“Top UK judge: No ban on Twitter in court.” Jill Lawless of The Associated Press has this report from London.

“Long-dead judge sparks a lively tug of war”: Today’s edition of The Raleigh News & Observer contains an article that begins, “James Iredell, one of the first U.S. Supreme Court justices, and father of the state’s 23rd governor, was a prolific letter writer.”

“Disparity cited in sentence lengths; Analyst studying Hub’s US judges alleges bias risk”: Jonathan Saltzman has this article today in The Boston Globe.

“Tea Party’s Love for Constitution May Kill It”: Michael Waldman has this essay online at Bloomberg News.

“Class-Action Foes Have Trifecta Before Supreme Court”: Daniel Fisher has this blog post today at Forbes.com.

“Amendment Would Enable States to Repeal Federal Law”: This article will appear Monday in The New York Times.

U.S. Senate confirms Raymond J. Lohier, Jr. to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: This afternoon’s confirmation vote was 92-0. You can access the official roll call vote at this link.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: WikiLeaks, the Espionage Act and the media.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Supreme Court continues to look for elusive rules on death penalty”: Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.

“Justice Scalia and the Tea Party”: Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this editorial.

“Lame-duck session hasn’t been so lame”: This front page article appears today in The Washington Post.

“Justices Offer Receptive Ear to Business Interests”: Adam Liptak will have this article Sunday in The New York Times.

“3 seek to impeach remaining high court justices”: The Des Moines Register today contains an article that begins, “Three Iowa Republican representatives are drafting a bill to launch an impeachment process to oust the four Iowa Supreme Court justices who will continue serving next year. It was unclear Friday how much support the idea has in the Legislature, where hundreds of bills fail to advance each year.”

And Reuters reports that “Iowa lawmakers target judges who struck down gay marriage ban.”

“SCC hearing means Black’s legal battle makes history”: Yesterday’s edition of Financial Post contained an article that begins, “Conrad Black’s protracted legal battle has yielded a first. With a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday to hear an appeal by a group of former Hollinger International Inc. executives who want half a dozen libel lawsuits filed by Lord Black to be blocked from proceeding in Ontario, the Montreal-born businessman becomes the only person to have legal cases dealt by both high courts in Canada and the United States in a single year.”

“Court battle”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial that begins, “The political stalemate over filling a vacancy on the New Jersey Supreme Court reached a new low when Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto jumped into what had been a political battle.”

“Charlotte judge Albert Diaz confirmed to U.S. Court of Appeals”: The Charlotte Observer has this news update.

“UGA grad to clerk for Supreme Court justice”: This article appears today in The Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald.

“The Supreme Court and Obama’s Health Law”: John Schwartz will have this article Sunday in the Week in Review section of The New York Times.

“Appeals court rejects $21 million Hurricane Katrina settlement”: The Associated Press has this report on a limited fund class action settlement that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected in a decision issued yesterday.

“Appeals court denies Conrad Black review request”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “An appeals court in Chicago has refused to grant a rare full-court review to former media mogul Conrad Black as he challenges two convictions.”

“Court upholds ruling on military recruitment bans”: The AP has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined “North Coast towns can’t ban military recruiters.”

“Judge hears federal worker’s spousal coverage case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court lawyer has found herself in the odd position of suing the U.S. government over its refusal to extend health insurance to her same-sex spouse. A U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco heard arguments Friday in Karen Golinski’s lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management.”

Sixth Circuit considers how to define “Breast Implant”: You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in In re Settlement Facility Dow Corning Trust at this link.

“After Six Years, Union Prevails in Battle Over Seized Drug Tests”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “A six-year legal battle over positive steroid tests that tarnished some of baseball’s most cherished story lines and embarrassed players union and federal officials quietly came to an end last week, with the union declaring victory.”

“Judge Hints He May Rule Against Health Law”: This article appears today in The New York Times. The newspaper also contains an op-ed by law professor Jason Mazzone entitled “Can Congress Force You to Be Healthy?”

“The Revolution Next Time?” Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

“Judge recuses himself from vote challenge”: The Des Moines Register today contains an article that begins, “A Polk County judge has declined to hear a legal challenge to last month’s judicial retention vote to avoid the appearance that he has a conflict of interest.”

“Prohibition, online: Just 13 states and the District of Columbia allow people to order wine from an out-of-state retailer; Such laws stifle consumer choice and keep prices artificially high.” David White has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Christie won’t get involved in Justice Rivera-Soto’s protest”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an article that begins, “Gov. Christie declined Thursday to weigh in on the recent state Supreme Court controversy over a justice’s decision not to participate in decisions as long as a temporary judge remained on the bench.”

“The six appellants went to the plaza in front of the [U.S.] Supreme Court building and there unfurled a large banner displaying a message in opposition to the death penalty. After receiving warnings from the police that their conduct was illegal, appellants were arrested.” So begins an opinion that the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued today.

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “D.C. Court Upholds Arrest of Protesters at Supreme Court.”

Ninth Circuit rejects “novel and creative” lawsuit against the registrar of a domain site that bombarded the plaintiff with more than 1,000 unwanted emails advertising a pornographic website: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Balsam v. Tucows Inc. at this link.

“20 states ask judge to throw out Obama health law”: The Associated Press has this report.

“The ‘Equity of the Statute’ doctrine is alive and well — although unmentioned by the Supreme Court — more than seven centuries after its origin at common law.” Two judges serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit do not believe that the U.S. Supreme Court‘s recent unanimous ruling in Abbott v. United States, No. 09-479, reached the correct result, according to a concurring opinion that those two judges issued today.

“Resort will host chief justices”: This article appears today in The Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail.

One of the likely attendees will be New Hampshire’s brand new, and first female, Chief Justice, Linda Dalianis.

The Manchester Union Leader reports today that “Dalianis again makes history, now as chief justice.”

The Concord Monitor reports that “Dalianis sworn in as chief justice; Crowd gathers to pay tribute to her.”

And The Nashua Telegraph reports that “Nashua’s Dalianis hits 3rd milestone.”

“Case could sink abuse suits; State Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of suspending statute of limitations”: Sean O’Sullivan has this article today in The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware.