“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.

“Clarence Thomas’s Wife Asks Anita Hill for Apology”: Charlie Savage will have this article Wednesday in The New York Times.

And Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justice Thomas’ wife tries to contact Anita Hill.”

“Judge denies delay of ban on ‘don’t ask'”: Josh Gerstein has this post at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.

“Virginia Thomas Leaves Anita Hill a Voicemail Asking for An Apology — Hill Says No”: ABCNews.com has this report.

Charlie Savage and Tamar Lewin of The New York Times have a news update headlined “Thomas’s Wife Reaches Out to Anita Hill.”

And online at The New Yorker, Jane Mayer — co-author of the book “Strange Justice” — has a blog post titled “Virginia Thomas’s Message for Anita Hill.”

“In Writings Allowed Into Steven Hayes Trial, Accomplice Asks Forgiveness And Declares ‘I Am Damned'”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.

The New Haven Register has a news update headlined “Komisarjevsky diaries to be introduced in Hayes trial.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Conn. home invasion defendant criticizes survivor.”

“AP Exclusive: Texas judge feels vindicated.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Texas’ top criminal judge said Tuesday she feels vindicated that a special court dismissed a public reprimand of her for closing her court and preventing lawyers from filing a last-minute appeal hours before their client was executed.”

“Refused by Supreme Court: Is death row inmate mentally retarded? The lawyers of a Texas death row inmate say he is ineligible for capital punishment because he is mentally retarded, but judges have disagreed; The Supreme Court won’t take up his appeal.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Felons denied hearing on bid to vote”: Today’s edition of The Boston Globe contains an article that begins, “The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a legal challenge to the Massachusetts Constitution’s prohibition against voting by convicted felons in prison.”

And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court rejects Massachusetts felons’ voting rights challenge; Three Massachusetts felons alleged that the commonwealth violated the Voting Rights Act when it passed a referendum stripping incarcerated felons of the right to vote.”

“The Court’s Pre-emption Test”: The New York Times contains this editorial today.

“Witness reports reveal scheme in ‘pizza bomber’ plot”: This article appears today in The Erie (Pa.) Times-News.

“Justice William Brennan, a liberal lion who wouldn’t hire women”: In Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David J. Garrow had this review of the book “Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion” by Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel.

“Judge Sharon Keller Speaks Out About Dismissal of Misconduct Charges”: Mary Alice Robbins of Texas Lawyer has this report.

“Court throws out NCAA Final Four ‘lottery’ ruling”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court halted a lawsuit accusing the National Collegiate Athletic Association of running an illegal lottery in allocating seats to basketball’s Final Four and other popular sports tournaments. Citing potential ‘far-reaching effects’ from a ruling on the distribution of coveted tickets, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago threw out Monday its July ruling that revived a proposed nationwide class-action lawsuit by fans. The Seventh Circuit asked the Indiana Supreme Court to assess whether NCAA ticketing constituted an unlawful lottery under that state’s law. The NCAA is based in Indianapolis.”

You can access today’s per curiam decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on panel rehearing at this link.

My earlier coverage of the panel’s now-vacated original ruling can be accessed here.

Update: In other coverage, Bloomberg News reports that “Appeals Court Voids Earlier NCAA Lottery Ruling, Seeks Help on Indiana Law.”

“En banc Second Circuit rejects Apprendi challenge to NY persistent felony statute”: Law professor Doug Berman has this post at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog about an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

Of note in today’s Second Circuit ruling, the majority uses “en banc,” while the dissent uses “in banc.”

“Supreme Court to decide whether Ashcroft can be sued by detained citizen”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this news update.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to decide civil liberties suit against John Ashcroft; The former attorney general is accused of misusing the law to arrest terrorism suspects under false pretenses; The Obama administration is appealing, saying that allowing such a case to go to trial would ‘severely damage law enforcement.’”

Joan Biskupic of USA Today has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to hear former AG’s appeal on 9/11 policy.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft appeal of US Muslim’s detention; A lower court has allowed a suit by an American Muslim, detained without charge in 2003 as a suspected material witness, to proceed against former Attorney General John Ashcroft; The Supreme Court says it will consider Ashcroft’s appeal.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Ashcroft to Get High Court Review of Lawsuit by Man Held as Terror Witness.”

In tomorrow’s issue of Pennsylvania Law Weekly: Tomorrow’s issue of Pennsylvania Law Weeky, a publication of The Legal Intelligencer, will contain articles about two appeals on which I have worked.

Gina Passarella will have an article headlined “Court Upholds $27 Mil. Verdict in Lackawanna Birth Defect Case.” My earlier coverage of the ruling appears at this link.

And Amaris Elliott-Engel will have an article headlined “Public Must Benefit From Use of Private Roads, Justices Rule.” My earlier coverage of the ruling appears at this link.

“A 10th Amendment Drama Fit for Daytime TV”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Hayes jury to decide: Life or Death.” This article appears today in The New Haven Register, along with an article headlined “Criminal minds: It took both Hayes and Komisarjevsky to raise danger quotient in triple homicide, experts say.”

The New York Times has a news update headlined “Triple-Murder Case Penalty Phase Starts.”

The Hartford Courant has a news update headlined “Defense: 2nd Defendant Will Loom Large In Penalty Phase Of Hayes’ Trial.” In addition, yesterday’s newspaper contained an article headlined “Steven Hayes: A Life In And Out Of Prison.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Jury weighs death in fatal Conn. home invasion.”

“Justices to Hear Suit of Ashcroft Over Detention”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: It is available at this link. The Court today granted review in one case.

In Pitre v. Cain, No. 09-9515, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court will hear appeal of ex-AG to stop lawsuit“; “High court turns down Mass. felons’ appeal“; “Court refuses request for open filings“; and “Court won’t review claim of mental impairment.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Ashcroft case granted.”

Access the transcript of Brian Lamb’s interview of Justice Stephen G. Breyer on last night’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Q & A“: The transcript is available at this link.

“Death, DNA and the Supreme Court”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.

“Justices to weigh all cards in poker case”: The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier today contains an article that begins, “The running battle over whether poker is a game of luck or skill heads to the S.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday, and the state’s top judges will determine if the public should be allowed to shuffle up and deal in the privacy of their own homes.”

“The Movie That Made a Supreme Court Justice”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains this article.