“NRA appeals ruling blocking guns in national parks”: The Associated Press has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s ruling appears here and here.

“Kagan Sworn in as Solicitor General, May Argue Next Month”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Update: And Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Obama could make top high court lawyer a justice.”

All five parts of Peter Robinson’s videotaped interview with Justice Antonin Scalia are now available for viewing online: The interview is divided into the following segments:

Part one: “Justice Antonin Scalia discusses the premise of his book, Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges“;

Part two: “Justice Antonin Scalia explains why he believes the Constitution ‘is not living, but dead’“;

Part three: “Justice Antonin Scalia discusses why the originalists have lost so much ground to the devotees of a living Constitution“;

Part four: “Justice Antonin Scalia talks about Roe v. Wade — and other mistakes of the past 50 years“; and

Part five: “Justice Antonin Scalia fields questions about his career, his family, his opinions, his faith, his colleagues, his legacy, and the fate of the Constitution.”

The interview is a part of the “Uncommon Knowledge” series available online at NRO.TV.

“U.S. District Judge Crabb to retire from full-time status”: This article appears today in The Wisconsin State Journal.

And The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update headlined “Madison federal judge to take senior status, says district needs third judge.”

“SCOTUSblog” requests “Please take our reader survey”: Finally, a law blog that cares about what its readers want, unlike here at “How Appealing,” where I try to remain blissfully ignorant. You can access the “SCOTUSblog” survey by clicking here.

“D.C. Appeals Court Protects Lawyers Who Make Honest Mistakes”: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Jeff Jeffrey has this post about yesterday’s ruling of the D.C. Court of Appeals in Biomet Inc. v. Finnegan Henderson LLP.

“Appeals court rejects McDougal appeal over records”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The transcript of Whitewater figure Susan McDougal’s grand jury testimony will remain sealed, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.”

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

“Judge Michel Offers Views on Federal Circuit Judicial Nominees”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Apppeals court rules Madoff must stay in prison”: The Associated Press has this report.

Bloomberg News reports that “Bernard Madoff’s Bid for Freedom Denied by U.S. Court.”

And Reuters reports that “Madoff bail appeal denied.”

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

“Solving crimes using fingerprints is an inexact science; Although it is accepted that prints are unique, courts continue to have questions about using them to make IDs”: Jason Felch has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Pushing back the death penalty in New Mexico: In an act of courage, Gov. Bill Richardson repealed capital punishment in the state. Hopefully his decision will make it easier for other officials to follow their conscience.” This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Law for 90% tax rate could be hard to overturn; AIG employees who received bonuses may think they’re being targeted; But courts have long been reluctant to strike down tax legislation, legal experts say”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Ex-senator improperly influenced other jurors; Appeals court rejects $900,000 civil award”: Today’s edition of The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger contains an article that begins, “A former state senator and lawyer serving as a jury foreman improperly swayed fellow jurors who awarded nearly $900,000 in damages to a woman who fell in a supermarket, a state appeals court ruled yesterday.”

And The Daily Record of Parsippany, New Jersey today contains an article headlined “Court: Ex-state senator Martin unduly influenced fellow jurors in lawsuit trial; $876K verdict against Wharton ShopRite tossed out.”

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

“Judge Blocks Rule Permitting Concealed Guns In U.S. Parks”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

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

“Ailing Ginsburg looks back on HLS, early career”: The new issue of The Harvard Law Record contains this article.

“Dispensers of Marijuana Find Relief in Policy Shift”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Kagan Passes Senate Vote”: The Harvard Crimson contains this article today.

The Harvard Law Record reports that “Kagan Confirmed as Solicitor General; Dean of HLS Becomes First Woman to Serve as Solicitor General.”

And the Harvard Law School yesterday issued a news release headlined “Senate confirms Elena Kagan as solicitor general of the United States.”

“Lawyer Asks Appeal Panel to Grant Bail for Madoff”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

And law.com reports that “Madoff’s Attorney Faces Tough Questions in Bail Appeal.”

“Senate panel OKs Ind. nominee for AG role”: The Indianapolis Star today contains an article that begins, “The nomination of Hoosier lawyer Dawn Johnsen to be assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s office of legal counsel was approved today by the Senate Judiciary Committee over the objection of Republicans.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post titled “Nominee for Office of Legal Counsel Moves Forward.”

“Justice accused of breaking court order; Complaint against Roberto Rivera-Soto issued by county official”: Today’s edition of The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger contains an article that begins, “A Hunterdon County assistant prosecutor has filed a complaint against Supreme Court Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto, charging him with violating a court order sealing the identity of an investigator who used a racial slur while discussing former NBA star Jayson Williams.”

“Obama Administration Sides With Wal-Mart Workers”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “The Obama administration sided with women suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for discrimination, urging a federal appeals court to let the current and former workers sue as a group and proceed with the biggest sex-bias case in U.S. history.”

And law.com reports that “EEOC Reverses Stance on Wal-Mart Class in Gender Bias Case.”

An eleven-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear reargument en banc of this case on Tuesday of next week.

You can view the amicus brief that the EEOC filed yesterday in the Ninth Circuit by clicking here. And the briefs filed in support of and in opposition to en banc review can be accessed at this link.

“Supreme Court Briefs Claim Cuban Spies Received Unfair Trial in Miami”: law.com has this report.