“Gun Lobby Files New Suit in D.C. Over Federal Restrictions”: Jordan Weissmann has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Federal judge blocks charges in Pa. ‘sexting’ case”: The Associated Press has this report.

And The Times-Tribune of Scranton, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Judge bars DA from charging girls in sexting case.”

I have posted online at this link today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

“Supreme Court Won’t Revive Va. Anti-Spam Law”: Jerry Markon of The Washington Post has this news update.

And Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court declines to consider reinstating Va. anti-spam law.”

“Full House for Supreme Court Arguments on Asbestos”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

You can access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey, No. 08-295, by clicking here.

“Justice O’Connor at Pepperdine”: Benjamin Shatz has this post today at the “en Banc” blog of the Los Angeles Bar Association.”

Last Friday, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was at Pepperdine University School of Law to deliver the third annual William French Smith Memorial Lecture.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court today granted review in no new cases. You can access the Order List at this link.

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston provides this coverage.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court won’t revive Va. anti-spam law.”

“A confirmation fight for a challenging job: Perez would face issues of civil rights, Justice morale.” The Baltimore Sun today contains an article that begins, “In the annals of the capital’s acid partisanship, their names are boldfaced: candidates for America’s highest civil rights post who never got confirmed. During the last Democratic administration, conservatives succeeded in blocking Senate approval of Lani Guinier and Bill Lann Lee to head the civil rights division at the Justice Department. Now, they’re gearing up to put Thomas E. Perez, a Maryland lawyer selected for the job by President Barack Obama, through the grinder. Senate sources predict that the state’s labor secretary will be confirmed for the federal post, but history suggests that it won’t be without a fight.”

“A debate swirls over teens’ lurid pictures; Should self-portraits draw harsh penalties?” This article appeared yesterday in The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger.

“Why Card Check Is Unconstitutional: Only secret ballots are consistent with the First Amendment.” David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey have this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal.

“Philadelphia Tour Guides Say Licensing Quiz Treads on Them; Ben Franklin’s 80 Progeny and Other Myths Raised Hackles; Now It’s a Federal Case”: This article appears today in The Wall Street Journal.

“We must guard our free speech fortress: Two Supreme Court cases — one just settled, one upcoming — involve the government’s role in religious expression; Our system’s dirty little secret: Government is already inside, and active, in the free speech arena.” Law professor Richard W. Garnett has this op-ed today in USA Today.