“These facts present a novel question of law: when an owner of a computer consents to its seizure, does that consent include the computer’s hard drive even when it was installed by another who claims ownership of it and objects to its seizure?” A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued this ruling today.

“Rare Breed Now: A Justice Who Wasn’t a Judge.” Adam Liptak will have this front page article Saturday in The New York Times.

“California loses fight to end prison oversight”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Schwarzenegger administration lost a legal fight Friday to end oversight of California’s prison health care system. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a federal judge can continue with a court-appointed receiver to improve inmate medical care.”

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

“Obama interviews Thomas, Garland for high court”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Judge Keller fined $100,000 for reporting lapse”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has a blog post that begins, “Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the state’s highest criminal court, has been fined $100,000 by the Texas Ethics Commission for failing to fully report her income and property holdings on annual personal financial statements.”

And The Houston Chronicle has a news update headlined “Ethics Commission hits Keller with record fine.”

You can access the final order of the Texas Ethics Commission at this link.

“In Tribute to Kennedy, SG Kagan Reveals Her ‘Look of Panic’ in First Argument”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Second Circuit vacates the preliminary injunction against the publication, advertising, or distribution of the book “60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye” and remands for further proceedings: Author J.D. Salinger may have died, but litigation that he initiated lives on. You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has a report headlined “NY court: Swedish author likely to lose fight.”

“Crush Democracy but Save the Kittens: Justice Alito’s double standard for the First Amendment.” Law professor Richard L. Hasen, author of the “Election Law Blog,” has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“ABC News Poll: Public Gives President Obama Latitude in Supreme Court Nomination; Two-thirds Say They’re Comfortable Having Obama Make the Choice.” ABCNews.com has this report.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Jennifer Agiesta report that “Poll affirms a vote for judicial know-how.”

CNN.com has reports headlined “Sources: White House officials urging liberal pick for court vacancy” and “Obama meets with Supreme Court candidate Sidney Thomas.”

Reuters reports that “Judge from Montana interviewed for Supreme Court.”

And U.S. News & World Report has an article headlined “White House Expects Battle Over Supreme Court Nominee; Advisers say Obama’s pick will draw controversy no matter who he chooses.”

“Obama Says Liberal Courts May Have Overreached”: Charlie Savage and Sheryl Gay Stolberg have this article today in The New York Times.