“Nine on short list for state high court; Judicial Nominating Commission narrows field from 38 hopefuls”: Bill Rankin had this article last Thursday in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

One of the nine finalists to serve as the next Justice on the Supreme Court of Georgia is Stephen Louis A. Dillard, founder of the “Southern Appeal” blog.

In local coverage, The Macon Telegraph reported last Thursday that “Macon lawyer Dillard on short list to be justice.”

“Star lawyer makes Supreme Court splash”: In Sunday’s edition of The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell will have an article that begins, “It’s a rare lawyer who can deftly handle the pressure of arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court. In April, Austin’s Gregory Coleman did it twice in eight days — and he did it arguing two of the most watched, most controversial cases in the high court’s just-completed term. Coleman also won them both, polishing his reputation as a top-flight appellate lawyer and as a conservative unafraid to mix it up in the combative, contentious arena of race relations.”

“Supreme Court leaned right on many issues this term; But the divided justices began shifting from the Bush administration’s hands-off approach to business, clearing the way for more consumer lawsuits; Sotomayor could change the direction more next term”: David G. Savage will have this article Sunday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Black Robe Politics”: Sunday in The Washington Post, law professor Jeffrey Rosen will have this review of the new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author James MacGregor Burns, “Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court.”

“Significant rulings of U.S. Supreme Court term”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Group Sotomayor advised fought job tests”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Environment Groups Find Less Support on Court”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

I recently collected some earlier related coverage in this post.