“Justices recuse themselves in office-building case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “All seven members of the California Supreme Court on Tuesday recused themselves from hearing an appeal by the Schwarzenegger administration regarding the sale of state office buildings.”

And the “At the Lectern” blog has a post titled “State-buildings-sale case back to the Supreme Court; Supreme Court recuses itself.”

“Justice Breyer’s Sharp Aim”: Pauline Maier will have this op-ed Wednesday in The New York Times.

“States try to counter Supreme Court’s minimum-price ruling”: Joan Biskupic will have this article Wednesday in USA Today.

“Blogger gets 33 months for threatening Chicago judges on Internet; The blogger, a former Internet radio talk show host, was angry at three federal appeals court judges for upholding a Chicago gun ban; In his blog he wrote the judges ‘deserve to be killed'”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

The Chicago Tribune has a news update headlined “Right-wing blogger Hal Turner gets 33-month prison sentence; Blogger wrote that 3 Chicago-based judges ‘deserved to be killed.’”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. radio host gets prison for threatening judges.”

“Senate judicial confirmations skip 2 California nominees; As stalling on Obama’s judicial nominees eases, it seems Goodwin Liu and Edward M. Chen won’t get a vote; Republicans oppose both”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Josh Richman of The Oakland Tribune has a news update headlined “Boalt dean Liu’s nomination to federal appeals court appears dead — for now.”

And The Providence (R.I.) Journal reports today that “Time running out on judicial nominee.”

“After Fall of ‘Don’t Ask,’ Pushing for ‘I Do'”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Newspaper Lawsuit Factory Sues Over ‘Death Ray’ Image”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“Shock jock Hal Turner gets 33-month prison sentence”: The Bergen (N.J.) Record has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Man who blogged ‘judges must die’ sentenced in NY.”

“Appeals court denies request to rehear case on roadside crosses”: The Salt Lake Tribune has this news update.

And The Deseret News has an update that begins, “10th Circuit denies petition to re-hear UHP cross case.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Tenth Circuit order denying rehearing en banc by a 5-4 vote and the dissents therefrom can be accessed here.

“Senate deal cuts Butler from federal judgeship vote; Move paves way for confirmation vote on 19 noncontroversial judicial nominations”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“Specter prepares his farewell after 30 years in the Senate”: Thomas Fitzgerald has this front page article today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Specter assails ideological ‘cannibalism’ in Senate in farewell speech.”

CNN.com has a blog post titled “Specter issues parting blow to Roberts, Alito.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post titled “On Way Out, Specter Calls for Rule Changes.”

“Top NY court upholds dismissal of golf ‘Fore’ suit”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Slices, hooks and other errant shots are a common hazard on the links and a golfer can’t expect to get a warning shout of ‘Fore!’ every time a ball comes his way, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a personal injury lawsuit.”

You can access today’s ruling of the New York State Court of Appeals at this link.