Law Clerk Addict

* The Associated Press reports on President Barack Obama's efforts to transform the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

* Affected by the economic downturn? Justice Sonia Sotomayor is also a victim.

* Is the Supreme Court irrelevant? One law professor thinks so.

* Justice Clarence Thomas comments on his silence during oral arguments.

* Eleven attorneys, judges, and law professors are hoping to replace Judge Terence Evans (7th Cir.), who will be assuming senior status in January 2010.