“Appeals Court: EPD not shielded from liability in SWAT raid lawsuit.” The Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press has this report on a ruling that Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued yesterday on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“Undermining Our Third Branch and Delaying Justice”: U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has this blog entry at The Huffington Post.

And online at The Des Moines Register, law professor Carl Tobias has a letter to the editor titled “Grassley continues confirmation wars on judges.”

“John Paul Stevens says he likes Chief Justice Roberts’ style”: James Podgers of ABA Journal has this blog post today.

You can view the prepared text of Justice Stevens’ remarks at this link.

“Hollywood Docket: Ray Charles’ Children See Song Rights Win Overturned by Appeals Court.” Austin Siegemund-Broka has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“New Supreme Court appointee blogged on Khadr, called Trudeau ‘unspeakably awful,’ hoped for Harper majority”: In today’s edition of The Ottawa Citizen, Glen McGregor has an article that begins, “Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s latest appointment to the Supreme Court was a prolific blogger who regularly offered opinions on Senate reform, the federal government’s role in health care, elections law, the Omar Khadr case and other matters that could now come before him in his new role on the bench.”

And Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has an article headlined “Law school blog sheds light on Supreme Court’s newest judge.”

“Why we should ignore Justice Scalia’s nasty zingers”: David Kravitz has this essay online at The Washington Post.