Available online from law.com: Marcia Coyle reports that “Judicial Campaign Speech Case May Be Destined for Supreme Court; Wisconsin justice faces sanctions for ad that may have gone too far.”

And an article reports that “With 9th Circuit Set to Hear Firearms Case En Banc, Calif. AG Walks Line on Gun Control.”

In news coverage pertaining to Guantanamo: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has news updates headlined “Guantanamo judge delays 9/11 case until Nov. 16” and “Alleged 9/11 perpetrator studying Vietnam War atrocity film.”

And today at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has posts titled “No quick ruling on military trials” and “Early look at detainees’ case.”

“Former Supreme Court Justice discusses judicial reform in Morgantown”: West Virginia Public Broadcasting has a report that begins, “Sandra Day O’Connor attended a meeting about reforming the way West Virginia selects its Supreme Court Justices and other judges.”

Female genital mutilation case produces 5-5 vote on denial of rehearing en banc from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: You can access today’s order denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions concurring in and dissenting from that denial, at this link.

The original three-judge panel’s ruling in this case can be accessed here.

“The Cert Pool: Sotomayor Joins It, Lawyers Attack It.” Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Greetings from Huntington, West Virginia: Where my hotel is located a mere half-block away from the nearest Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

“Justice Souter Debates the Relevancy of the Constitution”: C-SPAN has posted online this video.

“Sept. 11 mastermind due back in Gitmo court”: The Associated Press has this report.

And today in The Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg reports that “4 civilian prosecutors’ offices vie for 9/11 case.”

“Did lawyer crash courthouse groundbreaking photo? Judge said he’s mystified about why lawyer got into the shot.” Friday’s edition of The Austin American-Statesman contained this article.

Additional coverage is available in this post from “Above the Law.”

“WV Supreme Court set to hear cases in Huntington”: This article, in which I am mentioned, appears today in The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, West Virginia. I’ll be traveling to Huntington later today in connection with an event titled “Blogging and the potential limits of the First Amendment,” scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. More details about the event can be accessed via this earlier post.

And in other news from West Virginia, “O’Connor to attend WVa judicial study meeting.”

“Complaint against lawyer McKenna winding through R.I. courts while penalties mushroom”: The Providence (R.I.) Journal today contains an article about the lawyer who, among other things, “unsuccessfully challenged then-Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams’ right to lead the judiciary while also sitting on a military review panel set up to hear appeals by detainees at Guantanamo Bay.”

“Supreme Court case over firefighter promotion exam tests Westchester firm, founder; When New Haven, Conn., firefighters sued for alleged reverse discrimination, the test designed by Industrial/Organizational Solutions landed in the spotlight”: This article appeared yesterday in The Chicago Tribune.

“Supreme Court justice visits School of Law”: Today’s edition of The Daily Northwestern contains an article that begins, “Trading her black robe for a black shawl, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shared her vast knowledge of American politics and legal lore at Northwestern Law School on Tuesday as part of the Howard J. Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar program.”

And the law school’s web site contains a news release (featuring a video report) headlined “Ginsburg Holds Court: Ruth Bader Ginsburg talks about her life, the law and her hope for law students.” You can download the audio of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s question-and-answer session via this link (54.1MB mp3 audio file).

“How Brandeis, Revered or Hated, Became a Giant of the Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak has this book review today in The New York Times.