“Killer’s psychiatrist can be sued by victim’s family, Washington Supreme Court says; Spokane case raises questions about the extent to which a doctor is responsible for his patient’s subsequent actions”: Gene Johnson of The Associated Press has this report on a 6-to-3 ruling that the Supreme Court of Washington State issued on Thursday.

“First Liberty Appeals Historic ‘Bible Verse Case’ Case to Supreme Court; First Liberty just asked the Supreme Court to hear what could be the biggest military religious freedom case in decades”: First Liberty Institute issued this news release yesterday.

Paul D. Clement is counsel of record on the petition for a writ of certiorari that Monifa J. Sterling filed yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court.

“The Stolen Supreme Court Seat”: This editorial will appear in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Did Justice Scalia Believe in Dinosaurs? An Investigation.” Ian Samuel has this post today at Medium.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Christmas in the D.C. Circuit.” Aaron Nielson has this post today at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Milwaukee man asks the full U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider his case after a split ruling on police use of secret cell-phone tracking technology”: Bruce Vielmetti has this article in today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“The Surprisingly Weak Reasoning of Mohamud”: Orin Kerr has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Vermont Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Shumlin’s Supreme Court Nomination”: Taylor Dobbs of Vermont Public Radio has this report.

And Jess Aloe of The Burlington Free Press reports that “Vt. Supreme Court blocks Shumlin appointment.”

“Belfast gay-themed cake case will not go to UK supreme court; Northern Ireland attorney general fails in bid to get UK’s highest court to review rulings against Ashers Bakery”: The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Book review: The U.S. Supreme Court’s most popular liberal tells all.” In today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Justice David Wecht of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has this review of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s book, “My Own Words.”