Wednesday round-up

Here is todays Court coverage, in brief:

• The WSJ Law Blog, the Washington Posts Virginia Politics blog, the Virginian-Pilot, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Main Justice all have coverage of the Obama Administrations request that the Court deny Virginias petition for certiorari before judgment in that states challenge to President Obamas health-care reform law. Coverage of the governments brief was also featured in yesterdays round-up.

• Weighing in on the debate over the Court and the Judicial Code of Conduct (which we also covered in round-ups Monday and yesterday), the New York Times editorial board argues that [t]he courts lack of a recusal policy . . . damages the justices credibility and the courts authority. (The Hills Pundits blog also has a post on the subject.)

• Environmental Leader has a report on the respondents briefs in American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut, in which the Court will consider whether federal law allows states to sue utilities for contributing to global warming.

• Finally, at Sentencing Law and Policy, Doug Berman has a post on Tapia v. United States, a sentencing case to be argued in April; Berman worked with Stephanos Bibas, who was appointed to brief and argue the case as an amicus in support of the judgment below, on the case.