“Out of state judges coming to Connecticut to help with federal backlog”: This article appears today in The Connecticut Post.

In related news, back in May 2012, The Connecticut Law Tribune published an article headlined “A Display Of Gratitude: Legal community gathers to honor judge with ALS.” Additional related commentary can be accessed here and here.

“Philly Regrets Flood of Cases”: Ashby Jones of The Wall Street Journal has this article, whose headline is likely to prove controversial.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

“Righthaven foe says cases are key to free speech”: VegasInc has this report.

“Federal panel to hear arguments in Wis. union case”: The Associated Press has this preview of a case being argued today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Former death penalty supporters now working against it; A lawyer, a county supervisor and a retired San Quentin Prison warden are backing Proposition 34, which would make life without possibility of parole California’s toughest punishment”: Maura Dolan had this article yesterday in The Los Angeles Times.

“Drama, controversy marked the first Supreme Court justices”: This post appears today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Voter ID battles churn in key battleground states; Impact on election debated; appeals in some states continue, including S.C.”: The Charlotte Observer contains this article today.

“Liking It or Not, States Prepare for Health Law”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Should We Have a New Constitutional Convention?” In the October 11, 2012 issue of The New York Review of Books, retired Justice John Paul Stevens has this review of law professor Sanford Levinson‘s book, “Framed: America’s Fifty-One Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance.”

“Prison camps not a campaign issue this time; The once hot-button topic of Guantanamo that President Barack Obama pressed in his first presidential race is a non-issue this time around”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

“University Is Uneasy as Court Ruling Allows Guns on Campus”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Supreme Court candidates won’t accept endorsements from parties”: Friday’s edition of The Helena Independent Record contained an article that begins, “While a federal court says political parties can now endorse nonpartisan judicial candidates in Montana, the two candidates for an open state Supreme Court seat said this week they won’t accept the endorsements — because a state judicial ethics code forbids it.”

“Little-known female billionaire holds 15% stake in Koch”: Bloomberg News has this report. According to the article, “Marshall, who gained control of the Koch stake following the death of her husband, E. Pierce Marshall, in 2006, has never appeared on an international wealth ranking, although her estate has been at the center of two U.S. Supreme Court cases involving her mother-in-law, Anna Nicole Smith.”

“In surprise move, Florida GOP opposes Supreme Court justices’ retention in November; In a unanimous vote of its board, the Florida Republican Party took the unprecedented move Friday of opposing three Supreme Court justices because of a nine-year-old ruling in a murder case”: This article appeared yesterday in The Miami Herald.

“Ala. race has 10 Commandments judge, slain judge’s son”: USA Today has this report.

“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Free speech and Islam on fire.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

“On the Docket: The Return of the Tort Bar; Several major cases on the docket for the Supreme Court’s fall session will test the resilience of class-action lawyers in the wake of legislation designed to curb frivolous lawsuits.” Barron’s has this report.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

“Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan speaks to students”: The Collegian — the University of Richmond’s student newspaper — has this news update.

“Supreme Court justice pays visit”: Today’s edition of The Daily Journal of San Mateo, California contains an article that begins, “Stephen Breyer, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, didn’t start his talk Friday morning by discussing his accomplishments. Instead, he focused on a title he earned at birth.”

“Can new 9th Circuit cy pres ruling save $20 mln Facebook deal?” Nate Raymond has this report at Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight.

“How Two of the Nation’s Leading Conservative Jurists Locked Horns Over a Two-Word Phrase: When Godzilla fights Mothra, who do you root for?” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

And at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog, Douglas A. Berman has a post titled “One district judge’s take on the spat between Justice Scalia and Judge Posner.”

“AEDPA, Apprendi, Almendarez-Torres (oh my!) debated in [en banc] Third Circuit opinion”: Douglas A. Berman has this post at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog about an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Scalia v. Posner: Round 4.” Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report.

“Air Force slow to handle appeals for convicted airmen, officers”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

“Parties Still Squabbling Over Stalled Judicial Nominees”: Todd Ruger has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

And at The Hill, law professor Carl Tobias has a blog post titled “Bipartisanship and filling the federal bench.”

“Appeals court rules against village in global-warming suit”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has ruled against the Northwest Alaska village of Kivalina, which sued energy companies over claims that greenhouse emissions contributed to global warming that is threatening the community’s existence.”

Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire reports that “Appeals court ends Alaskan village’s federal common law fight.”

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, ” Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Alaska Global Warming Suit Fails on Appeal.”

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

“Fox Television Stripper Fine Lawsuit Dropped by U.S.” Bloomberg News has this report.

“Clarence Thomas: Ivy-Leaguers no better than UF law students.” The Gainesville Sun has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Justice Thomas criticizes law school rankings.”

“SCOTUS and securities class actions: a love story.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“A New Gold Rush: Montana’s Judicial Elections Are About to Get More Political; The Citizens United case claims another victim.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Experts Discuss New Court Term at Supreme Court Institute Press Briefing”: The Georgetown University Law Center has issued this news release, which provides on-demand access to video of the briefing.

“Court of Appeals to Remember Chief Judge Emeritus James R. Browning”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.

“Death row nutrition: Curious conclusions of last meals.” The December 2012 issue of the journal Appetite will contain this article, which is now available online for free download via SSRN.

“Pa. voter ID law gets new hearings for next week”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“In Richmond, Kagan reflects on first year on Supreme Court”: Frank Green has this article today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.