“Senate Judiciary advances Utah nominee, hurdles await”: In yesterday’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune, Thomas Burr has an article that begins, “So far, Utah’s Carolyn McHugh faces no opposition to her nomination to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, but her confirmation may be held up over an unrelated partisan fight.”

“Supreme Court Takes Halliburton’s Frontal Assault On Securities Class Actions”: Daniel Fisher has this blog post at Forbes.com.

“Supreme Court weighs NSA challenge”: The Hill has this blog post.

And Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “NSA surveillance programs face challenges in court; Two U.S. district courts and the Supreme Court will consider lawsuits filed by liberal, conservative and watchdog groups taking aim at National Security Agency snooping.”

“Guantanamo’s forever captives to make pitch for freedom in secret”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

And The Toronto Star has an article headlined “Canada co-operated with U.S. in abusing Omar Khadr’s rights, lawsuit claims.”

“The Verdict: Wallace Jefferson sizes up his historic tenure as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.” Texas Monthly has posted this lengthy interview online.

“Arguments of Convenience Block Judicial Appointments; Once described as unconstitutional by the GOP, filibustering has become its default strategy”: U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The National Law Journal.

“Holder seeks Fast and Furious appeal”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post today.

“Cassell, Teter File U.S. Supreme Court Brief on Behalf of Child Porn Victim”: The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law issued this news release yesterday.

You can access Amy Unknown’s Brief for Respondents at this link. And the briefs previously filed in the case at the U.S. Supreme Court can be accessed via this page at “SCOTUSblog.”

“A decade after Mass. ruling, gay marriage gains”: The Associated Press has this report.