“Judge Orders Medical Panel to Evaluate Tortured Guantánamo Prisoner; For the first time, a federal court is requiring the United States military to allow American and foreign doctors to assess a mentally ill prisoner at Guantánamo Bay”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued Friday.

“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dominates in abortion case”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Abortion ruling could show whether Supreme Court can still claim independence”: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has published this editorial.

“Governor sees partisan tinge in high court race; outside ads aided Webb, he observes”: John Moritz of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has this report.

“One of Philadelphia’s richest law firms wants tax breaks, again. Why it might get its way.” Harold Brubaker has this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.