“Ethics Are for Other People: Why do Supreme Court justices think they can ignore the same rules of conduct that bind other federal judges?” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Take it to climate court? Global warming lawsuits are a misuse of the judiciary branch.” Law professor Laurence H. Tribe has this op-ed today in The Boston Globe.

In yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey had an op-ed entitled “Climate Change Heads to the Supreme Court.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “The courts and global warming.”

“Bonds conviction on obstruction: Will it stand?” The Associated Press has this report.

And Ginny LaRoe of The Recorder has an article headlined “Bonds Team Seen as Having ‘Powerful’ Appellate Argument.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting: In today’s newspaper he has an article headlined “Prop. 8 backers want trial videos withheld.”

And in yesterday’s newspaper, he had an article headlined “State court to review long sentences for teens.”

“County Results Find Incumbent the Victor in Wisconsin”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “David T. Prosser Jr., a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice whose re-election became intertwined with the state’s battle over cuts to collective bargaining rights, won the race by 7,316 votes, results from the state’s counties showed on Friday.”

“Patently Obvious”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, law professor Doug Lichtman has an op-ed that begins, “On Monday the Supreme Court will consider whether to fundamentally alter the way American patent law is litigated.”

“Appeals court defuses showdown between federal and state judges”: The Deseret News contains this article today.

And The Salt Lake Tribune reports today that “Judicial feud, FLDS land deal put on hold; Appeals court brings a temporary halt to federal judge’s rulings.”

“Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer?” This article will appear in this upcoming Sunday’s issue of The New York Times Magazine.

“Gov’t asks high court to take GPS tracking case”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “DOJ Pitches GPS Surveillance Case to Supreme Court.”

“Judge Copies Most of His Decision from a Party’s Briefs — Why Is That Wrong?” Eugene Volokh has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling appears at this link.

“Ex-federal judge reports to prison”: The Associated Press has this report.

And earlier this month in the Daily Business Review, R. Robin McDonald and Janet L. Conley had a lengthy article headlined “Felony to misdemeanor: How Jack Camp did it.”

“Ballots are now totaled: Prosser wins by 7,316.” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Canvass shows conservative wins Wis. court race.”

“Panel Eyes Impact of Punitives in Hormone Therapy Cases”: In today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, Amaris Elliott-Engel has this article in which I am quoted.

Update: In somewhat related coverage, the Week in Review section of last Sunday’s edition of The New York Times contained an article headlined “The Women’s Health Initiative and the Body Politic.”

Fifth Circuit judge achieves rare appellate trifecta: An opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today identifies Circuit Judge James L. Dennis as the author of the majority opinion and as the author of a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

“Fla. high court rules on drug dogs’ ‘sniff test'”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that police must get a warrant before they can do a ‘sniff test’ by a drug-detection dog at the front door of a home.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Florida at this link.

“B.C. judge’s plagiarism results in $5-million judgment thrown out”: The Vancouver Sun has a news update that begins, “A new trial has been ordered and a $5-million judgment thrown out because B.C. Supreme Court Justice Joel Groves plagiarized most of his ruling. In a staggering decision involving an expensive 30-day trial about a brain-damaged baby, the B.C. Court of Appeal said it is only the fourth time in Canadian history a judge has substantially reproduced all of the submissions of a participating party in a lawsuit as reasons for judgment.”

And CBC News reports that “Plagiarized B.C. judgment prompts new trial.”

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

“Top court allows prostitution appeal”: The Vancouver Sun has a news update that begins, “The Supreme Court of Canada decided Thursday to allow an appeal involving a legal challenge of prostitution laws by a group of sex trade workers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.”

“Gay adoptive dads lose birth-certificate appeal; Court says state may name just 1 on form”: The Washington Times has this news update.

My earlier coverage of the Fifth Circuit’s en banc ruling appears at this link.

“Tainting Justice With Politics”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “The furiously contested election of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice shows, once again, how politics and money can debase the law.”

“Letter by Vaughn Walker in response to Motion for Order Compelling Return of Trial Recordings”: This letter was filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in response to Appellants’ Motion for Order Compelling Return of Trial Recordings.

Earlier, in today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article headlined “Prop. 8 trial video clip illegal, critics claim.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Prop. 8 judge challenged anew.”

“Health care law gets day in court”: Joan Biskupic of USA Today has this report.

“Breyer, Kennedy Testify on Budget, Tweeting, and the Supreme Court’s Front Door”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

At WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog, Jess Bravin has a post titled “Justices Kennedy and Breyer Charm Lawmakers.”

Brent Kendall of Dow Jones Newswires reports that “Justices, Lawmakers Talk Tweets At Hearing On Supreme Court Funding.”

And at ABCNews.com, Ariane deVogue reports that “Justices Kennedy and Breyer Testify at House Appropriations Hearing; Justices Defend Supreme Court Budget, Chat About Twitter and Softball.”

“Court dismisses suit over National Day of Prayer”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has thrown out a ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional and ordered that the lawsuit against it be dismissed.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link. Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook wrote the majority opinion. You can access a recording of the audio of the appellate oral argument via this link (9.67MB mp3 audio file).

C-SPAN will provide live video stream of Justices testifying on SCOTUS budget Thursday 10 a.m. eastern time: Scheduled to testify at today’s hearing are Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen G. Breyer. You can view C-SPAN live, online by clicking here.

“Seeking Execution Drug, States Cut Legal Corners”: John Schwartz will have this article Thursday in The New York Times.

“Appeals court rejects Orie’s bid to halt retrial”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this news update.

And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “State Superior Court rejects Jane Orie’s trial appeal.”

“Judge Rules for Counsel, Saying Baby Comes First”: John Schwartz will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Bonds found guilty of obstruction of justice, jury deadlocks on three perjury counts”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

The New York Times has a news update headlined “Bonds Guilty of Obstruction of Justice.”

MLB.com reports that “Bonds found guilty of obstruction of justice; Mistrial declared on three remaining perjury charges.”

And The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Barry Bonds verdict: A conviction likely to satisfy no one; Following a 12-day trial and four days of deliberation, the jury in the trial of baseball star Barry Bonds convicted him of obstruction of justice for lying to a grand jury in 2003 about steroid use.”

“Barry Bonds convicted of obstruction of justice in steroids case”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

Lance Williams of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined “Barry Bonds guilty of obstruction of justice.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Bonds guilty of obstruction of justice.”

“Justices Kennedy and Kagan return to Harvard Law School for Reunion Weekend”: Harvard Law School issued this news release this past Sunday.

“Judicial vacancies create a ‘crisis’ for federal courts”: Today’s edition of The Daily Record of Jacksonville, Florida contains an article that begins, “The federal court system is facing a crisis with pending vacancies, The Jacksonville Bar Association was told Tuesday. ‘We presently have a crisis in the federal judiciary in our country,’ said Chief Judge Joel Dubina of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.”

“Stop using politics to block Liu’s appointment to the 9th Circuit: The politics that have blocked Goodwin Liu’s appointment to U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals help neither party.” This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Craigslist ad leads to lawyer’s suspension; Lancaster attorney offered to write academic papers for a fee”: Today’s edition of The Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette contains an article that begins, “A Lancaster lawyer has lost his job with the state Appeals Court and has been suspended from practice for six months after running an advertisement on Craigslist offering to write and edit papers and essays for students.”

“Amendment would raise age limit for Ohio judges to 75”: This article appears today in The Columbus Dispatch.

“State appeals court meets in Berks for first time”: The Reading (Pa.) Eagle contains this article today.