“Chief Justice’s Report Praises Limits on Litigants’ Access to Information”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Who Needs Black Robes? Not Judges.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“State high court wrangles on Judicial Commission appointment”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “The Wisconsin Supreme Court is in a fight over who to put on the commission that polices judicial misconduct, with two justices contending the voting process has been chaotic and with Chief Justice Patience Roggensack declining to make the ballots public, at least for now.”

“The Supreme Court Had A Landmark Year. Here Are Its Greatest Hits; And some sorry stumbles.” Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

Access online Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.’s 2015 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary: At this link.

In news coverage, Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Roberts urges lawyers, judges to help improve ‘contentious’ federal system.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Chief Justice Roberts’ year-end report urges federal judges to pick up the pace.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court’s chief justice seeks faster, fairer, more efficient system.”

Joan Biskupic of Reuters reports that “U.S. chief justice urges judges, lawyers to cooperate for speedier litigation.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Roberts: Court rule changes should cut lawsuits’ cost, time.”

At WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog, Jess Bravin has a post titled “John Roberts Cites Duels in Explaining New Rules in 2015 Judicial Report.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Chief Justice wants less gamesmanship by lawyers.”

“A Valuable Lesson in Protected Speech”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Okay to dismiss professional school students for expressing ‘views . . . deemed not in alignment with standards set by’ government authorities.”

“Why the next Supreme Court vacancy will favor liberals, no matter who retires”: Linda Hirshman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“‘Every woman’s nightmare’ loses appeal in bizarre home invasion case”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report on a non-precedential ruling that the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday.

“Constitution Check: Does the First Amendment protect offensive trademarks?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Seeking to Alter Jury Selection, Lawyer in Terror Case Cites Donald Trump’s Muslim Remarks”: Benjamin Weiser has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Constitution Check: Who is right about Puerto Rico’s self-governing status?” Lyle Denniston had this post recently at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Court of Appeals Moves to Preserve Citations to Online Resources”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued this news release today.