“Ten Commandments: Secular or religious? Case examines intent behind displays at Kentucky courthouses.” This article appeared Tuesday in The Cincinnati Enquirer.

“Chief justice: I was asleep during my son’s party.” Yesterday’s edition of The Des Moines Register contained an article that begins, “Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus says she was home sleeping the night her husband, her son and a group of teenagers were charged by Polk County sheriff’s deputies investigating an underage beer party on Ternus’ property. Ternus says she was unaware of the party until a deputy arrived at the house to investigate a complaint of loud noises on her 29-acre property near Grimes. Ternus commented on the case for the first time Tuesday, shortly after her husband, Dennis Drake, entered an Alford plea to a misdemeanor charge of harassment of a public official.”

The Globe Gazette of Mason City, Iowa reported yesterday that “Justice’s husband gets probation in drinking case.”

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported yesterday that “Chief Justice speaks about son’s party night.”

And Radio Iowa reported yesterday that “Husband of Chief Justice enters plea in drinking case.”

“Nevada abortion statute targeted; Activist pursues personhood petition”: This article appears today in The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“Justice’s old house finds a new home”: Today’s edition of The Arizona Republic contains an article that begins, “Known for her stoicism, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said she could not mask her emotion at the sight of her 1958 adobe house restored on a desert bluff in Papago Park.”

“Williams steps down from R.I. Supreme Court”: Yesterday’s edition of The Providence Journal contained an article that begins, “Frank J. Williams, the retired chief justice of the state Supreme Court, whose constant presence has been cited as a cause in the divorce case of his former driver, announced Tuesday that he will no longer sit on the state’s highest court.”

“Equal pay crusader says she’ll always be ‘second-class citizen'”: The Tampa Tribune today contains an article that begins, “After a life of anonymity in Jacksonville, Ala., Lilly Ledbetter made a name for herself when her gender discrimination lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reached the Supreme Court two years ago.”

“Guantanamo Uighurs know justices took their case; At Guantanamo Bay, a BBC news article was posted on a bulletin board to announce the decision by Supreme Court justices to to consider the case of the Uighyr detainees”: Carol Rosenberg has this article today in The Miami Herald.

“Gableman participates in disputed Supreme Court case”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“Ex-Yale Students Settle Internet Defamation Lawsuit”: The Hartford Courant today contains an article that begins, “Two former Yale University law school students have quietly settled a high-profile lawsuit they brought against about two dozen anonymous authors who the students said defamed and threatened them by posting malicious falsehoods on an Internet message board.”

“Nashville attorney breezes through confirmation hearing for judgeship”: The Tennessean has a report that begins, “Nashville attorney Jane Branstetter Stranch easily made it through her confirmation hearing on Wednesday on her nomination to become a U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the Sixth Circuit.”

“One Reporter’s Lonely Beat, Witnessing Executions”: Yesterday’s edition of The New York Times contained this article about Michael Graczyk, a Houston-based reporter for The Associated Press.

“School tax credit to go to US high court”: Today in The Arizona Daily Star, Howard Fischer has an article that begins, “A challenge to Arizona’s controversial tax credits to help students go to private and parochial schools will have to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. In a split decision Wednesday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found foes of tuition tax credits for private and parochial schools are entitled to try to prove they are unconstitutional, upholding an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel.”

And The Arizona Republic reports today that “Attorneys to ask high court to review Ariz. tuition tax credits.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit order denying rehearing en banc, from which eight judges noted their dissent, can be accessed here.

“Adelphia’s Rigases Win Appeal on Conspiracy Charge”: Bloomberg News has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Third Circuit ruling appears here and here.

“Paparazzi’s publishers now in the picture as lawsuit targets”: This front page article appears today in The Sacramento Bee.

“Judges reject California plan to cut prison crowding; The panel threatens to impose its own plan if the state does not submit an acceptable one within three weeks”: The Los Angeles Times today contains an article that begins, “Three federal judges on Wednesday forcefully rejected a Schwarzenegger administration proposal to ease prison overcrowding, threatening to impose their own plan for reducing the inmate population if the state does not submit an acceptable one within three weeks.”

Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “Court, governor dig in heels on prison crowding.”

In The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz reports that “Court rejects governor’s plan to solve prison overcrowding.”

The Sacramento Bee reports that “Governor blames budget woes on judges ‘going absolutely crazy.’”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court rejects Calif. plan to cut prison population.”

I have posted online at this link yesterday’s order of a three-judge U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California.

For the second year in a row, the Philadelphia Phillies are the National League Champions! Congratulations to my home team for its return to the World Series. As was the case last year (see posts here, here, and here), my son and I again have tickets to game five (if necessary) of the World Series, where the Phillies will face either the New York Yankees or the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

“Former Adelphia Executives Win Chance to Quash Conspiracy Case”: Shannon P. Duffy will have this article Thursday in The Legal Intelligencer.

My earlier coverage of today’s Third Circuit ruling appears at this link.

In Bashman news from Australia: Today’s edition of The Ipswich Queensland Times reports that “Teens bash man in his front yard.”

Recent earlier installments of this feature can be accessed here, here, here, here, and here.

Eight active judges on the Ninth Circuit note their dissent from today’s order denying rehearing en banc of a decision reinstating a lawsuit alleging that Arizona’s private school scholarship tax credit program, as applied, violates the Establishment Clause: You can access today’s order denying rehearing en banc, the concurrences in that order, and the dissent from that order at this link. It is interesting to note that one of the judges who jointly authored the main concurrence is a senior Circuit Judge who served on the original three-judge panel but, due to her senior status, does not have the ability to vote for or against rehearing en banc.

My earlier coverage of the three-judge panel’s ruling, from April 2009, can be accessed here.

In coverage of today’s order, The East Valley Tribune has a news update headlined “Private school tax credits dealt setback.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court challenge to state tax credit stands.”

“Navajos may try to buy popular Arizona ski resort”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Navajo Nation may try to buy a popular Arizona ski resort to stop snowmaking on one of the tribe’s most sacred mountains, the San Francisco Peaks.”

“Court: Rigas case might be double jeopardy.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The imprisoned founder of Adelphia Communications Corp. and his son are closer to avoiding a second federal fraud trial. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia agreed Wednesday with the Rigases that it might be double jeopardy to subject them to a trial in Pennsylvania.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Stephen Barnett, UC law professor, dies”: Bob Egelko has this obituary today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

Earlier this week, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise published an obituary headlined “Former UC Berkeley Law Professor Stephen Barnett Dies.”

And The Associated Press has an article headlined “First Amendment prof, Stephen Barnett, dies at 73.”

Among other things, Professor Barnett was an ardent opponent of appellate court rules that prohibited parties and their lawyers from citing to so-called “unpublished” and “non-precedential” opinions.

“L.A. medical pot dispensary may get back seized funds; The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concludes the federal government could not prove the money was tied to illegal sales”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Justices return Corcoran death-row appeal”: Today’s edition of The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, Indiana contains an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court weighed in Tuesday in the capital murder case against Joseph E. Corcoran, sending it back to the U.S. Court of Appeals and delaying the state’s desire to put the quadruple murderer to death.”

You can access yesterday’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court — the first opinion of the new Term — at this link. And the Seventh Circuit‘s earlier ruling in the case can be accessed here.

“Fate of White House Counsel Is in Doubt”: This article will appear Thursday in The New York Times.

In the November 2009 issue of ABA Journal magazine: The magazine’s cover story, written by Richard B. Schmitt, is headlined “A Death in the Office: Mark Levy had talent, a top-flight resume and friends in high places; But when he lost his job, none of that was enough.” A related sidebar, by Mark Hansen, is headlined “The Less Final Option: For lawyers suffering from depression, there is help.”

David L. Hudson Jr. has an article headlined “Adult Time for Adult Crimes: Is life without parole unconstitutional for juveniles?”

And John Gibeaut has an article headlined “Drawing the Line: Court looks again at how much immunity prosecutors have.”

“Poker ruled game of skill for good reason — because it is”: Apropos of my appellate oral argument this morning, I see that earlier this month in The San Antonio Express-News, columnist Chuck Blount had this essay.

Programming note: I’m in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this morning to argue on behalf of the defendants-appellees opposing the prosecution’s appeal of a case in which the Superior Court of Pennsylvania is being asked to decide whether skill or luck predominates in determining success at the game known as Texas hold ’em poker.

You can access at this link the Brief for Appellees that I filed on my clients’ behalf, while an amicus brief in support of affirmance can be accessed here.

The student newspaper of Bloomsburg University has posted the trial court’s ruling at this link.

Additional posts will appear later today.

Update: The oral argument seemed to go very well.

“Ashcroft: Judges should rehear 9/11 witness case.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Former Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that he can be held personally responsible for wrongfully detaining people as material witnesses after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”

“Michigan town’s resolve to take Guantanamo detainees wavers; Standish, Mich., is dependent on its federal prison, which is about to close; It says still wants the Guantanamo detainees to fill the void, but opponents are pushing to recall members of city council”: The Christian Science Monitor has this report today.

“Court tells feds to return pot club’s money”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update that begins, “A Los Angeles medical marijuana clinic is entitled to recover more than $186,000 that was seized in an illegal police search and then claimed by the federal government, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday.”

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

“Justices to Decide on U.S. Release of Detainees”: Adam Liptak will have this article Wednesday in The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to consider Uighurs’ plea for freedom.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court will decide who can order the release of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay; At issue is whether a judge or the president can decide the fate of a prisoner who is not an ‘enemy combatant’; The ruling could complicate Obama administration’s plans to close the prison.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Supreme Court to rule on release of Guantanamo detainees into U.S.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court to hear appeal of Uighurs still at Guantanamo; The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear the case of Uighur detainees remaining at the Guantanamo prison camp; Their release into the US has been blocked by the White House and Congress.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Guantanamo detainees case reaches Supreme Court.”

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court to hear Guantanamo Uighurs appeal.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Guantanamo Inmates Get High Court Review on Release.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Detention and the 3 branches.”

You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Roberts speaks out on drunk driving case”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Roberts: Decision could give drunk drivers ‘one free swerve.’”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court upholds ban on traffic stops based on a caller’s tip; Justices uphold ruling in a drunk driving case that officers must see a suspicious act before stopping a vehicle; Chief Justice Roberts dissents, saying that will give drunk drivers ‘one free swerve.’”

And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court declines to set rule on drunk driving stops; The Supreme Court lets stand a Virginia court ruling that police must actually see erratic driving — and not just rely on anonymous tips — to stop a suspected drunk driver.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court denying certiorari and the Chief Justice’s dissent therefrom at this link.

“Ohio high court hears online communications case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Booksellers, video game dealers, newspaper publishers and other critics of an online child protection law encountered skepticism from state Supreme Court justices Tuesday for their free-speech arguments.”

The case is pending before the Supreme Court of Ohio on certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

The Ohio Supreme Court’s Office of Public Information has a summary of the case headlined “Court Asked to Confirm Attorney General’s Reading of State Law Protecting Children from Internet Obscenity.”

“U.S. Supreme Court: Ref. 71 names to remain sealed for now; The U.S. Supreme Court today ordered that signatures collected to get Referendum 71 on Washington’s ballot are to remain sealed until it decides whether to hear an appeal in the case.” The Seattle Times has this news update.

Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article headlined “Justices Uphold Ban on Releasing Names on a Petition.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court blocks names in gay partnership referendum.”

You can access today’s U.S. Supreme Court order at this link.