“Orie’s appeal rejected”: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update that begins, “A state appeals court rejected state Sen. Jane Orie’s claim that she cannot be retried on corruption charges, ruling on Wednesday that she was responsible for her case ending in a mistrial.”

You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

“US appeals court considers wiretapping lawsuits”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Bonds Avoids Perjury Retrial”: The New York Times has this news update.

The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined “Perjury charges against Bonds dropped.”

Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update headlined “Prosecutors won’t retry Barry Bonds on three perjury counts.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Feds drop remaining charges against Bonds.”

“Panel confirms Liu to state Supreme Court”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update headlined “Goodwin Liu confirmed to California Supreme Court.”

And The Associated Press reports that “UC Berkeley prof. confirmed to Calif. high court.”

“Court case lifts lid on secret post 9/11 flights”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Revolt Weakens Jones’ Control of Fifth Circuit Law: Bankruptcy.” On Monday, Bloomberg News columnist Bill Rochelle had this essay.

“Orie attorney: Latest charges ‘vindictive.'” Paula Reed Ward has this article today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

And today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains an article headlined “Charges put Orie attorney in tough spot” and an op-ed by columnist Eric Heyl entitled “Defense for Orie may just be a snooze.”

“Judge strikes down key provisions of sonogram law; Attorney general says he will appeal ruling on law requiring women to receive procedure before an abortion”: Chuck Lindell and Tim Eaton have this article today in The Austin American-Statesman.

The Houston Chronicle reports today that “Judge stays sonogram law.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Federal judge rejects major parts of new Texas law on sonograms and abortions.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas at this link.

“Judges consider Jared Lee Loughner’s medication; Lawyers for the Tucson shooting suspect say his involuntary treatment with anti-psychotic drugs is a violation of his rights”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Arizona Republic reports today that “Appeals panel weighs Loughner’s treatment; At core of debate are safety issues, defendant’s rights.”

And The Arizona Daily Star reports that “Appeal judges skeptical about Loughner medication.”

“Loughner Asks Court to Stop Forced Drugging While Shooting Trial on Hold”: Bloomberg News has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court grapples with medicating rampage suspect.”

You can access via this link the audio of today’s oral argument to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“Getting Away With Torture: Dick Cheney’s memoir shows the importance of the law, not of torture.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Sen. Jane Orie hit with charges of perjury, tampering, forgery”: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has this news update.

“This Week: Appeals Court to Weigh NSA Dragnet Surveillance.” David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“Court to hear appeal over medicating Loughner”: The Associated Press has this report.

“2 sides clash on release of Prop. 8 trial videos”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

The Washington Times reports today that “California judge plans to rule on whether to unseal Prop 8 videotape.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge mulls unsealing videos of gay marriage trial.”

“Supreme Court investigation shows justices are no less screwed-up than anyone else”: Columnist Chris Rickert has this op-ed today in The Wisconsin State Journal.

“A key Sept. 11 legacy: more domestic surveillance; In one of the biggest changes to American life since the 2001 terrorist attacks, the government now collects vast quantities of information about its citizens.” This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Defense Tack in Family Killings Promises More Harrowing Jolts”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “For weeks last fall, until Steven J. Hayes was sentenced to death, Connecticut was riveted by testimony describing the nightmarish fate of the Petit family in Cheshire.”

“State Bar gives rave review to nominee Goodwin Liu”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

And The Recorder reports that “JNE Gives Goodwin Liu Highest Rating.”

“Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg gives historical, humorous lecture”: The SMU Daily Campus contains this article today.

And The Associated Press reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at SMU.”

“Fort Worth attorney considers challenging Supreme Court ruling for airman”: Yesterday’s edition of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram contained an article that begins, “There are few battles with worse odds for a U.S. serviceman than trying to sue the U.S. government for negligence.”

The newspaper also contained an article headlined “Airman who lost both legs in botched surgery fights for compensation.”

“Goodwin Liu appears to have clear path to California Supreme Court”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

“Judicial commission is next in line to tackle court incident”: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update that begins, “With two Supreme Court justices avoiding criminal charges last week, the pressure in the case now shifts to the state’s commission for disciplining judges.”

“Appeals court throws out sanctions against Miami federal prosecutors; A federal appeals court found that the U.S. attorney’s office did not act improperly in the high-profile prosecution of a Miami Beach doctor acquitted of overprescribing pain medication”: Jay Weaver of The Miami Herald has this news update.

The Associated Press reports that “Sanctions against Miami prosecutors overturned.”

And from Thomson Reuters, Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” has a report headlined “11th Circ. on prosecutorial misconduct: What does ‘or’ mean?”

You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Warrantless surveillance memos remain under wraps”: Pete Yost of The Associated Press has this report.

“Impeached Judge Thomas Porteous’ former secretary loses appeal to regain job”: The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this news update reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued last Friday.

“This case requires us to determine whether a child conceived through artificial insemination more than a year after her father’s death qualifies for benefits under the [Social Security] Act.” Addressing an issue that is already the subject of a circuit split, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit answered “no” in a ruling issued today.

Appellate practice pointer — the Eleventh Circuit demonstrates the advantages of understanding the meaning of a biblical allusion before persisting in an objection to it: On Tuesday of last week, Circuit Judge Ed Carnes issued this opinion on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

On pages 32 through 34 of the opinion, the court rejects the argument that a federal district judge’s statement to the jury of “may you have the judgment of Solomon” before deliberations began should be understood as improperly encouraging the jury to “split the baby.”

“Commentary: The Court’s increasing reliance on amicus curiae in the past term.” R. Reeves Anderson and Anthony J. Franze have this essay in the August 24, 2011 issue of The National Law Journal’s “Supreme Court Insider.”

“Judge mulls unsealing videos of gay marriage trial”: The Associated Press has this report.

On judges as umpires — a recent Wall Street Journal article demonstrates that even baseball umpires can have style: An article that The Wall Street Journal published earlier this month was headlined “Baseball’s Masked Men Show Their Inner Hams on Strike Three; Gyrating Umpires Get Chance to Show Off When Batter Looks His Worst.”

A related graphic, which seeks to describe the strike-three mechanics of each major league baseball umpire, can be accessed here. Of course, when it comes to strike-three calls, it is difficult to compete with this one.

“Judge Tani Cantil-Sakauye backs off camera push”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Partners: Will Clarence and Virginia Thomas succeed in killing Obama’s health-care plan?” Jeffrey Toobin had this “Annals of Law” essay in the August 29, 2011 issue of The New Yorker.

“Many death sentences in U.S. military overturned”: Marisa Taylor of McClatchy Newspapers has this report, along with related articles headlined “Study: Racial disparities taint military’s use of death penalty” and “Military capital cases deserve better defense, critics say.”

“Revisiting the 2nd Amendment’s right to bear arms; So far the courts have limited guns mostly to the home; But the National Rifle Assn. is asking the Supreme Court to clarify that the right extends further”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.