“Conservatives dig for dirt in bid to thwart potential Obama Supreme Court nominees”: Dave Boyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Should All Research Papers Be Free?” Kate Murphy has this news analysis in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“People of American Samoa Aren’t Fully American”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“The Supreme Court Needs an Outsider”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Republicans’ New Rule on Supreme Court Appointments”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“For Harry Reid, the Supreme Court Vacancy Offers One Last Fight”: David M. Herszenhorn will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

And Edward-Isaac Dovere and Josh Gerstein of Politico.com report that “White House preps Supreme Court battle plan; Obama is expected to announce a nominee as early as this week.”