“Brewer fills Arizona courts with Republican judges; Predecessors not as partisan”: This article appears today in The Arizona Republic. According to the article, “Brewer must make her third appointment to the state Supreme Court by Oct. 19, choosing among two Republican nominees and one Democrat.”
“Supreme Court faces another high-profile term”: Robert Barnes will have this article Sunday in The Washington Post.
And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court kicks off new term, faces agenda that could be historic.”
“Potus v. Scotus”: In the Sunday Book Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times, law professor Garrett Epps will have this review of Jeffrey Toobin’s new book, “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court.”
“Supreme Court Faces Crucial Rulings in Coming Term”: In Sunday’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak will have an article that begins, “The Supreme Court returns to the bench on Monday to confront not only a docket studded with momentous issues but also a new dynamic among the justices.”
“Comcast antitrust case heading to U.S. Supreme Court”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this article today.
“Another big Supreme Court term kicks off Monday”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report. The AP also has this accompanying description of the big cases already accepted for review and likely to be accepted for review.
“Omar Khadr is going home to Canada from Guantanamo; The Toronto-born man who got to Guantanamo as a teenager was en route to more prison time in his native Canada as of 4:30 a.m. Saturday under a 2010 plea deal, a U.S. military source tells The Miami Herald”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this news update.
And The Toronto Globe and Mail has a news update headlined “Omar Khadr returned to Canada from U.S. Guantanamo Bay base.”