“Inspired by His Father’s Activism, Tim Wu Is Running for Lieutenant Governor as an Outsider”: David W. Chen has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Decaying Guantanamo Defies Closing Plans”: Charlie Savage has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Question of beard and religious freedom unites groups who’ve been opponents”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“When Robert Bork called Congress suing the president a ‘monstrosity'”: Michael D. Barnes had this op-ed recently in The Washington Post.

“NSA Phone-Data Collection Program Set for Legal Challenge; Panel of Federal Judges Is First Appeals Court to Address Controversial Program”: Joe Palazzolo will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Smoking in cigar bars, tobacco outlets ruled unconstitutional”: The Lincoln Journal Star has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Nebraska issued last Friday.

“Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice Holder retires”: The Tennessean has this report.

“The Second Circuit Hears Oral Argument This Week in Challenge to Section 215 Surveillance”: Orin Kerr has this post today at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Court to weigh use of race in drawing political lines”: Richard Wolf will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of USA Today.

“The Dawn of the Post-Clinic Abortion”: Emily Bazelon had this cover story in yesterday’s issue of The New York Times Magazine.

“Abbott appeals abortion ruling”: The Houston Chronicle has this report.

Late yesterday, Texas filed this stay request in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

“You be the judge: Has the Eighth Circuit gone nuts?” Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf had this provocatively titled post yesterday at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.

“Five Lessons from the Maryland Appellate Blog’s First Year”: Steve Klepper has this post today at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

*Spoiler alert* The post mentions the “How Appealing” blog.

“The Dubious Sources of Some Supreme Court ‘Facts'”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court ‘What-If’ Game: Who could be confirmed in this political climate?” Tony Mauro has this article in this week’s issue of The National Law Journal.

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