“Recap of Justice Alito’s Presentation” in Hawaii last week: Rebecca Copeland had this post at the “Record on Appeal” blog last Thursday.

“D.C. Circuit Argument on Victim’s Right to Restitution in Child Pornography Cases”: Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Obama names nominee for Tulsa federal court post; Arvo Mikkanen’s nomination immediately drew negative reactions from key members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation”: This article appears today in The Tulsa World.

And The Oklahoman reports today that “President nominates federal prosecutor to be U.S. judge in Tulsa; Sen. Tom Coburn objects to Obama’s nomination of Arvo Mikkanen as U.S. judge in Tulsa, calling him ‘unacceptable.’”

The news release that The White House issued yesterday states that Mikkanen previously “served as a trial and appellate judge for Court of Indian Offenses and Court of Indian Appeals for the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Wichita, Caddo, Delaware, Fort Sill Apache, Ponca, Pawnee, Kaw, Otoe-Missouria, and Tonkawa Tribes” and served as “Chief Justice of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Supreme Court.”

That same news release also announced the nomination of former Assistant to the Solicitor General Paul A. Engelmayer to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

“Supreme Court to Hear Fourth Clinic Case of Term”: The University of Virginia issued this news release yesterday.

“Ruling blocks freedom for two Bay Area murderers”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “A U.S. Supreme Court ruling prohibiting federal judges from overturning state parole decisions has nullified court orders favoring two men convicted of Bay Area murders.”

“Appeals court rules against Richland County judge, bans poster; Ruling: Ten Commandments display violates separation clause.” This article appears today in The Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal.

And The Columbus Dispatch reports today that “Judge commanded to remove Ten Commandments poster.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Sixth Circuit ruling appears here and here.

“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas visiting Ave Maria University”: The Naples Daily News has this report.

“High court nominee Waterman was Branstad campaign donor”: Grant Schulte has this article today in The Des Moines Register.

Today’s newspaper also contains an essay by columnist Marc Hansen entitled “It won’t be easy to kill same-sex marriage.”

“New chief justice says California Supreme Court will decide soon on entering Proposition 8 fray; Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye discusses the possibility of weighing in on the federal appeal of Proposition 8 and her hope that a vacancy on the California Supreme Court be filled by a Southern California Latino”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Justice Sotomayor Becomes a Forceful Voice as Obama Top Court Appointee”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

The Contra Costa Times reports today that “Sotomayor presides over UC Berkeley law competition.”

And Berkeleyside reports that “Justice Sotomayor visits Rosa Parks Elementary.”