“Feds ask court to hide photos showing Loughner injuries”: Josh Gerstein has this post today at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.

“Panel OKs bill saying life starts at conception”: The Des Moines Register contains this article today.

“Barry Bonds Trial May Test Tweeting Jurors”: Ginny LaRoe of The Recorder has this report.

“Bid to expand Arizona’s high court dies in committee”: Howard Fischer has this article today in The East Valley Tribune.

“Legislators want role in same-sex divorce case”: The Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune contains this article today.

“Orie employees testify that they did political work on state time”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

And today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains an article headlined “Witness: Staffers pretended to be Jane Orie in campaign calls.”

“10% turnout expected for Tuesday primary; Supreme Court race is only statewide contest”: Today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, “As few as one in 10 Wisconsin voters could decide Tuesday how to narrow the field for a seat on the state Supreme Court, state election officials say.”

“Graves confirmed to 5th Circuit; Miss. justice appointed to serve on federal bench”: Jerry Mitchell has this article today in The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi.

“Dancing at the Jefferson Memorial: Prohibited Behavior?” At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has this post about an appeal argued yesterday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“If New York Faces Apocalypse, Courts Have a Guide”: This article will appear Tuesday in The New York Times.

“Florida Supreme Court sides with a Legislature that often criticizes it”: Columnist Howard Troxler will have this essay Tuesday in The St. Petersburg Times.

“Iowa House subcommittee passes bill declaring life begins at conception”: The Des Moines Register has this news update.

“Common Cause Asks Court About Thomas Speech”: Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “Discrepancies in reports about an appearance by Justice Clarence Thomas at a political retreat for wealthy conservatives three years ago have prompted new questions to the Supreme Court from a group that advocates changing campaign finance laws.”

“Ecuador Court Orders Chevron to Pay $8.6 Billion”: The Wall Street Journal has this news update.

The Associated Press reports that “Chevron fined $8 billion in Ecuador.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Chevron to Appeal $8.2 Billion Ecuador Pollution Case.”

And Reuters has an article headlined “Ecuador court orders Chevron to pay $8 billion: lawyer.”

“Senate Set to Vote on Nominee for 5th Circuit”: Today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post that begins, “James Graves Jr. is expected to make history today when he becomes the first African American from Mississippi to be confirmed for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.”

“Laurence Tribe’s Name Pulled From Supreme Court Brief”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Inflammatory words inflame”: Four children of U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy (D. Mont.) had this op-ed yesterday in The Helena Independent Record.

“New York Takes Step on Money in Judicial Elections”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Delaware courts: States scramble for solution to shortage of drug used in executions; New drug for executions could bring legal challenges.” Sean O’Sullivan had this article yesterday in The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware.

“A confession but no body: Is that enough to convict? A 25-year-old woman has appealed a jury’s verdict that found her guilty of killing her newborn in Burnsville.” This article appears today in The Minneapolis Star Tribune.

“Brown considers an activist for state Supreme Court appointment; Thomas A. Saenz is among six believed to be on Brown’s short list to replace Justice Carlos R. Moreno, who is stepping down”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Supreme Court confronts conflicting laws on post-conviction DNA testing”: Robert Barnes has this front page article today in The Washington Post.

And in today’s edition of The Wichita Eagle, Ron Sylvester has articles headlined “Is convicted murderer really a victim? Washburn law students say Ronnie Rhodes’ case bears hallmarks of wrong convictions“; “How innocent people end up behind bars“; and “Dallas DA established unit to look into old cases.”

“How to end the judicial nomination blockade in Congress”: The Grand Rapids Press contains this editorial today.

“Few are charged over threats against US officials”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court watchers: Roberts, Alito no sure bets against health-care mandate.” Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.

“Declassified Ike papers show range of concerns”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Newly released documents show President Dwight D. Eisenhower expressed great faith in the capabilities of Earl Warren to serve as U.S. Supreme Court justice.”

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Ginsburg chills healthcare speedup hopes.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“No Argument: Thomas Keeps 5-Year Silence.” Adam Liptak has this front page article today in The New York Times.

Last year, Justice William W. Bedsworth of California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal had a related essay entitled “Carpentry Without Tools.”

“Sometimes, Justice Can Play Politics”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, law professor Noah Feldman has an op-ed that begins, “What is it about those robes? They are only flimsy bits of wools, enlivened in a few cases by some very European lace at the collar. Yet the moment our Supreme Court justices put them on, a segment of the concerned public imagines that they have become priests consecrated to the sacred order of the Constitution.”

“To Defend the Accused in a Tucson Rampage, First a Battle to Get Inside a Mind”: Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this article.

“Orie ex-staffers claim work included politics; Defense challenges former employees’ motives, credibility”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports today that “More former Orie staffers say they did political work on state time.”

“Court wades through manure case, sides with Alberta farmer; Pipeline firm failed to restore or reclaim land”: The Calgary Herald today contains this article reporting on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Canada issued yesterday.

“Oversight led SJC to withdraw decision; Court did not address sealing of divorce case”: Jonathan Saltzman has this article today in The Boston Globe.

“Ad won’t trigger additional funds for court candidates; Opponents still seeking block to public funding”: Today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, “In the first test of a new campaign finance law, election officials have ruled a conservative group’s ad promoting state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser won’t trigger additional taxpayer funds for Prosser’s opponents.”

Update: The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “We back Prosser: David Prosser is a hard-working, experienced justice; He is not the primary cause of the Supreme Court’s squabbling.”

“Senators Skip Over Federal Circuit Nominee”: Today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” David Ingram has a post that begins, “One of President Barack Obama’s nominees for an appellate judgeship has been waiting 10 months for a confirmation hearing, an unusual length of time given that the president’s party has control of the U.S. Senate. Edward DuMont was nominated April 14, 2010, for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.”