“No new trial for Davis in cop’s death; 11th Circuit Court leaves stay of execution so appeal can be pursued”: Bill Rankin has this article today in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

And The Savannah Morning News reports today that “Appelate court rejects Troy Anthony Davis.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Justice Thomas and Rights”: Bruce Fein has this letter to the editor today in The New York Times.

“Role of Bush NSA Plan Under Review; Obama Administration Faces Privacy, Security Challenges in Defending Cyberspace”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

The New York Times reports today that “Control of Cybersecurity Becomes Divisive Issue.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Senate panel plans hearing on wiretapping.”

“Strip searches at school: Discipline gone too far? Court case tests limits of anti-drug programs.” Joan Biskupic had this article yesterday in USA Today.

And today, the newspaper contains an editorial entitled “Too often, ‘zero tolerance’ equals zero common sense; Strip search of 8th-grader reflects outgrowth of inflexible mindset.”

“Teen sues S.C. on stimulus standoff; Chapin High senior takes on Sanford”: The State newspaper of Columbia, South Carolina today contains an article that begins, “A Chapin High School senior has filed a lawsuit asking the S.C. Supreme Court to decide who — Gov. Mark Sanford or the Legislature — controls $700 million in disputed federal stimulus money. In an indication it could act swiftly, the court ordered S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster to respond to the lawsuit by Monday. Casey Edwards, the 18-year-old who filed the lawsuit Thursday, said S.C. students and schools are suffering from budget cuts and would benefit from the money.”

“Court: Free Press reporter will have to answer pretrial questions.” The Detroit Free Press has this report.

The Detroit News reports that “Appeals Court rejects Detroit reporter’s bid to halt deposition.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Detroit reporter’s deposition will go forward.”

“Board rejects Demjanjuk bid, court wants more info”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A U.S. appeals court wants to see details of a medical report indicating that John Demjanjuk, who is wanted in Germany to face accusations he served as a Nazi death camp guard, is healthy enough to make that trip from Ohio safely.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this briefing order yesterday.

“Judge signs off on San Quentin improvements”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “A federal judge has ended nearly three decades of supervision over conditions on Death Row at San Quentin State Prison after authorities made court-ordered improvements ranging from giving inmates more legal help and exercise time to getting rid of rodents and bird droppings.”

“Israeli Supreme Court president talks human rights”: This article appears today in The Daily Princetonian.

And The Associated Press reports that “Israel Supreme Court president speaks at Princeton.”

“Thomas More Society Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Allow ‘Choose Life’ Illinois License Plates; Petition says U.S. Seventh Circuit decision violates Illinois Citizens’ free speech rights”: The Thomas More Society issued this news release yesterday.

You can access my earlier coverage from yesterday, which included a link to the cert. petition, by clicking here.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Source: Captured Somali pirate to face trial in NY” and “Demjanjuk faces uncertain fate if deported.”

“McLean Students Sue Anti-Cheating Service; Plaintiffs Say Company’s Database of Term Papers, Essays Violates Copyright Laws”: An article published in the March 29, 2007 issue of The Washington Post begins, “Two McLean High School students have launched a court challenge against a California company hired by their school to catch cheaters, claiming the anti-plagiarism service violates copyright laws. The lawsuit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, seeks $900,000 in damages from the for-profit service known as Turnitin. The service seeks to root out cheaters by comparing student term papers and essays against a database of more than 22 million student papers as well as online sources and electronic archives of journals. In the process, the student papers are added to the database.”

In March 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a ruling that rejected the plaintiffs’ lawsuit. At BNA’s “E-Commerce and Tech Law Blog,” Thomas O’Toole had a post about that ruling titled “Turnitin.com Lawsuit Yields Rulings on Browsewrap Contracts, Fair Use of Copyrighted Expression.”

Today. a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision that affirmed the district court’s rejection of the plaintiffs’ complaint. The Fourth Circuit’s ruling also contained additional bad news for the plaintiffs, because the appellate court reversed the district court’s dismissal of the company’s counterclaims and remanded those counterclaims for further proceedings in the district court. In coverage of today’s ruling, at BNA’s “E-Commerce and Tech Law Blog,” Thomas O’Toole had a post titled “Fourth Circuit’s Turnitin.com Ruling Brings More Trouble for Plaintiffs.”

“US court: Ex-Israeli cabinet member cannot be sued.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court says a former Israeli security chief cannot be sued in the United States for 15 deaths in a Gaza City bombing.”

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

“Choose to grant this cert. petition,” sponsors of rejected Illinois “Choose Life” license plate ask the U.S. Supreme Court: Earlier today, this petition for writ of certiorari was filed in the Supreme Court of the United States in the case captioned Choose Life Illinois, Inc. v. White.

My earlier coverage of the Seventh Circuit’s ruling can be accessed here.

“Race Bias in Obama Era Reaches Court That Seeks Colorblind U.S.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Federal court blocks webcast of music piracy suit”: Jonathan Saltzman of The Boston Globe has a news update that begins, “A federal appeals court panel today blocked a trial judge in Boston from allowing live Internet coverage of an upcoming hearing in a closely watched lawsuit against a Boston University student accused of downloading music illegally.”

The Associated Press reports that “Music downloading hearing can’t be streamed online.”

At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Court Bars RIAA Trial Webcast.”

And at his “Copyrights & Campaigns” blog,” Ben Sheffner has a post titled “First Circuit rejects District Court webcast in Tenenbaum case; court rules Gertner lacked authority to permit cameras in courtroom.”

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

Programming note: Due to a day-long Continuing Legal Education session, I’ll be away from the computer until later today. Additional posts will appear here this evening.

“Ga. Supreme Court Mulls Teacher’s Consent Defense Over Sex With Student; Former teacher appeals conviction for encounter with 16-year-old”: law.com has this report.

“Texas Voting Rights Act Case Will Be Felt In Some California Counties”: Lawrence Hurley has this article today in The Daily Journal of California.

“Holder: Law not always followed in terror fight.” The Associated Press has this report.

You can access the prepared text of the Attorney General’s remarks by clicking here.

“An Argument For More Female Justices”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Dahlia Lithwick appeared on Monday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation.

“In Minnesota, a Battle Without End for a Senate Seat”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

USA Today reports today that “Ruling puts end in sight in Minn. Senate fight; Coleman appeal called ‘long shot.’”

The Minneapolis Star Tribune contains articles headlined “Recount’s next stop: Minnesota Supreme Court; The state Supreme Court is where Coleman will take his appeal of the election outcome” and “Senate recount ruling has 2 sides in a tizzy; A decision giving Al Franken the Senate seat didn’t just trigger a Norm Coleman appeal, it unleashed a flurry of fresh emotion.”

And The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that “Partisans in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race gear up for next stage; Coleman, Franken camps turn up rhetoric ahead of Supreme Court appeal.”

“An Impressive First Nominee”: The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, “President Obama has done well with his first judicial nomination — David Hamilton, a well-respected federal district court judge in Indiana — for the Chicago-based United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.”

And yesterday, that newspaper contained an editorial entitled “The A.B.A. and Judicial Nominees.”

“Judge Posner Wrote What? A leading free-market conservative concludes that CEO compensation practices are flawed.” Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has this essay online at Slate.

“The Problem of Supreme Court Justices’ Remaining on the Bench Too Long: Although It’s a Genuine Concern, Recently-Suggested Reforms Are More Problematic Than the Status Quo.” Edward Lazarus has this essay online at FindLaw.

“Obama Tilts to CIA on Memos; Top Officials at Odds Over Whether to Withhold Some Details on Interrogation Tactics”: This article appears today in The Wall Street Journal.

“Attorneys assumed phony lawyer from Duluth was a colleague”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Al Jazeera: Guantanamo captive called us to protest guards’ treatment.” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Justice Roberts at NCCU law school event”: This article appears today in The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina.

“Court grants John Demjanjuk reprieve from deportation; plane was ready to leave for Germany”: The Cleveland Plain Dealer contains this article today.

And The Christian Science Monitor has a report headlined “In Demjanjuk’s Ukrainian hometown, memories linger of an infamous son; Deportation of the accused death-camp guard was stayed Tuesday.”

In this post from yesterday, I linked to stay-related documents filed yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

“Nacchio enters Pa. prison for six-year term; The former Qwest CEO may get bail if the Supreme Court decides in June to review his insider-trading conviction”: This article appears today in The Denver Post.

“Appeals Court: Marine can’t sue Murtha.” The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“U.S. challenges Michigan v. Jackson“: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Roberts presides over NCCU law competition”: Raleigh, North Carolina’s News 14 has this report.

The “Campus Notes” blog of The News & Observer of Raleigh has a post titled “Chief Justice Roberts at NCCU: A regular guy.”

And earlier, today’s edition of The News & Observer has an article headlined “Roberts’ N.C. Central visit to be low-key.”

The Associated Press is reporting: “Top govt. lawyer delays her Supreme Court debut“;

“US appeals court weighs ‘Choose Life’ car plates“;

“Coleman attorney: Appeal next week in Senate fight“; and

“Teen piracy suspect raises legal, moral issues.”