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UPDATE 5:15 p.m.: At the Election Law Blog, Rick Hasen links to additional amicus briefs in the Wisconsin Right to Life case here. In addition, Tony Mauro reports here at The BLT that Chief Justice Roberts has decided to rejoin the Credit Suisse case.

Mark H. Anderson of the Wall Street Journal reports here (subscription req’d) on the two cases involving securities lawsuits – Tellabs Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights Ltd. and Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd. v. Billing – that will be heard before the Court next week.

In today’s New York Sun, Josh Gerstein has this article on former professor Sami Al-Arian’s high-profile cert petition asking the Court to overturn his prison sentence.

Mary Wood has this news release on Jan Crawford Greenburg’s remarks at the University of Virginia Law School last Friday (via How Appealing).

In the ABA Journal e-Report, Richard Brust has this profile of Stanford University Law Professor Jeffrey L. Fisher discussing his arguments before the Supreme Court in key criminal cases. Fisher co-teaches the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Class with Tom Goldstein, Amy Howe & Kevin Russell.

At the First Amendment Center, Sam Chaltain has this commentary on the “Bong Hits for Jesus” case.

Finally, Tony Mauro has this post at The BLT on Justice Breyer’s participation in NPR’s quiz program “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!”, which airs this weekend; and this post on Breyer’s participation in a Georgetown University Law Center panel on electronic discovery.