“Obama Awards Medal of Freedom to O’Connor”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Bias suit by black US Capitol officers revived”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court on Friday revived a discrimination lawsuit brought by more than 200 black police officers who claim they were mistreated by white supervisors with the U.S. Capitol Police.”

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

“Appeals court orders resentencing for Nacchio”: The Denver Post has this news update.

Reuters has a report headlined “Qwest ex-CEO prison term incorrect – appeals court.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court orders shorter sentence for ex-Qwest CEO.”

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

“Court Creates Waves in Criminal System; Right to Cross-Examine Expert Witnesses Means Big Changes In Presenting Lab Evidence”: Lawrence Hurley had this article yesterday in The Daily Journal of California.

“6 GOP Senators To Vote In Favor Of Sotomayor”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

And earlier this week, Wednesday’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “Obama’s Judicial Nominees Stalled In Senate” (RealPlayer required).

“Porn prosecution fuels debate”: Today at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has an article that begins, “President Barack Obama’s Justice Department has quietly agreed to move a pornography prosecution out of socially conservative Montana to more urbane New Jersey — fueling perceptions by some attorneys that the new administration is stepping back from the aggressive approach the Bush administration took to prosecuting obscenity.”

“Judges won’t hear appeal on Commandments sign; Haskell County lost lawsuit over monument on courthouse lawn”: This article appears today in The Oklahoman.

My earlier post on yesterday’s Tenth Circuit order, accompanied by two dissenting opinions, denying rehearing en banc by an evenly divided vote can be accessed here.