“If there is a Supreme Court appointment this summer”: Tom Goldstein has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Guantanamo Case Files in Disarray; Situation Complicates Prison’s Closure”: This article will appear Sunday in The Washington Post.

“High court sides with Barnstable family; Civil case against Barnstable schools can proceed”: Yesterday’s edition of The Barnstable Patriot contained an article that begins, “The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a Barnstable family’s attempt to bring a sex discrimination suit against Barnstable Public Schools.”

And Cape Cod Today provides a report headlined “Complaint leading to Supreme Court appeal tells of harassment, indifference; Parents say boy abused daughter on Barnstable school bus for months; Lawsuit seeks $3.75 million in compensatory, punitive damages.”

Available online from National Public Radio: This evening’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “Admiral Applauds Guantanamo Closure Order.”

And today’s broadcast of “Weekend Edition Saturday” contained an audio segment entitled “Senate OKs Bill To Bolster Equal Pay.”

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“Q and A: Baylor professor happy to win Supreme Court case on crack cocaine sentences.” This article appears today in The Waco Tribune-Herald.

“Supreme Court may weigh corruption law; A former Chicago politician is appealing his conviction for defrauding the public of ‘honest services,’ a statute that some say is too vague”: David G. Savage will have this article Sunday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Brother campaigns for ‘enemy combatant'”: BBC News provides this report.

“Obama Reverses Rules on U.S. Abortion Aid”: The New York Times contains this article today.

The Washington Post reports today that “Funding Restored to Groups That Perform Abortions, Other Care.”

And The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Obama repeals abortion aid rule; The move lifts the ban on U.S. funding to international groups that provide abortion services; Antiabortion groups and GOP lawmakers condemn the action.”

“Kagan to leave deanship for D.C.; Howell Jackson to be Acting Dean if Kagan confirmed as Solicitor General; Alums dominate Justice Department”: This article appears in the current issue of Harvard Law Record, along with articles headlined “Sunstein named regulation czar; Hailed as world’s third greatest public intellectual as book earns accolades” and “Lessig rejoining faculty; Changing focus from IP to political corruption.”

“UMW chief blasts Alabama attorney general; State’s top prosecutor wants Harman Mining v. Massey energy appeal opposed”: The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette contains this article today.

“Joyce claims insufficient evidence; Former Superior Court judge wants new trial”: This article appears today in The Erie (Pa.) Times-News.

“Mother-in-law of Justice Clarence Thomas dies in Lincoln”: The Omaha World-Herald has published this obituary.

And The Associated Press reports that “Mother-in-law of Justice Thomas dies in Nebraska.”

“Where Will Detainees From Guantanamo Go?” This article appears today in The New York Times.

And The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Obama’s Guantanamo decision has repercussions in Afghanistan, Pakistan; The president’s move to close the detention facility is raising questions for governments that supported the Bush administration’s treatment of terrorism suspects.”

“Obama Administration: Wiretapping Legal Challenge Must Die.” David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“Appeals court ruling favors creators of the Taco Bell Chihuahua; The fast-food chain is solely liable for $42 million in breach-of-contract awards to two Michigan men who developed the mascot idea, which was the basis of the company’s hit ad campaign in the ’90s”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And The Grand Rapids Press reports today that “Years later, Taco Bell bitten by dog ads.”

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