“Defendant in Triple-Murder Case Is Called Suicidal”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Hartford Courant reports today that “Testimony Portrays Steven Hayes As Drug-Addicted, Depressed, Suicidal.”

And The New Haven Register contains an article headlined “Witness: Hayes repeatedly tried to kill himself.”

“Macon lawyer chosen for appeals judgeship”: Today’s edition of The Macon Telegraph contains an article that begins, “Macon attorney Stephen Louis A. Dillard has been chosen to fill a vacancy on the Georgia Court of Appeals.”

“Prisoner tells of collar bomb robbery plot in Pa.” The Associated Press has this report.

And The Erie (Pa.) Times-News has an update headlined “Barnes admits to lying, at first, in ‘pizza bomber’ trial.”

“Virginia Thomas’ group backs off on calling healthcare law unconstitutional; Liberty Central, a group founded by the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, blames staff errors for attaching her name to a memorandum and for another Web posting that called for the repeal of the law”: The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Thomas’s Wife Removes Name From Health-Care Memo.”

And at ABCNews.com, Ariane de Vogue has an article headlined “More Controversy for Virginia Thomas; First Anita Hill, Now Health Reform Law; Liberty Central Pulls Memo By Wife of Justice Attacking Constitutionality of Health Care Legislation.”

“Virginia Thomas Backs Off Debate on the Constitution, Healthcare”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Court: No Teacher Speech Rights on Curriculum.” Mark Walsh has this post at Education Week’s “School Law” blog about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton wrote the opinion on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

“Justice Thomas’s wife doesn’t shy from spotlight”: Karen Tumulty and Kevin Merida have this front page article today in The Washington Post.

Today’s edition of The Boston Globe contains an editorial entitled “Virginia Thomas: Not everything is political.”

And Bloomberg News columnist Ann Woolner has an essay entitled “Clarence Thomas’s Wife Dialed the Wrong Number.”

“Judge’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ order is put on hold; The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily stays the decision by Judge Virginia Phillips to ban enforcement of the policy that keeps gays from serving openly in the military”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “‘Don’t ask’ discharges allowed by appeals court.”

The Washington Post contains an article headlined “Temporary reprieve for ‘don’t ask’ policy.”

The New York Times reports that “Court Keeps Military Gay Policy for Now.” In addition, Walter Dellinger has an op-ed entitled “How to Really End ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’”

Evan Perez of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Court Keeps Military Gay Policy for Now.”

USA Today reports that “‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ back in effect, again; Calif. court acts on U.S. request.”

McClatchy Newspapers report that “Appeals court temporarily reinstates military’s gay ban.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ back in force after appeals court issues stay; An appeals court decides that ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ can temporarily remain in effect as legal proceedings continue; The Obama administration is appealing a ruling last week that ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ must be abandoned immediately.”

Amanda Bronstad of The National Law Journal reports that “9th Circuit Grants Stay of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Injunction.”

And Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has an article headlined “Why US lawyers fight for law on gays Obama opposes.”

“Ex-inmate: Roden was supposed to drive getaway car in ‘pizza bomber’ case.” This article appears today in The Erie (Pa.) Times-News.

“Top state court drops mall’s free speech challenge”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Timetable Is Set for the Only Civil Trial in a 9/11 Death”: The New York Times contains this article today.

“Your Court in Action”: This editorial in favor of televising the proceedings of the U.S. Supreme Court appears today in The New York Times.