“Probe of Alleged Torture Weighed; White House Has Resisted Inquiry”: Sunday in The Washington Post, Carrie Johnson will have an article that begins, “Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is leaning toward appointing a criminal prosecutor to investigate whether CIA personnel tortured terrorism suspects after Sept. 11, 2001, setting the stage for a conflict with administration officials who would prefer the issues remain in the past, according to three sources familiar with his thinking.”
“A Steady Rise, Punctuated by Doubts; In Sotomayor, an Insider’s Achievements Meet an Outsider’s Insecurities”: This article will appear Sunday in The Washington Post.
Sunday in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage and James Oliphant will have an article headlined “Judging the judge: Senate committee to question Sotomayor this week; The would-be Supreme Court justice will get a chance to address concerns some have about potential liberal bias or judicial activism.”
And Sunday in The New York Times, Neil A. Lewis will have an article headlined “Nominee Wraps Up Rehearsals.”
“A Supreme Triumph, Then Into the Shadows”: Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this article about Lloyd Gaines, the plaintiff in the lawsuit captioned Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada.
“U.S. Wiretaps Were of Limited Value, Officials Report”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
Today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an article headlined “‘Inappropriate’ Secrecy Hurt Surveillance Effort, Report Says.”
The Los Angeles Times contains an article headlined “Report: Bush-era surveillance went beyond wiretaps; A government report raises new questions about how the Bush White House kept key Justice officials in the dark about the post-Sept. 11 program.”
And The Associated Press has an article headlined “Report: Too few officials knew of surveillance.”
“Sonia Sotomayor’s historic trial by Senate fire about to begin; She’ll face tough questioning, but even Republicans expect her to be confirmed”: The Christian Science Monitor has this report.
And The Associated Press has an article headlined “Cast of characters on committee quizzing Sotomayor.”
Major League Baseball umpire Tim Tschida on Roe v. Wade: In the Week in Review section of Sunday’s edition of The New York Times, Bruce Weber will have an essay entitled “Umpires v. Judges.”
“W.H. remains mum on Sotomayor diabetes”: Josh Gerstein has this article at Politico.com.
“Obscenity law: still ‘a hodge-podge’?” Christopher Shea has this post at his “Brainiac” blog hosted by The Boston Globe.
“Bird-flipping passenger off hook for shooting”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “A car passenger who gestures angrily at a passing vehicle can’t be held responsible if someone responds with gunfire, a state appeals court has ruled in dismissing a lawsuit that blamed a passenger for provoking a shooting.”
You can access Thursday’s ruling of California’s Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District at this link.
“Path to Court: Speak Capably but Say Little.” Adam Liptak will have this article Sunday in The New York Times.
Available online at Slate: Dahlia Lithwick has jurisprudence essays entitled “Confirmation in 60 Seconds: Everything you need to know about Sonia Sotomayor’s upcoming hearings” and “Fire Proof: The New Haven firefighter is no stranger to employment disputes.”
“Trial by Firefighters”: Law professors Lani Guinier and Susan Sturm have this op-ed today in The New York Times.
“Sotomayor Girds for Hill Showdown; As Nominee and Advisers Strategize, Sen. Sessions Pledges No Personal Attacks”: Robert Barnes, Michael D. Shear and Perry Bacon Jr. have this front page article today in The Washington Post.
Michael Doyle and David Lightman of McClatchy Newspapers report that “Sotomayor backers urge reporters to probe New Haven firefighter.”
The Associated Press has reports headlined “Nominee puts on best face, but who is she?“; “Hispanic rights group at center of Sotomayor fight“; and “Women’s groups quiet on Sotomayor.”
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has an article headlined “Sotomayor Hearing Revives Old Battle About Questioning of High Court Nominees; Why do senators allow nominees to dodge questions on hot-button issues? The song (and dance) remains the same.”
And from National Public Radio, yesterday evening’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “Sotomayor’s Past, Personality To Be Scrutinized” featuring Nina Totenberg. In addition, today’s broadcast of “Weekend Edition Saturday” contained an audio segment entitled “Sotomayor’s Bronx Roots For Their Hero.” RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.
“It’s the end of the road for many GM and Chrysler lawsuits; Plaintiffs with unresolved injury claims stand little chance of collecting now that General Motors and Chrysler have emerged from bankruptcy proceedings”: Maura Dolan and Carol J. Williams have this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
“Immigration Judges Found Under Strain”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
“U.S. Marshals Discuss New Courthouse Security Efforts at National Conference”: law.com has this report.
