“Dressed in pinstripes, Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor achieves another major first”: The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger had this report on Saturday evening. The newspaper has also posted related photographs online here and here.

And via YouTube, you can access video footage from The Associated Press titled “Sotomayor Throws Out First Pitch.”

“SJC sharply limits youth curfew law; Bars criminal charge, allows civil penalty”: In Saturday’s edition of The Boston Globe, Jonathan Saltzman had an article that begins, “The state’s highest court yesterday struck down a provision in a Lowell ordinance that made it a crime for children under 17 to violate a curfew, a ruling expected to affect other Massachusetts communities that have adopted or are considering similar local laws.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Mass. court rejects criminal side of teen curfew.”

You can access last Friday’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

“Jeffrey Lamken Leaving Baker Botts to Launch Boutique Firm”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Suspect in Illinois Bomb Plot ‘Didn’t Like America Very Much'”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains this profile of the man charged with plotting to blow up the federal building in Springfield, Illinois.

“High Cost of Death Row”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.

“The Case of the Plummeting Supreme Court Docket”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

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.

“Justice Sotomayor’s toss down the middle”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Sonia Sotomayor was right down the middle with her ceremonial pitch at Yankee Stadium.”

MLB.com has a report, featuring video, headlined “Justice Sotomayor throws out first pitch; Molina catches lifelong Yankees fan ceremonial throw.”

And at the “Bats” blog of The New York Times, Jack Curry has a post titled “Justice Sotomayor Throws Out First Pitch.”

Available online from law.com: Tony Mauro reports that “Corporate Disputes Dominate the Docket as a New Justice Joins the Court.”

And Marcia Coyle reports that “High Court Justices to Take Up Lawyer Ethics, Errors; Six cases on the calendar will have direct consequences for the practice of law.”

“AP sources: Gitmo closing goal of Jan. may slip.” The Associated Press has this report.

“In Richmond court, Moussaoui lawyers argue for new trial”: Frank Green has this article today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

In commentary available online at FindLaw: Julie Hilden has an essay entitled “Should Lawyers Be Allowed to Blog Critically About Judges?”

And Laura Hodes has an essay entitled “Schools’ Suits Against Students Who Mock Them Online.”

“Two-tiered justice for terror suspects? The detainees at Guantanamo deserve their day in court.” The Los Angeles Times contains this editorial today.

“Illinois Supreme Court: Wills can use religious tests; Jewish family restricted inheritance based on which heir married within their religion.” This article appeared yesterday in The Chicago Tribune.

My earlier coverage of the ruling appears at this link.

“Carlos Moreno, California high court justice, is raising his profile; The justice’s opposition to Proposition 8, a bold move for someone being considered for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, may signal a departure from the middle of the road”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

According to the article, “Moreno has declined to be considered for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, an intermediate court where judges have lifetime tenure. He said he would not leave the state’s top court for any court except the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Judge Orders Gmail Account Deactivated After Bank Screws Up”: At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, Kim Zetter has a post that begins, “A California federal judge has ordered Google to temporarily de-activate a Gmail account after a bank mistakenly sent sensitive data to the account.”

And Online Media Daily reports that “Judge Orders Google To Deactivate User’s Gmail Account.”

I have posted online at this link the temporary restraining order that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued in the case on Wednesday.

Today, however, Google and the bank filed a joint motion stating that the case is now moot and asking the federal district court to vacate the temporary restraining order so that Google could reactivate the email account in question.

“Government Files Notice of Appeal in Lori Drew Case”: Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Vinson & Elkins Snags Elwood for Its Appellate Practice”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“US Appeals Court Affirms AstraZeneca Win On Seroquel Patent”: Brent Kendall of Dow Jones Newswires has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“In Richmond court, Sept. 11 plotter seeks new trial”: Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has a news update that begins, “Lawyers for convicted Sept. 11 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui were back in a federal appeals court in Richmond again this morning trying to win a new trial.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Lawyer: Sept. 11 conspirator deserves new trial.”

As I noted in this post from July 2009, a new appellate oral argument was necessitated by the retirement of former Fourth Circuit Chief Judge Karen J. Williams.

“Ginsburg released from hospital, back to work”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, planned a quick return to work Friday after feeling ill at the office and spending the night in a Washington hospital as a precaution.”

In the current issue of The Harvard Law Record: The publication contains articles headlined “Souter looks beyond Supreme Court; Recently retired Supreme Court Justice looks ahead to future“;

“222 years later, constitution scholars find little to celebrate in founding document; Constitution Day panel bemoans document’s ‘ossified’, ‘anachronistic’, ‘anti-democratic’ principles“;

“Solicitors General analyze Kagan’s new role; Former Dean visits HLS on heels of first arguments as S.G.“; and

“‘I am Troy Davis’: Georgia man fights for justice from death row; Supreme Court litigation yields examination of Georgia death row inmate’s innocence.”

The first two of these articles pertain to Harvard Law School’s celebration of Constitution Day. The law school has posted online a related news release headlined “On Constitution Day, celebrating–and evaluating–our founding document; Feldman and Souter discuss models of judicial decision-making.” You can view online the Feldman-Souter discussion by clicking here (beginning at the one hour and twenty minute mark, preceded by the discussion among constitutional scholars of that document’s supposed flaws).

“Regulator on Fees: Hands Off, Courts; Fund-Industry Reforms Are Questioned.” Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an article that begins, “One of the top mutual-fund regulators said Thursday that he is concerned about courts having more say in whether fees are too high. With the Supreme Court due to hear arguments in a fund-fees case on Nov. 2, Securities and Exchange Commissioner Troy Paredes said that if a fee has been negotiated in ‘good faith’ between a fund’s manager and its board, it would be wrong for judges to look for reasons why that fee is too high.”

“Preview of Major Business Cases in Supreme Court’s 2009-2010 Term”: BusinessWeek provides this report.

“Heart of Darkness? Inside the Supremes’ new term.” Dahlia Lithwick will have this essay in the October 5, 2009 issue of Newsweek.

“Conn. land vacant 4 years after court OK’d seizure”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Weeds, glass, bricks, pieces of pipe and shingle splinters have replaced the knot of aging homes at the site of the nation’s most notorious eminent domain project.”

“Sotomayor says Obama’s job offer set her heart racing; Newest Supreme Court justice recalls suspense, thrill of big day”: Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Sotomayor Describes Day of Selection for C-Span; Interview Is Part of Series on Supreme Court.”

And Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press reports that “Sotomayor got lost on way to White House.”

I linked to the relevant C-SPAN video clip in this post from last night.

“Justice Ginsburg Is Hospitalized As Precaution”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post.

Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that “Justice Ginsburg hospitalized after feeling faint; The 76-year-old underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in February and had received intravenous iron therapy earlier in the day; She joined the Supreme Court in 1993.”

“Lawyer Has No First Amendment Right to Wear Hat in Court, Federal Judge Decides”: law.com provides this report.

“White House Regroups on Guantanamo; Counsel Craig Replaced as Point Man on Issue as Deadline for Closing Looms”: This front page article appears today in The Washington Post.

And over the past few days, Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has written articles headlined “Judge OKs Guantanamo detention of Algerian“; “9/11 mastermind: ‘Allah,’ not lawyers, will protect me; Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who has bragged about his role in the Sept. 11 attacks, has asked to dismiss his ACLU lawyers and face his death-penalty case alone“; and “More delays, torture claims at Guantanamo war court.”

“When Sotomayor Got the White House Phone Call”: Tonight at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post that begins, “In what appears to be her first press interview since becoming a Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor said she waited for 12 hours to get the Memorial Day phone call from President Obama confirming his plan to appoint her to the Supreme Court.”

C-SPAN has posted online at this link a video segment titled “Justice Sotomayor On The Call From President Obama.”