“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.”