“Wal-Mart not responsible for factory conditions”: Yesterday in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko had this article.

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

“Federal appeals court orders judge off gun case”: This article appeared Saturday in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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

On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered“: The program contained audio segments entitled “Sotomayor Hearings Set To Begin” (featuring Dahlia Lithwick) and “A History Of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings.”

RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

“Sotomayor’s Judicial Impartiality a Likely Focus for Hearings”: This article will appear Monday in The New York Times.

Monday’s edition of The Washington Times will contain an article headlined “Sotomayor faces easy route to confirmation; GOP unlikely to try filibuster.”

From McClatchy Newspapers, Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor have an article headlined “Sotomayor, tough-minded yet true to her roots, defies simple labeling.” And David Lightman has an article headlined “Few fireworks expected at Sotomayor hearing.”

The Associated Press has articles headlined “Sotomayor faces friendly jury as hearings begin“; “Obama phones Sotomayor on eve of hearings“; “Sessions: Sotomayor must show she can be neutral“; “Cornyn: Sotomayor must explain ‘Latina’ remark“; and “Sotomayor gets nod from police chiefs.”

In Monday’s edition of Newsday, columnist Joye Brown will have an essay entitled “Sotomayor touts passion for law in ’06 Hofstra speech.”

And in last Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Floyd Abrams had an op-ed entitled “The Judge Sotomayor I’ve Faced: Her questioning is tough and fair, demanding and acute.”