“Man not told he’d be deported can withdraw plea”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Texas Supreme Court to rehear Open Beaches case”: This article appears today in The Galveston County Daily News.

And The Houston Chronicle reports today that “High court will revisit its ruling on beach access; Harris County among entities pushing the move.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s development appears at this link.

“Dismissed lawsuit blamed on ‘dumb jurors'”: Yesterday’s edition of The Toronto Star contained an interesting article that begins, “The technical term for the problem plaguing Bonita and Michael Maher’s slip-and-fall lawsuit for the past three years might just be ‘dumb jurors.’ But thanks to a three-word Supreme Court of Canada pronouncement dismissing their case on Thursday, we may never know.”

“Consensus reigns in high court’s early decisions”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“The Supreme Court and the health-care mandate muddle”: Columnist George F. Will will have this op-ed Sunday in The Washington Post.

“Computer mess jeopardizes court’s political clout”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Critics of a costly new computer system planned for the California courts are calling for a halt to the project.”

“Appeals court speeds up health overhaul appeal”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has agreed to act swiftly in considering a Florida judge’s ruling that President Obama’s health care overhaul is unconstitutional.”

“Ex-judge Camp sentenced to 30 days in prison”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this news update.

Eleventh Circuit orders expedited briefing in federal healthcare mandate appeal from a Florida federal district court’s decision striking down that law: You can access the briefing order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today by clicking here.

Earlier today, at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston had a related post titled “Faster health care appeal asked; Challengers to the new federal health care law urge the Eleventh Circuit Court to hear the case before the full, en banc court, and to do so in June — a quicker timetable than the government had sought.”

“Five arrested in alleged plot to kidnap, kill Alaska State Troopers, judge”: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner today contains an article that begins, “Five people, including militia activist Schaeffer Cox, were arrested Thursday in the Fairbanks area for allegedly conspiring to kill multiple Alaska State Troopers and a federal judge.”

And The Anchorage Daily News has an update headlined “Five charged in alleged plot to kidnap or kill troopers, judge; Scheme targeted judge and state troopers, officials say.”

Supreme Court of Texas grants rehearing to reconsider whether state officials can seize private property that suddenly moves onto public beaches because of erosion from hurricanes or storms: Today’s order granting rehearing in the case can be accessed here (scroll down).

The Supreme Court of Texas issued its original ruling in the case, consisting of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion, on November 5, 2010. This blog’s earlier coverage of that ruling can be accessed here.

It is worth noting that the case arrived at the Supreme Court of Texas on certified questions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Suffice it to say that it’s not every day that a federal appellate court certifies questions to the highest court of a State, the state court proceeds to answer the questions, and then some four months later the state high court grants rehearing to reconsider the answers that it previously provided.

“Monkey in woman’s bra makes waves at Amherst courthouse”: This article appears today in The News and Advance of Lynchburg, Virginia.

“Court Unlikely to Halt ‘Nude’ Airport Body Scanners”: At Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post that begins, “A federal appeals court on Thursday appeared unlikely it would block the use and ongoing deployment of the so-called ‘nude’ airport body scanners, which the government maintains are necessary to protect the airways from terrorists.”

“Virginia health care hearings set: The Fourth Circuit Court schedules May 10 hearings for two Virginia cases testing the constitutionality of a key provision of the new federal health care law.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Fourth Circuit schedules oral argument on constitutionality of federal healthcare mandate for May 10, 2011: You can access the notice of oral argument that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today by clicking here.

The federal district court’s ruling in favor of the federal government in this case can be accessed here.

No, the White House has not nominated six judges for the Tenth Circuit: Rather, as the title of yesterday’s press release states, “President Obama Nominates Steve Six to the United States Circuit Court.”

And The Lawrence Journal-World reports today that “Obama nominates former Kansas Attorney General Steve Six to replace Tacha on federal appeals bench.”

Of course, The Topeka Capital-Journal could not resist spawning confusion yesterday in a news update headlined “Six nominated to Court of Appeals.”

“Group says body scanners an ‘unreasonable search'”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A privacy rights advocacy group told appellate judges Thursday that the use of full-body scanners as a first line of defense at airport security checkpoints is an ‘unreasonable search’ in violation of passengers’ civil rights.”

The case was argued today before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

“Lessons From the Rubashkin Amicus Debacle: The Government’s About-Face Calls for a DOJ Policy on Friend-of-the-Court Briefs.” Attorneys Anthony J. Franze and R. Stanton Jones have this post today at “The Legal Pulse” blog of the Washington Legal Foundation.

“Ninth Circuit Judge Mary M. Schroeder to Assume Senior Status”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.

“Gun Advocates Step In to Oppose D.C. Circuit Pick”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“High court takes First Amendment copyright case”: David L. Hudson Jr. has this news analysis online at the First Amendment Center.

“Case of Ashland-based Islamic charity offers window into government’s approach to labeling terrorist groups”: This article appears today in The Oregonian.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Treasury: Terrorist list explanations too tedious.”

You can access via this link (10.8MB Windows Media audio file) the audio of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit oral argument in the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation case.

Prepare the cone of silence: At his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post titled “Justice Department plans to use secret code in leak trial.”

“Child Observers and Bryant — a GVR.” Law professor Richard D. Friedman has this post at “The Confrontation Blog.”

“The Supreme Court’s Shrinking Election Law Docket, 2001-2010: A Legacy of Bush v. Gore or Fear of the Roberts Court?” Law professor Richard L. Hasen (author of the “Election Law Blog“) has posted this article online at SSRN (via “Legal Theory Blog“).

“Airport ‘Nude’ Body Scanners: Are They Effective?” David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“International law is foreign: Ban foreign law from courts; We make our own laws.” In today’s edition of The Washington Times, U.S. Representative Sandy Adams (R-FL) has an op-ed that begins, “In recent years, Supreme Court justices have interjected international law into their rulings, creating an environment of disregard for national sovereignty and threatening the institutions put in place by our forefathers.”

“Wal-Mart Workers’ Group Seeks Scalia’s Recusal From Court Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Couple can’t sue over ‘staring’ condo neighbour; Former strata president allegedly looked into suite 200 times a year”: Today’s edition of The Vancouver Sun contains an article that begins, “Residents of a condominium on Vancouver’s west side cannot seek damages in court over a ‘staring’ neighbour, the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled this week.”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia at this link.

“House committee sets 60 percent vote re-election standard for judges”: This article appears today in The Orlando Sentinel.

“Des Moines lawyer is named to panel he’s suing by Branstad”: Today’s edition of The Des Moines Register contains an article that begins, “Gov. Terry Branstad has appointed a lawyer to the Iowa Judicial Nominating Commission who is suing the commission on behalf of several Iowans. Branstad chose William R. Gustoff of Des Moines to serve on the commission, which selects the finalists for vacancies on the Iowa Court of Appeals and Iowa Supreme Court.”

And in somewhat related news, The Omaha World-Herald reports today that “Vander Platts visits the Bluffs.”

“Justice Scalia Objects”: Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

Seventh Circuit strikes Brief for Appellants containing more than the permissible number of words, summarily affirms, but declines to impose any additional sanctions: Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued this ruling today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Cole bombing suspect to face military tribunal at Guantanamo; Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, the suspected mastermind of the 2000 bombing of a U.S. destroyer in a Yemen port that killed 17 sailors, will be the first Guantanamo detainee to be tried by military commission during the Obama administration”: Richard A. Serrano and David G. Savage have this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Republican-backed legislation bans abortion after 20 weeks in Minnesota; Lawmakers say fetal pain is motivation”: This article appears today in The St. Paul Pioneer Press.