“Courting Judges”: The April 19, 2010 issue of The Nation contains an editorial that begins, “For decades, Republicans made judicial selection a priority and set the terms of debate.”

“State Court Limits Scope of Warrants for Searches”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “New York’s highest court ruled on Thursday that police departments cannot use general warrants that apply to a specific location to search every person they find there unless there is probable cause to believe that a particular person is involved in criminal activity.”

The Post-Standard of Syracuse, New York reports that “State’s top court takes issue with how all-persons-present search warrants are executed in Syracuse.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court faults broad warrant, strip search.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the New York State Court of Appeals — that State’s highest court — at this link.

“Utah Supreme Court hears argument on future of malpractice claims”: Today’s edition of The Deseret News contains an article that begins, “The Utah Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday regarding whether the statute of limitations runs on claims of malpractice when the damage itself is known or when the extent of damage has been determined.”

Access online the audio of Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s remarks Wednesday at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies: The audio is available via this link. Justice Breyer delivered the annual Rostov Lecture on International Affairs and spoke on the subject of “The Court and Foreign Law.”

“Court Requires Warning About Deportation Risk”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that “Supreme Court says lawyers must tell immigrant clients of deportation risk.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Defendants deserve immigration advice, court rules; The Supreme Court confronts a strict federal law on deportation in two criminal cases.”

Joan Biskupic of USA Today reports that “Lawyers must point out deals’ deportation risks; Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision cites right to effective counsel.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Supreme Court: Lawyers must advise immigrants of deportation threat; The US Supreme Court said that criminal defense lawyers are bound by the Constitution to let immigrant defendants who are not US citizens know when a guilty plea could lead to deportation.”

Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal reports that “High Court Deportation Ruling Sets New Standard for Legal Advice.”

And on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment entitled “High Court: Lawyers Must Give Immigration Advice.”

“Deadlock Is Ending on Labor Board”: The New York Times contains this article today.

“How About Those Tomato Sandwiches . . . What does a former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court do when she’s mistaken for the restroom attendant?” Leah Ward Sears has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text via Google News.

“Supreme Court Ruling Could Lower Mutual-Fund Fees”: This article appears today in The Wall Street Journal.

“Ninth Circuit Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld to Take Senior Status”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.

“Court rules lame pigs can’t be turned into meat”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California reports today that “Federal appeals court reinstates downer cow law.”

The Los Angeles Times has a blog post titled “Federal court upholds California ban on sale of ‘downer’ pork.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: California can apply animal ban to pigs.”

Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports that “Court Rules California Can Regulate Slaughter of ‘Downer’ Pigs.”

And law.com reports that “9th Circuit Reinstates Ban on ‘Downer’ Animals.”

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski wrote yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“Microsoft request for patent suit review is nixed”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Conservatives Aim at 9th Circuit Nominee’s Questionnaire”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Abortion doc’s killer lashes out at court”: The Associated Press has this report.

And The Wichita Eagle has a news update headlined “‘If you would follow a higher power, you would acquit me’ says Roeder.”

“Appeal court: Judge was wrong to find woman in contempt when her cell phone rang in courtroom; Appeals court sides with woman whose cell phone was thrown in the trash after it rang in Circuit Judge Anthony Johnson’s courtroom”: This article appears today in The Orlando Sentinel.

You can access last week’s ruling of Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal at this link.

“NY court revives Tiffany’s false ad claim vs. eBay”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “EBay Inc. might be violating false-advertising laws if it does not warn consumers that some of the Tiffany products offered by sellers on its Web site are not authentic, a federal appeals court said Thursday.”

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

“Supreme Court Ruling Opens Federal Courts to More Class Actions”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Sorting out an Erie sequel.”

“Supreme Court notebook: Looking abroad for tips.” Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.