“Trump adviser: Democrats should ‘move on’ from Garland SCOTUS snub.” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “The White House has a message for Democrats still harboring bitterness about the treatment of President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland: get over it.”

“Legality of Legislator-Led Prayer Still Murky, Scholars Say”: Patrick L. Gregory of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Tsarnaev friend found guilty of lying in bombing investigation; Mother of Phillipos makes a plea for leniency”: Patricia Wen, John R. Ellement, and Laura Crimaldi of The Boston Globe had this article back in October 2014

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued this decision affirming the defendant’s judgment of conviction.

“A ‘Notorious’ 2016 for Ginsburg and Comey: The justice’s politicking and the FBI director’s appropriation of prosecutorial authority likely did lasting damage.” Senior D.C. Circuit Judge Laurence H. Silberman has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal. The essay is adapted from a speech Silberman delivered Monday at the Columbia Law School chapter of the Federalist Society.

“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg rare interview: ‘It’s not the best of times.'” BBC Newsnight has posted this video on YouTube.

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