“Senators block Oklahoma City federal prosecutor from judge post; Opposition from Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe effectively kills chances for Arvo Mikkanen, an assistant U.S. attorney in Oklahoma City, who would have been the only American Indian on the federal bench”: This article appears today in The Oklahoman.

“Gingrich Says He Would Arrest Judges With Capitol Police Or U.S. Marshals”: Sam Stein of The Huffington Post has a report that begins, “With just weeks to go before the Iowa Caucus, Newt Gingrich has turned his presidential campaign into a veritable megaphone warning about the dangers and elitism of America’s judicial system.”

The New York Times has a blog post titled “Gingrich Continues His Crusade Against Activist Judges.”

CBSNews.com has a report headlined “Gingrich: Gov’t branches should rule 2 out of 3.”

The Associated Press reports that “Gingrich, again, assails judges.”

And Reuters has an article headlined “Under fire, Gingrich targets judges.”

“State supreme court to hear alienation of affection suit”: Yesterday’s edition of The Rapid City Journal contained an article that begins, “The South Dakota Supreme Court has agreed to hear a man’s claim that the Pennington County state’s attorney’s actions violated a rarely invoked law leading to the breakup of his marriage.”

“Congress’ new terrorism rules leave open questions”: Pete Yost of The Associated Press has this report.

“Courthouse dedication set for Monday; Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Sen. Richard Shelby expected to speak”: The Tuscaloosa News today contains an article that begins, “A grand opening and dedication ceremony will be held Monday morning at the Tuscaloosa Federal Building and Courthouse.”

You can view images of the new federal building and courthouse, along with related news coverage, here, here, and here.

“Analysis: Deficit may be biggest threat to healthcare reforms.” Reuters has a report that begins, “A mounting U.S. deficit could pose a much greater threat to the survival of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms than either the Supreme Court or 2012 elections.”

“Ending race-based admissions”: Columnist Jeff Jacoby has this op-ed today in The Boston Globe.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Arizona, Texas and healthcare reform.” UPI has an article that begins, “The challenge to Arizona’s stringent illegal alien law accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court last week is just the tip of the spear in the much larger battle over federalism, which pits the rights of the states against the steady concentration of federal power. Two other high-profile cases accepted by the Supreme Court this term, the challenge to the U.S. healthcare reform law and the fight over redistricting in Texas, also fit squarely into the federalism paradigm.”