“Justice Alito’s candid response to Obama’s rebuke”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this op-ed today in The Washington Post.

And Bloomberg News columnist Ann Woolner has an essay entitled “Obama, Alito Dis Each Other in Free Speech Brawl.”

“Lessons learned in Alexandria: Four years ago, 9/11 conspirator was tried in Virginia court.” Kevin Johnson has this article today in USA Today.

Today in The Wall Street Journal, Naftali Bendavid and Jess Bravin report that “Republicans Step Up Protests of Civilian Terror Trials.”

And The Washington Post contains an editorial entitled “Government retreating on civilian trial for accused terrorist.”