“Video aims to demystify judges, their jobs; ‘Conversations with Maine Judges’ targets middle and high school students”: Today’s edition of The Maine Sunday Telegram contains an article that begins, “The video opens with a tight shot of Judge Kermit Lipez, a federal judge who once sat on Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court.”

“Castille is accepting of litigants’ gifts, trips; It’s legal; they’re disclosed; But even if Pennsylvania’s chief justice shows no favoritism, some question the ethics”: Mark Fazlollah and Joseph Tanfani have this lengthy front page article today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“My Florida Recount Memory”: This series of accounts appears on the op-ed page of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Should America assassinate terrorists?” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Will U.K. payouts set precedent for Khadr?” This article appeared yesterday in The Toronto Globe and Mail.

“How will ousters affect pool of justice applicants?” In today’s edition of The Des Moines Register, Grant Schulte has an article that begins, “Some members of the commission that picks finalists for the Iowa Supreme Court say the removal of three justices in this month’s retention vote could influence the number of candidates who apply to fill their seats.”

“Scalia criticizes court’s expansion of ‘due process'”: The Richmond Times-Dispatch contains this article today.

“Judge behind the ‘Taj Mahal’ takes demotion on appeals court”: This article will appear Saturday in The St. Petersburg Times.

“Scalia at UR: Stick to Constitution’s original meaning.” The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this news update.

“D.C. Circuit Denies En Banc Review in GPS Surveillance Case”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

That blog has posted today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, accompanied by a concurrence and two dissents, at this link.

Oddly, the order states that three of the D.C. Circuit’s nine active judges would grant the rehearing petition, but a total of four active judges have joined in a dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc. Either the order contains an error, or Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson was agnostic, believing that rehearing en banc should neither be granted nor denied.

“Scalia on cameras, retirement and the ‘brave new world'”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this news update.

“Congress passes bill to stop ‘crush videos'”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Gov’t audit finds lax security at US courthouses”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Security training at some federal courthouses is so ineffective that it took almost eight years for some security officers to learn how to turn on X-ray machine software that would detect guns and explosives, a Justice Department audit of courthouse security operations said Friday.”

You can access at this link the report of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General titled “Audit of the United States Marshals Service’s Oversight of its Judicial Facilities Security Program.”

“Federal judge pleads guilty to drug charge”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “Former senior U.S. District Judge Jack Camp, whose arrest on charges of buying drugs and his relationship with a stripper shocked the state’s legal community, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges. He resigned his position Friday morning, a condition of the plea deal.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Federal judge pleads guilty to 2 drug charges.”

“Kill Calder v. Jones!” At “The Volokh Conspiracy,” David Post has this entry about a petition for writ of certiorari that the Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic recently filed in the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Scalia ‘Wouldn’t Have Liked’ Being Chief Justice”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Oregon Supreme Court decides certified question from Ninth Circuit, limits Oregon’s power to collect a share of punitive damages verdicts”: Curt Cutting has this interesting post at the “California Punitive Damages” blog about a ruling that the Supreme Court of Oregon issued last Friday.

In posts of interest at the “School Law” blog of Education Week: Mark Walsh has posts titled “Court: State Law Barred Teacher Sex With 18-Year-Old” and “Another Court Upholds School Bar on Confederate Flag.”

My coverage of those rulings appears here and here.

“Is This The Year’s Most Liberal Video Game?” The web site Kotaku has a report about the video game “Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood” that begins, “Sure, video games let us shoot at Fidel Castro and play as former Presidents, but where’s the game that attacks our favorite conservative Supreme Court Justices? If you don’t mind spoilers or hate the Citizens United decision, keep reading.”

“Pa. high court outlaws ban on public comment at City Council meetings”: The Philadelphia Inquirer contains this front page article today.

Yesterday’s 4-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

“Stevens gets a promotion; Peers elect Hazle Township native Superior Court president judge”: This article appears today in The Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

And The Citizens Voice of Wilkes-Barre reports today that “Stevens elected president judge of state Superior Court.”

“High court hears challenges to attorney general’s authority”: Today’s edition of The Seattle Times contains an article that begins, “Did state Attorney General Rob McKenna overstep his authority when he signed up Washington as one of at least 20 states challenging the constitutionality of the federal health-care-reform law? And now that Gov. Chris Gregoire is preparing a brief defending the federal law in the same case, who really speaks for the state? Those were some of the questions the state Supreme Court grappled with Thursday as it heard oral arguments on Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes’ request that the court order McKenna to withdraw from the federal case.”

And The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington reports today that “State agency, city fight McKenna’s suit over Obama health care plan.”

“Ghailani Verdict Reignites Debate Over the Proper Court for Terrorism Trials”: Charlie Savage has this article today in The New York Times.

The newspaper also contains a front page article headlined “At Terror Trial, Big Questions Were Avoided.”

“Judge Camp to plead guilty Friday”: This article appears today in The Times-Herald of Newnan, Georgia.

“Thank the Courts”: Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

“Running With Gavels: Justices need to set clearer rules about partisan political activity.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“N.J. Supreme Court says tea party group cannot proceed with Sen. Robert Menendez recall effort”: The Newark Star-Ledger has this news update reporting on a ruling that the Supreme Court of New Jersey issued today.

“Federal judge to plead guilty in drug case”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “Senior U.S. District Judge Jack Camp, charged with purchasing cocaine and other drugs, is scheduled to plead guilty Friday in federal court in Atlanta, his attorney said.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge plans to plead guilty to some charges.”

“D.C. Circuit Declines to Adopt Policy Over Confidential Opinions in Gitmo Cases”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Court: Teachers can’t have sex with any students.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Washington Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that student age doesn’t matter in teacher-sex cases, even if the student is 18 and considered an adult by other state laws.”

Today’s 5-4 ruling of the Washington State Supreme Court consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

Sixth Circuit upholds decision of Anderson County, Tennessee school board to ban students from displaying the Confederate flag based on a forecast that those displays would substantially disrupt or materially interfere with the school environment: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Laurence Tribe Is Leaving Justice Job”: Charlie Savage has this post at “The Caucus” blog of The New York Times.

“Senate floor vote likely on Providence lawyer John J. McConnell Jr.’s nomination to U.S. District Court”: This article appears today in The Providence (R.I.) Journal.

“Let’s fix judicial nominee process”: Former federal appellate judges Abner J. Mikva and Timothy Lewis have this essay today at Politico.com.

“Justices Are Long on Words but Short on Guidance”: Adam Liptak will have this article Thursday in The New York Times.