Without En Banc Three Judge Panel Will Decide Fate of Detainees: Over the weekend, Lyle Denniston posted on the D.C. Circuit Court's Friday refusal to to grant en banc review of the Uighurs' plea for initial review by the full Court. The order can be found here. This means that the same panel that blocked a federal judge’s order to release the 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs into the United States on October 20th, will hear the detainees' plea on Monday, November 24th.

Prison Overcrowding Prompts Sentence Reform: At Sentencing Law and Policy Doug Berman posts articles from the Boston Globe and the Idaho Press-Tribune that address prison and county officials plans to change sentencing procedures in an effort to reduce prison overcrowding. The Massachusetts plan will apparently reform mandatory minimum sentences, while a county is Idaho is proposing to book and release for minor offenses and reliance on technocorrections (like security ankle bracelets) to reduce the number of offenders in county jail.

Former Justice O'Connor and Linda Greenhouse on C-Span: On Saturday, America & the Courts ran a program featuring O'Connor and Greenhouse's discussion on covering the Court. C-Span provides a link to the program here. Hat tip: Howard Bashman at How Appealing.