The Washington Post continues its coverage of the Google Books settlement. It reports that library associations have asked the Department of Justice to oversee the creation of Google Books. The associations argue that regulation is necessary because there will be inadequate competition to ensure fair prices.
Arkansas Online reports that, after intervention by the ACLU, a judge has ordered the state to allow the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers to erect their disply at the state Capitol.
The New York Times editorial page weighs in on the free speech controversy involving Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo. Davis was let go from his position at the Congressional Research Service because he wrote about the Guantanamo detainees. The ACLU now represents Davis, maintains he was let go in unlawful retaliation for his speech, and has threatened to sue if he is not reinstated. The Times takes the position that Davis ought to be reinstated.