“Senate Confirms Three More Judicial Nominees”: David Ingram has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Congratulations, in particular, to “How Appealing” reader Ali Nathan, who attained confirmation to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by a vote of 48-to-44.

Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Senate confirms gay woman as federal judge.”

“Jurors Convict Komisarjevsky On All 17 Counts; He Faces Death Penalty Hearing”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.

The New Haven Register has a news update headlined “Komisarjevsky guilty of all 17 counts in Petit murders; faces death penalty.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Conn. man convicted in deadly ’07 home invasion.”

“Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Robert Boochever”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued this news release.

Access online the “Supreme Court Opinion Writing Database”: At this link. The authors of the site are political science professors James Spriggs, Paul Wahlbeck, and Forrest Maltzman.

“Fla. lawmaker wants to bring back firing squads”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Bills eye $8M for victims’ families”: The Boston Herald today contains an article that begins, “The fight for justice for relatives of two of Whitey Bulger’s alleged victims shifted to Washington, D.C., as U.S. Rep. William Keating filed bills to pay the families $8.5 million after years of legal wrangling.”

And today’s edition of The Boston Globe contains an article headlined “Keating urges Congress to pay kin” and an editorial entitled “Supreme Court should step in, bring justice to Bulger’s victims.”

“When does free speech trump minority protections?” In today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, “In a highly charged case, the Supreme Court interjected repeatedly as it grappled with how to protect minorities from expressions of hate without damaging free speech — a decision that could have far-reaching implications for hate laws across the country.”

“Komisarjevsky Jurors Head Into Second Day Of Deliberations; Deliberated Four Hours Wednesday On 17 Counts”: The Hartford Courant contains this article today.

And The New Haven Register reports today that “Jury begins deliberations in Komisarjevsky triple-homicide trial.”

“Gallup Poll: 35% oppose death penalty.” This article appears today in USA Today.

And Gallup today issued a news release headlined “In U.S., Support for Death Penalty Falls to 39-Year Low; Fifty-two percent say the death penalty is applied fairly.”

“Utah firm’s gene patent case could go to Supreme Court; Utah company holds title to two DNA bits related to cancer”: The Salt Lake Tribune today contains an article that begins, “Groups fighting to overturn patents related to human genes held by Utah’s Myriad Genetics said Wednesday they will take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court, and a law professor said they have a good chance of getting the nationally significant issues heard.”

“Supreme Court has trouble balancing strip-searches with privacy rights”: Robert Barnes will have this article Thursday in The Washington Post.

“Hate laws vital in the digital age, Supreme Court hears in landmark case”: Kirk Makin of The Toronto Globe and Mail has a news update that begins, “The instantaneous spread of hateful material through the internet has made it all the more vital that hate-mongers be restrained, the Supreme Court of Canada was told this morning.”

“Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Ex-Sailor Challenges Law”: Thursday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “In what experts say is the first case of its kind, a disabled Navy veteran from Connecticut is challenging the constitutionality of two federal laws that define marriage as being between opposite-sex partners, saying the government denied her veterans benefits because she is married to a woman.”

“Supreme Court Weighs Strip-Search Propriety”: Adam Liptak will have this article Thursday in The New York Times.

Joan Biskupic of USA Today has a news update headlined “Supreme Court mulls danger, dignity in strip-search case.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Wrestles With Strip Searches.”

The Newark Star-Ledger has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court holds hearing on N.J. strip-search lawsuit.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update headlined “Supreme Court hears strip-search case from Burlco.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Can right to privacy bar a strip search in jail? Supreme Court hears case; A motorist jailed for a minor offense in 2005 says two New Jersey jails violated his privacy rights by subjecting him to a strip search; The jails told the Supreme Court that security justifies the practice.”

This evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “Supreme Court Weighs Legality Of Strip Searches” (transcript with link to audio) featuring Nina Totenberg.

This evening’s broadcast of “The PBS NewsHour” contained a segment entitled “Supreme Court Weighs Constitutionality of Routine Jailhouse Strip Searches” (transcript with link to video) featuring Marcia Coyle.

Ariane de Vogue of ABCNews.com has a blog post titled “Supreme Court Struggles with Strip Searches.”

Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has an article headlined “Supreme Court Strip Search: Justice Kennedy May Be Swing Vote On Jailhouse Dignity.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Orin Kerr has a post titled “Thoughts on the strip-search case.”

“No Verdict Today In Komisarjevsky Trial; Jury Deliberates For 4 Hours; Resuming Thursday At 10”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “No verdict in Conn. home invasion trial on day 1.”

“Anna Nicole Smith’s biggest legacy? Confusion in bankruptcy case.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“Corporate Citizenship: How Public Dissent In Paris Sparked Creation Of The Corporate Person.” Ryan Grim and Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post have this report.

“Abortion foes push fetal heartbeat bills in states”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court considers routine strip searches in jails; In a New Jersey case, Supreme Court justices hear arguments about whether the 14 million Americans who are arrested each year can legally be strip-searched and closely examined before they enter a jail; Some express doubts about imposing a blanket rule”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court considers jail strip searches.”

And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices struggle for clarity on prison strip searches.”

“High court looks at routine strip searches in jail”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument recap: No flat rule on strip-searches?”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, No. 10-945.

“Judge Thwarts Komisarjevsky Defense Effort To Put Hayes On Stand”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge rejects move to reopen home invasion case.”

“Analysis: A rare rebuff for the SG.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“High court looks at routine strip searches in jail”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “Should Minor Offenders Be Subject To Strip Searches?” featuring Nina Totenberg.

And online at The Root, Sherrilyn A. Ifill has an essay entitled “Are Strip Searches Unconstitutional? A businessman humiliated by New Jersey police takes his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Supreme Court refuses to reinstate Abu-Jamal death sentence”: The Philadelphia Inquirer contains this article today.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a blog post titled “Mumia Abu-Jamal can get new sentencing, Supreme Court decides.”

And CNN.com reports that “High court ruling means execution unlikely in 1981 cop-killing.”

“Ricci suit spices up mayoral race”: This article appears today in The Yale Daily News.

“Anti-gay proselytizer takes aim at Canada’s hate laws in landmark case”: Today in The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, “The Supreme Court will hear the most significant test of Canada’s hate laws in decades on Wednesday in a case that will decide which is more valuable — freedom of speech and religion or the right to protection from hate.”

“Robert Boochever dies at 94; U.S. appellate judge; Robert Boochever was one of 10 judges added to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Carter’s last years; Some of the jurist’s key decisions involved celebrities’ right to control the commercial value of their fame”: Carol J. Williams has this obituary today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Komisarjevsky Jurors Hear Two Sharply Different Views In Closing Arguments; State: ‘They Were Screaming For Their Lives’; Defense: He ‘Did Not Intend’ For Anyone To Die.” This article appears today in The Hartford Courant.

The New Haven Register reports today that “Defense contends Komisarjevsky didn’t intend for Cheshire victims to die; jury to begin deliberations.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Conn. jury to begin deliberations in home invasion.”

“Clarence Thomas’ Influence On The Supreme Court”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Supreme Court considers whether ‘right to sue’ means only right to arbitration”: Robert Barnes will have this article Wednesday in The Washington Post.

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood, No. 10-948.

“Supreme Court: Are Strip Searches Constitutional?” Ariane de Vogue of ABCNews.com has this blog post.

“Supreme Court still pondering whether to hear Utah highway crosses case”: The Salt Lake Tribune has this news update.

“Fourth Circuit provides 100 pages of ACCA’s application to indecent liberties”: Douglas A. Berman has this post at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog. You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Examining the Workload of Pennsylvania’s Highest Court”: Today’s installment of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, contains this month’s installment of my monthly “Upon Further Review” column.

This month’s column begins, “Recently, a journalist working at one of Pennsylvania’s major newspapers called me in the hope that I would be willing to speak on the record about the declining number of opinions that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued in 2010.”

“Prosecutors mull possible retrial in 1991 murders”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Prosecutors in Arizona were expected to announce Tuesday whether a man convicted of killing nine people at a Buddhist temple will be retried after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to overturn a decision that threw out his confession.”