“Obama Could Appoint 2 Supreme Court Justices”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Supreme Success: Thanks to Bush, we have a chance for a Roberts Court.” M. Edward Whelan III has this essay in the December 29, 2008 print edition of National Review magazine.

“Gonzo’ll Never Work in This Town Again; Former Attorney General Cries Victim While Being In Denial About His Colossal Failures”: CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen has this installment of his “CourtWatch” column today.

“Court case: Hide a hamster, go to the slammer?” Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “Own a goldfish, go to jail? Unlikely, perhaps, but it’s possible under a ruling this week by the California Supreme Court, which upheld a judge’s order requiring a man convicted of drunken driving to tell his probation officer if he had any pets in his home.”

My earlier coverage of the ruling appears at this link.

“Long Held in Capital Case, Man Sues to Get a Lawyer”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “A man awaiting trial in a Georgia prison has spent the last eight months without a lawyer while prosecutors prepare a death penalty case against him, a lawsuit brought on his behalf says.”

And yesterday in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bill Rankin had an article headlined “Death case defendant sues for lack of lawyers.”

“U.K. May Take More Gitmo Detainees”: This article appears today in The Wall Street Journal.

And The New York Times provides a news update headlined “Nations Wary of Taking in Detainees.”

“Porn Star Sentenced on Tax Evasion Charges”: Paul L. Caron has this post at “TaxProf Blog.”