Welcome to Monday, the 44th anniversary of former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter’s election day victory over President Gerald Ford.

Here are some news items to get your week started.

— Should multiple-choice and essay questions be removed from the bar exam?

— Actor Johnny Depp loses libel case against newspaper that called him a “wife beater.”

— Must a judge recuse herself from a criminal trial because her husband is attorney general?

— Court tells University of California to stop accepting applicants’ scholastic achievement scores.