“Overtime Rule Is but the Latest Obama Initiative to End in Texas Court”: Noam Scheiber and Barry Meier have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“A judge, not a justice, Garland expected to return to cases”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Judge Merrick Garland will soon put on his black judicial robe for the first time in months. The bad news for President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court is that Garland’s going back to hearing cases at his old job, not the high court.”

“Judging Trump: Supreme Court choice on president-elect’s immediate agenda.” Bill Mears of FoxNews.com has this report.

“Chasing Abortion Rights Across the State Line”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.