“Alabama judge sanctions LGBTQ rights lawyers for ‘judge shopping’”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Her claim of anti-straight bias could upend discrimination law; The Supreme Court will hear a case that could unleash a wave of workplace bias claims by Whites, men and people who are straight”: Justin Jouvenal and Taylor Telford of The Washington Post have this report.

“Justice Dept.’s No. 2 Targets Old Office Where He Rose as a Prosecutor; The forceful approach that Emil Bove III has taken toward the Southern District of New York underscores his own fraught relationship with the office that gave him the expertise to do so”: Adam Goldman, Glenn Thrush, Benjamin Weiser, Maggie Haberman, and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times have this report.

“Jury should hear words of accused Kavanaugh assassination plotter, feds say; Nicholas Roske’s attorneys earlier requested that his statements and other evidence be tossed from the case”: Dan Morse of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump Takes Aim at Law Firm Aiding Jack Smith; The move, signed by President Trump on Thursday, is a major escalation of his promise to pursue perceived foes”: Devlin Barrett, Glenn Thrush, Maggie Haberman, and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

“How Trump and Senate Republicans Could Reshape the Federal Courts of Appeals, Part II; Federal appeals court judges are the final word on the law in tens of thousands of cases every year; Below, a circuit-by-circuit look at how Republicans might be able to shift the balance of power in the years to come”: JP Collins has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Supreme Court Grants New Trial to Death Row Inmate in Oklahoma; Both sides had told the justices that long-suppressed evidence had undermined the case against the inmate, Richard Glossip”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court orders new trial for death row inmate Glossip; The Oklahoma case has attracted broad support after the state’s top law enforcement official revealed prosecutorial misconduct.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court orders new trial for death-row inmate in Oklahoma motel killing.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Rules Oklahoma Can’t Execute Inmate After State Attorney General Repudiates Conviction; Richard Glossip maintained innocence in a 1997 murder; Decades later, prosecutors agreed, but state courts found he must be put to death anyway.”

And Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate in closely watched case; In a rare move for a prosecutor, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond concluded trial attorneys hid evidence that may have led to an acquittal.”

“Is the Constitution at threat under Trump?” George Liebmann has this essay online at The Baltimore Sun.

“Trump’s Justice Department Is Already Acting Like His Personal Law Firm; The acting U.S. attorney in Washington is cranking out threatening letters to Democratic elected officials that lean way too heavily on Microsoft Word’s formatting options”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Jones Day Resolves Ex-Associates’ Parental Leave Bias Suit; Apparent settlement comes after judge ruled trial was needed; Couple said eight weeks less leave for new fathers was biased”: Patrick Dorrian of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Georgia chief justice to resign in March; Brian Kemp will appoint a replacement; Michael P. Boggs was just elected to another six-year term that began in January; He plans to return to private practice in South Georgia”: Adam Beam and Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution have this report.

And the Supreme Court of Georgia today issued a news release titled “Chief Justice Boggs to Leave Supreme Court.”

“High Court Weighs Workplace Bias Claim of White, Straight Woman; Justices to examine evidentiary burden for ‘majority’ workers; Ruling could lower the threshold for proving bias claims”: Khorri Atkinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Classical Flutist to Make US Supreme Court Advocacy Debut; Ann Sherman had music career before going to law school; State Solicitor General to make high court debut”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Some of DOGE’s Damage Can’t Be Undone; The courts will fix some of the mess but that takes time; Musk will likely be long gone”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Judge Recuses Over Policy Encouraging Underrepresented Lawyers; Dale Ho’s policies give preferences to minority lawyers, attorneys say; Judge Analisa Torres also told to recuse”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Courts Need More Judgeships, Judge Tells Congress”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“Trump Is the Law for the Executive Branch; How the administration conforms legal interpretation to the president’s wishes”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“Trump, the NLRB, and Humphrey’s Executor: Does the Supreme Court believe in ‘independent’ federal agencies? Watch Gwynne Wilcox’s suit.” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“‘It’s obviously retribution’: Supreme Court justices warn of Legislature’s judicial clampdown; Utah Republican lawmakers are working to pass a suite of bills targeting the state’s judiciary.” Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

“An Attack on Pregnant Workers at the 5th Circuit Could Unleash Chaos Across the Country”: Inimai Chettiar has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“DOGE Lawsuits May Occasion Scalia’s Revenge; Trump and Musk invite lawsuits that could vindicate his greatest dissent”: Columnist William McGurn will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump called himself a king. The Supreme Court must correct him. It’s not only crucial for democracy, but it’s the only way for the court to stay consistent with its own rulings.” The Boston Globe has published this editorial.

“Neal Katyal, Milbank join team suing Trump over bid to oust Democratic official”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

“The Supreme Court will step up and Trump will back down”: Law professor Bruce Ledewitz has this essay online at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“Supreme court justice calls out lawyer for citing AI-generated ‘phantom rulings’; Supreme Court Justice Kanfi-Steinitz exposes a lawyer’s use of artificial intelligence to fabricate legal precedents, highlighting growing concerns about AI’s misuse in Israel’s legal system”: Bini Ashkenazi of The Jerusalem Post has this report.

“Supreme Court Justices Appear Narrowly Divided Over Death Row Prisoner Plea for DNA Testing; The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

“Straight woman lost two jobs to gay colleagues. Supreme Court will decide if she can sue. Lower courts said Marlean Ames hadn’t backed up her claim that the Ohio Department of Youth Services is ‘that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.’” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Trump’s Justice Department enforcer is no stranger to complaints about his conduct”: Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, and Eric Tucker of The Associated Press have this report.

“Death penalty DNA debacle sparks broader questions over compliance with court orders ; Several Supreme Court justices worried that a low-profile death penalty appeal could upend fundamental judicial principles”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “US Supreme Court Weighs DNA Evidence for Death Row Defendant; Case over whether lack of DNA testing can be challenged; Justices decided similar dispute in 2023 involving Rodney Reed.”

“US Attorney’s ‘Operation Whirlwind’ Is About Retribution; Ed Martin’s pledge to investigate threats is more about chilling political speech than protecting the public”: Barbara McQuade has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Appeals Court Denies Elizabeth Holmes’s Plea to Overturn Conviction; Theranos founder had sought to reverse her 2022 guilty verdict and is currently serving 11-year prison sentence”: Meghan Bobrowsky of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians: A handful of gifted young tech people set out to save the world; For years, WIRED has been tracking each twist and turn of their alleged descent into mayhem and death.” Evan Ratliff of Wired has this report (subscription required for full access).

“While Democracy Burns, Democrats Prioritize . . . Demolishing Section 230?” Mike Masnick of Techdirt has this post.

“The long wait for a glimpse of Luigi: Despite being out of the public eye for months, the popular frenzy around Mangione is alive and well.” Mia Sato of The Verge has this report.

“Federal judge says he will not recuse from trans athlete case over courtroom pronoun policy; ‘And no party should continue to confuse the Court’s show of respect and courtesy for bias,’ wrote Judge S. Kato Crews”: Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has this report.

You can access the court’s ruling at this link.