* Senators Obama and McCain head to Nashville for a town hall style face-off tonight. [CNN]
* More thoughts on Obama, McCain, and SCOTUS. A look at the judicial philosophies of the presidential candidates based on pivotal campaign speeches. [Wall Street Journal (subscription)]
* D.C. Circuit rules against forcing testimony from Harriet Miers, Joshua Bolten, and others, in the congressional investigation of U.S. attorney firings. [Washington Post]
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* Scientists suggest that the urge to punish is hard-wired into our brains as a result of human evolution. But so is the urge to forgive. [New York Times]
* At least three U.S. attorneys, in New York and New Jersey, are probing whether Lehman Brothers misled investors before declaring bankruptcy. [Wall Street Journal (subscription)]
* The tables are turned. The city of McAllen sues Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. [Houston Chronicle]