“Secretive ‘billionaire caucus’ in Rancho Mirage drawing scrutiny; Protests planned; Supreme Court justices’ involvement with Koch questioned”: This article appears today in The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, California.

“Abortion foes begin new battle at Capitol; Efforts to restrict abortion gain strength across U.S.” Sunday’s edition of The Minneapolis Star Tribune will contain an article that begins, “A new era of abortion politics is gripping Minnesota and many other states, thanks to the sweeping Republican victories in November that brought a wave of conservatives into power.”

“Legacy of a Fence”: Linda Greenhouse will have this op-ed in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Scalia is a political star – and that’s bad for the Supreme Court”: Law professor Jonathan Turley has this op-ed online at The Washington Post.

“High court hopefuls list is Abercrombie’s secret”: Today’s edition of The Honolulu Star-Advertiser contains an article that begins, “In a departure from the practice of his predecessor, Gov. Neil Abercrombie will not release the names of candidates submitted to him this week for a vacancy on the Hawaii Supreme Court.”

“Judge: Players can testify at Barry Bonds case.” The San Francisco Chronicle contains this article today.

In today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz has an article headlined “Bonds case: Judge rules former pro athletes can testify in upcoming trial.”

And The New York Times reports that “Ruling on Witnesses Is a Blow for Bonds.”

“Clarence Thomas failed to report wife’s income, watchdog says; Virginia Thomas earned over $680,000 from conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation over 5 years, a group says; But the Supreme Court justice did not include it on financial disclosure forms”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Troy Davis team back to U.S. Supreme Court”: Today’s edition of The Savannah Morning News contains an article that begins, “Troy Anthony Davis’ defense team Friday filed a two-pronged challenge before the U.S. Supreme Court in a renewed bid to spare his life.”