And speaking of books about the U.S. Supreme Court: November 10, 2009 is scheduled to be the official publication date of Joan Biskupic‘s new book, “American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.”

“Supreme Courtship”: In the Sunday Book Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times, Emily Bazelon has this review of law professor Barry Friedman‘s new book, “The Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Supreme Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution.”

“Blogger to be back in court; Former Mills High student’s suit before U.S. appeals panel”: Today’s edition of The Waterbury (Conn.) Republican American contains an article that begins, “Avery Doninger will soon return to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals with the right of students across the country to speak their minds in blogs and text messages at stake.”

“Empty benches”: This editorial, encouraging the confirmation of more federal judges, appeared yesterday in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Supreme Court faces decisions on two key terror cases”: Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor of McClatchy Newspapers have this report.