“Recktenwald picked to lead high court; Lingle chooses the associate justice a week after the Senate rejects her initial nominee”: This article appeared yesterday in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

And today’s newspaper contains an article headlined “New pick, same judicial evaluation; The bar association’s president defends its process as fair but says it will be reviewed.”

“Legal battles over land claims possibly helped Oneidas”: Today’s edition of The Post-Standard of Syracuse, New York contains an article that begins, “The Oneida Indian land claim might be dead after an appeals court decision last week, but the 40-year legal battle might have helped lay the seeds of the prosperity the New York tribe now enjoys.”

My earlier coverage of last Tuesday’s Second Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“‘Justice of Law’ Sonia Sotomayor cracks jokes at Lehman College at Dream Big Initiative event”: This article appears today in The New York Daily News.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Kennedy key to gay marriage.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Protests at funerals a test of free speech; High court to hear Kansas church case”: Mark Arsenault had this article Saturday in The Boston Globe.

“Who’s a Pirate? U.S. Court Sees Duel Over Definition.” This article appeared yesterday in The Wall Street Journal.