“Don’t tamper with state’s Supreme Court; Legislature’s attempt to overhaul judicial system is based on spite”: This editorial appears today in The Miami Herald.

“Supreme Court case weighs conflict of interest”: In Monday’s edition of USA Today, Joan Biskupic will have an article that begins, “Michael Carrigan, a member of the City Council in Sparks, Nev., says he was trying to make sure his vote on a proposed casino, one that his campaign manager helped develop, did not pose an ethics problem.”

“You Get the Judges You Pay For”: In Monday’s edition of The New York Times, law professors Erwin Chemerinsky and James J. Sample will have an op-ed that begins, “Legal elites must come to terms with a reality driven by the grass-roots electorate: judicial elections are here to stay. Given this reality, we should focus on balancing important First Amendment rights to financially support campaigns with due process concerns about fair trials.”

“Guantanamo, on trial”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.

“Justices face conflict of interest questions”: Joan Biskupic will have this article Monday in USA Today.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Like the South, will line item veto rise again?” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“Justice challenges ruling on GPS use; Surveillance key in drug ring trial”: This article appears today in The Washington Times.

“New climate change case headed to Supreme Court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

And in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin and Stephen Power will have an article headlined “States Seek Greenhouse-Gas Curbs.”

“Douglas Kmiec resigns as U.S. ambassador to Malta; Ambassador Douglas Kmiec rejects the inspector general’s conclusion that his interfaith advocacy is outside his official mission”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

The Times of Malta reports that “US Ambassador tenders resignation.”

And The Associated Press reports that “US envoy criticized for religious activism resigns.”