“US court dismisses 1998 Sudan missile strike suit”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.

The Associated Press reports that “Judges side with US against Sudan factory owners.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “In Defamation Suit, D.C. Circuit Rules En Banc for Government.”

You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“At inmate’s request, Utah prepares firing squad”: The Associated Press has this report.

“What Kagan Should Say: Elena Kagan should use her confirmation hearings to defend the Constitution. All of it.” Doug Kendall and Jim Ryan have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Programming note: Due to the Continuing Legal Education course that I will be speaking at later this morning, additional posts will appear here this afternoon. My topic of discussion is presenting oral argument on appeal.