even asked them to provide him with a draft brief.”

“War court resumes, readies Canadian’s trial”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Halverson ousted; Miley top vote-getter; Incumbents Walsh, Mosley advance”: The Las Vegas Review-Journal today contains an article that begins, “While the Judicial Discipline Commission weighs the fate of embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson, voters delivered their own verdict Tuesday, deciding Halverson must go. Halverson, who faces complaints of falling asleep on the bench and harassing her staff, received less than 10 percent of the vote, trailing opponents Stefany Miley and Jason Landess, who will move to the general election in November.”

“Devices for Lawyers: Democrats versus Justices Breyer, Souter and Stevens.” Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial that begins, “The tort bar’s political work is never done, especially in Congress. Consider the Medical Safety Device Act, introduced this summer in both the House and Senate to overturn the Supreme Court’s sensible 8-1 ruling earlier this year in Riegel v. Medtronic.”

“Women Battling Infertility Find a Friend in the Court”: Today in The Wall Street Journal, columnist Sue Shellenbarger has an essay that begins, “For women struggling with infertility, the unpredictable and time-consuming treatment process can wreak havoc with work schedules, causing conflicts with bosses and triggering reprisals or layoffs. Now, a federal appeals court has come down on the side of women, fortifying legal protections on the job.”

“What Goes Around Comes Around for State Supreme Court Candidate”: law.com provides a report that begins, “A Florida Supreme Court candidate will spend this afternoon being interviewed by the same state panel he attempted to circumvent while serving as a top aide to Gov. Jeb Bush.”

“Should State Attorneys General Use Private Law Firms to Pursue Civil Suits? An Appeal to the California Supreme Court Raises This Hot-Button Issue.” Anthony J. Sebok has this essay online at FindLaw.