“Court denies Rubashkin new trial; Convicted Agriprocessors executive didn’t prove judge needed to recuse herself, justices say”: This article appears today in The Des Moines Register.

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

“Recusal sought in EM law fight; Lawyers: Wife’s role in parallel suit gives jurist conflict in case.” Today’s edition of The Detroit News contains an article that begins, “Lawyers fighting Michigan’s emergency manager law want a Michigan Supreme Court justice to recuse himself because his wife represents the government in a separate lawsuit challenging the same law.”

“Texas Execution Stayed Based on Race Testimony”: This article appears today in The New York Times, along with an editorial entitled “Stay of Execution.”

The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Perry says he’ll respect Supreme Court in Texas execution delay; Despite a reprieve over a racial issue, the Republican governor says he expects ‘justice will be served.’”

And The Houston Chronicle reports that “Buck’s reprieve angers slain victim’s family; High court stayed execution for Houston killer.”

“TN Supreme Court reverses alimony decision”: Today’s edition of The Tennessean contains an article that begins, “The Tennessee Supreme Court issued an opinion Friday reversing the Court of Appeals’ decision to award lifetime and lump-sum alimony support to a divorced spouse in good health, with a well-paying job and who had received significant property assets in the divorce.”

The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports today that “Tennessee Supreme Court reverses alimony decision; Tenn. woman’s payments to end.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Tennessee at this link. In addition, the court issued a news release headlined “Supreme Court Reverses Decision to Award Alimony in Gonsewski Case.”

“Electing judges undermines trust in the judiciary”: The Philadelphia Inquirer contains this editorial today.

“O’Connor helps Philadelphia celebrate Constitution’s 224th anniversary”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Daily News contains an article headlined “A day to celebrate the Constitution.”

And in The New York Times, law professor Kent Greenfield has an op-ed entitled “Happy Illegal Holiday!”