“John Roberts’s America”: At the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times, Timothy Egan has a post that begins, ” I wish Chief Justice John Roberts could spend a day and a night in the Rocky Mountains experiencing what his activist Supreme Court majority has dumped on the American voter in 2010.”

“State says friendly game of poker OK; Opinion is change from historic interpretation of law”: The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier today contains an article that begins, “The occasional game of private poker among friends does not violate the state’s anti-gambling laws, the state attorney general’s office said Tuesday, bringing a strange new twist to the kitchen-table-poker debate now before the S.C. Supreme Court. One of the office’s top attorneys said infrequent, low-stakes, friendly games of cards are not illegal under South Carolina law, stepping back from the long-held assertion by some officials that betting on any game of chance is considered outlawed across the state.”

“Justice Thomas’ wife says healthcare law is unconstitutional; Virginia Thomas is working to repeal the law through Liberty Central, a conservative group she founded; Her husband, Justice Clarence Thomas, could provide a key vote to strike down the law”: Kathleen Hennessey and David G. Savage will have this article Thursday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Appeals court keeps military gay policy for now”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a government request to temporarily freeze a judge’s order telling the military to stop enforcing its ban on openly gay troops.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has this web page devoted to the case. The order granting a temporary stay can be accessed here.

“Seeking Apology, Justice Thomas’s Wife Baffles Conservatives”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this news update.

Brad Knickerbocker of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Anita Hill vs. Virginia Thomas: Is an apology due 19 years later? Anita Hill accused Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991; Virginia Thomas, the justice’s wife, has now asked Anita Hill to apologize; She’s also in the spotlight for her political activism.”

Thursday’s issue of The Independent (UK) contains an article headlined “Sex scandal back to haunt judge after 20 years.”

And in Thursday’s issue of The Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus will have an op-ed entitled “The never-ending Clarence Thomas saga.”

In the November 2010 issue of ABA Journal magazine: The magazine’s cover story, written by Mark Curriden, is headlined “The Long Shot: A Cleveland solo’s life is about to change as his practice expands from a spare bedroom in his apartment to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

And Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Mortal Combat: Video game makers fight for their right to be as bad as they wanna be.”

“Justice Thomas’ wife is veteran political activist”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Judge Camp decision challenged in vegan case; Appeal rests on contention the judge was using drugs”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this news update.

Via this post at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” you can access some of the underlying documents filed in the case.

“Virginia Thomas Cancels Radio Show Amid Controversy Over Her Call to Anita Hill”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has an essay entitled “Would You Like To Leave a Message? Why Ginni Thomas made that weird phone call to Anita Hill.”

“Expert Testifies Steven Hayes Hoped To Encourage Jury To Sentence Him To Death”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Dr.: Conn. home invasion defendant tried suicide.”

“Justices Scalia And Thomas’s Attendance At Koch Event Sparks Judicial Ethics Debate”: Sam Stein has this entry today at “The Huffington Post.”

“Anita Hill’s Lawyer ‘Shocked’ By Call From Thomas’s Wife”: This audio segment, featuring Charles Ogletree and Dahlia Lithwick, appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Tell Me More.”

Meanwhile, at the “News Desk” blog of The New Yorker, Andy Borowitz has a post titled “Shouts & Murmurs: Three Things to Do When Clarence Thomas’s Wife Calls You.” And Rollo Romig has a post titled “The Hill Telephone Hour.”

“Gov’t seeks stay of ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ ruling”: The Associated Press has this report.

“For chief justice of the U.S., it’s a treat to be ‘back home’; Roberts, in Canisius College lecture, discusses an era of change for the nation’s highest court”: This article appears today in The Buffalo News.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Roberts: Attending State of Union up to each judge.”

“Prosecutors: Disclosure in Camp case could pose safety threat.” Yesterday’s edition of The Newnan (Ga.) Times-Herald contained an article that begins, “Federal prosecutors pursuing drug and firearms charges against Senior Judge Jack Camp — a Coweta resident — filed a motion last week requesting any discovery filed in Camp’s case be used solely by Camp’s defense attorneys.”

“Appeal fails for Mo. man hit by fellow DUI suspect”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A man who authorities say drunkenly wrecked his pickup truck and was sprawled injured on a road before being twice run over by another intoxicated driver isn’t having much luck suing two law enforcers he claims failed to protect him.”

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

“A Triple Murder in Connecticut, in a Defendant’s Handwritten Words”: This article appears today in The New York Times, along with an article headlined “Murder Trial Puts Death Penalty in Spotlight in Connecticut Campaigns.”

The Hartford Courant reports today that “Accomplice’s Boastful, Detailed Writings Overshadow Testimony In Steven Hayes Case.”

And The New Haven Register reports that “Komisarjevsky’s journals paint deadly picture.” The newspaper has posted the journals online at this link.

“Court Won’t Reconsider Its Reversal of Death Penalty in Killing of 2 Officers”: The New York Times contains this article today.

The Staten Island Advance reports today that “Court rules convicted cop killer Ronell Wilson can’t receive death penalty.”

The New York Post reports that “Appeals court won’t reconsider tossing death penalty for cop-killer Ronnell Wilson.”

And The New York Daily News reports that “Court rejects request to rehear case against convicted cop killer.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

“Bomb expert closes out testimony for day in ‘pizza bomber’ trial”: This article appears today in The Erie (Pa.) Times-News.

“Virginia Thomas seeks apology from Anita Hill”: Michael A. Fletcher of The Washington Post has this news update.

In today’s edition of USA Today, Joan Biskupic reports that “Justice Thomas’ wife seeks apology; Contacts professor Anita Hill, who once accused him of harassment.”

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reports that “Justice’s Wife Seeks Apology From His Accuser.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Justice Thomas’ wife asks Anita Hill for apology; She won’t get one; The woman who 20 years ago accused him of sexual harassment stands by her testimony.”

The Boston Globe reports that “Justice’s wife asks Anita Hill for apology; Brandeis professor stands by testimony.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Justice Clarence Thomas’s Wife Calls Anita Hill, Offers Her ‘Olive Branch.’”

Reuters reports that “Justice Thomas’s wife calls husband’s accuser.”

And Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “Justice Thomas’ Wife Asks Anita Hill To Apologize.”

“More Judges Seem to Be Jumping the Gun on Clerkship Offers; There also seems to be a trend toward hiring law school alumni as clerks”: Karen Sloan of The National Law Journal has this report.