Ninth Circuit affirms BALCO-related perjury and obstruction of justice convictions obtained following a jury trial against former professional cyclist Tammy Thomas: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Legal bills mount for Conrad Black after insurance runs dry”: This article appeared yesterday in The Toronto Globe and Mail.

“With another woman, the Supreme Court can’t help but change”: Columnist David S. Broder has this op-ed today in The Washington Post.

“Appeals court: MGA can keep Bratz brand of dolls.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that gave Mattel Inc. ownership rights to the popular Bratz doll brand, which competed with the toy company’s iconic Barbie dolls.”

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski is the author of today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“N.J. High Court to Review Drunken Drivers’ Right to Sue Bars That Served Them”: Mary Pat Gallagher of New Jersey Law Journal has this report.

“Obama’s Judicial Picks Languish In Senate”: This audio segment appeared on Tuesday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

And Tuesday evening at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram had a post titled “McConnell Delays Vote on 6th Circuit Nominee.”

“Lawsuit Revived Against Prosecutor in Web Parody Case”: Leigh Jones of The National Law Journal has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against a prosecutor brought by a college student whose online column irked a professor and led to an unlawful search of the student’s home.”

My earlier coverage of Monday’s Tenth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Prosecutors urge immediate jail for actor Snipes”: Reuters has this report.

And The Orlando Sentinel reports that “Feds want movie star Wesley Snipes behind bars.”

“Appeals Court says nude pics OK for sex offender”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“Orie sisters ordered to stand trial”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update that begins, “A Common Pleas judge today ordered state Sen. Jane Clare Orie, R-McCandless, and her sister, Janine Orie, held for trial on charges they used the senator’s state office to campaign for a third sister, Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Pa. senator, sister to be tried on ethics charges.”

Meanwhile, in earlier coverage, today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that “Staffer shares Orie messages.”

“Margaret Marshall, author of Mass. gay marriage decision, to retire”: The Boston Globe has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Mass. judge who wrote gay marriage ruling retires.”

Today, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued a news release headlined “Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall Will Retire.”

“Judge sets ex-mogul Conrad Black’s bond at $2M”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Ex-media mogul Conrad Black may leave prison Wed.” The Associated Press has this report.

Bloomberg News reports that “Conrad Black Might Be Set Free Today in Florida as He Appeals Conviction.”

And Reuters reports that “Bond hearing set for ex-media mogul Conrad Black.”

“Flag mutilation charge dropped”: Today’s edition of The Omaha World-Herald contains an article that begins, “Sarpy County prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges of flag mutilation and contributing to the delinquency of a minor against a high-ranking member of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church.”

“Schwarzenegger to name appeals judge to fill chief justice post; Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye, 50, would be the first Asian American to lead the state’s judiciary and give the court a female majority for the first time in history”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And The Sacramento Bee reports today that “Schwarzenegger to pick Cantil-Sakauye as chief justice.”

“Senate Panel Backs Kagan Nomination, With One Republican Vote”: The New York Times contains this article today.

Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that “Elena Kagan approved by Senate Judiciary Committee in 13-6 vote; Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination wins approval in a nearly party-line vote, with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina joining the majority Democrats.”

The Washington Post reports that “Kagan nomination approved by Senate judiciary panel.” And Dana Milbank’s “Washington Sketch” column is headlined “Lindsey Graham stands apart from other Republican senators on Kagan vote.”

The Boston Globe reports that “With one GOP vote, Kagan wins Senate panel’s backing.”

In USA Today, Joan Biskupic reports that “Kagan clears Senate panel; Supreme Court nominee heads for full vote next month.”

In The Wall Street Journal, Naftali Bendavid reports that “Senate Panel Approves Kagan For High Court; Committee Votes Largely on Party Lines; She Would Become Fourth Female Justice.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “What Case Was That Again? Kagan says she had no opinion on the ObamaCare lawsuits.” And Peter Hegseth has an op-ed entitled “Kagan and the Military: What Really Happened; Her intellectually dishonest opposition to our armed forces during a time of war shows bad judgement; She doesn’t belong on the Supreme Court.”

The Washington Times contains articles headlined “Senate panel OKs Kagan’s nomination; Obama’s Supreme Court nominee now awaits full Senate vote” and “Graham explains Kagan vote; S.C. senator says he followed his conscience, not politics.”

James Rosen of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Graham only GOP senator on panel to vote for Kagan.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Elena Kagan’s role on Supreme Court: defender of ‘ordinary people’? Elena Kagan moved one step closer Tuesday to becoming the third woman on the US Supreme Court, to the satisfaction of President Obama and women’s groups; Next up: full Senate debate and a vote before the August recess.”

The Des Moines Register reports that “Grassley votes no on Kagan nomination, says her answers were vague.”

The Tulsa World reports that “Coburn outlines vote against Kagan.”

The Vermont Press Bureau reports that “Leahy says Kagan confirmation guaranteed.”

And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay entitled “Closing Arguments: The case against Kagan is a case against these hearings.”

“For Those Deported, Court Rulings Come Too Late”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“3rd Circuit Judge Orders Feds to Trim Big Brief in Fumo Case”: Shannon P. Duffy has this article today in The Legal Intelligencer.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Third Circuit order appears at this link.

“Media Seek Looser Guantanamo Rules”: Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “After nearly a decade of uneasy coexistence at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon and the media are now locked in a dispute that will test how strictly the government can limit what reporters there are allowed to reveal.”

“Looking for Time Bombs and Tea Leaves on Gay Marriage”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Feds Lose Stagliano Obscenity Case–First in Over 30 Years”: Mark Kernes, who covered the trial for AVN News, has this report.

“Justice Potter Stewart’s Papers Reveal Friends in High Places”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Judiciary panel OKs Elena Kagan for Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report, along with a report headlined “Obama hails Senate committee vote approving Kagan.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has posts titled “Kagan Clears One Hurdle, Heads for Next” and “In Letter, Elena Kagan Praises Miguel Estrada.”

Your appellate brief is too long, Third Circuit tells the prosecution in the Vince Fumo appeal: In an order issued today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ordered that nearly 11,000 words be trimmed from the brief.

My earlier coverage of the federal government’s efforts to file a gargantuan appellate brief can be accessed here and here.

“Judiciary expected to approve Kagan for Supreme Court”: The Hill has this report.

CNN.com reports that “Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on Kagan nomination.”

The Associated Press has reports headlined “Committee vote Tuesday on Kagan court nomination” and “Top Judiciary Republican to oppose Kagan.”

And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Elena Kagan denies ‘substantive’ discussion of health-care case; Senate Republicans are worried that, as solicitor general, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan advised President Obama about litigation against health-care reform — a potential issue if the litigation makes it to the Supreme Court.”

You can view C-SPAN’s live coverage of this morning’s confirmation vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee by clicking here.

“Clarence Thomas swears in Thomas R. Lee to Utah Supreme Court”: The Deseret News has this update.

“Conrad Black granted bail”: The Toronto Star has this news update.

And Financial Times has a news update headlined “Lord Black set to be freed on bail.”

“Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Jailed former newspaper magnate Conrad Black was granted bail by a federal appeals court on Monday, weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court kicked his 2007 fraud conviction back to a lower court.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Ex-Media Mogul Conrad Black Granted Bail During Appeal of Fraud Conviction.”

“Senate backs libel help for US writers abroad”: The Associated Press has this report.

Tenth Circuit issues its latest ruling in “The Howling Pig” criminal libel saga involving plaintiff Thomas Mink and his efforts to recover damages for alleged prosecutorial misconduct: Once again, Mink has prevailed on appeal. You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

“Kagan would weigh health law recusal case-by-case”: The Associated Press has this report.

In the case of United States v. Sykes, the defendant’s bank robbery conviction is affirmed in an opinion written by Judge Sykes: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Testing the fairness of U.S. law.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Thomas lifts veil on life as a Supreme Court justice”: Brooke Adams has this article today in The Salt Lake Tribune.

And The Deseret News reports today that “Clarence Thomas calls Supreme Court a ‘marble palace.’”

In this post, the “Appellate Daily” blog links to video of the Saturday Night Live skit that Justice Thomas mentioned in his remarks.

“Address the two D.C. Circuit vacancies; The ‘second highest court in the land’ needs a full complement of judges to do its important work”: Law professor Carl Tobias will have this op-ed in tomorrow’s issue of The National Law Journal.