“Satan Is in the Illinois Capitol. Because It’s the Holidays!” Liam Stack will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Supreme Court weighs ‘double jeopardy’ dispute”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has a report that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday expressed skepticism about putting limits on criminal charges being brought against people for the same offenses by both federal and state prosecutors in a case involving an Alabama man charged with illegally possessing a gun.”

Update: You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Gamble v. United States, No. 17-646.

“Appeals Court to Consider AT&T’s Deal for Time Warner; Panel to decide whether a trial judge was correct to bless the merger”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Diane Bartz of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court to hear arguments to stop AT&T purchase of Time-Warner.”

“Alexander Acosta is being unfairly criticized for his handling of Epstein’s plea deal”: David Oscar Markus, founder of “The SDFLA Blog,” has this essay online at The Miami Herald.

“U.S. Supreme Court urged to reject Indiana’s request for Pence-enacted abortion restrictions to take effect”: Dan Carden of The Times of Munster, Indiana has this report.

“Groundwater’s muddy legal history under the Clean Water Act”: Ellen M. Gilmer of Greenwire has an article that begins, “The Supreme Court has signaled its interest in a potentially game-changing debate over the scope of the Clean Water Act.”

“With Orrin Hatch Retiring, Supreme Court Loses an Active ‘Friend’; Utah Republican is one of the more frequent authors of amicus briefs”: Todd Ruger of Roll Call has this report.

“Supreme Court tackles ‘double jeopardy’ exception that allows federal, state prosecutions for same crime”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court double jeopardy case could impact presidential pardon power.”

And on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “This Supreme Court Case Could Impact The Mueller Probe And Boost Trump’s Pardon Power.”

“Debate over term limits for Supreme Court gains new life”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has this report.

“How to Fill a Supreme Court Vacancy: George H.W. Bush was by turns conciliatory and confrontational; The combative approach put Clarence Thomas on the court.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.