“CNN Legal Setback Points to Tougher Times Ahead for Media Companies; In a defamation case, the Eleventh Circuit rejects how CNN and other media companies demanded the special-dismissal provision of Georgia’s anti-SLAPP statute”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

My earlier coverage of last Thursday’s Eleventh Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“The Latest Ruling Against Obamacare Is a Bridge Too Far — Even for SCOTUS”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Justice Department Asks Court to Halt Emoluments Case Against Trump”: Sharon LaFraniere of The New York Times has this report.

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “DOJ asks appeals court to block look at Trump finances.”

Jan Wolfe of Reuters reports that “Justice Department asks appeals court to end Trump emoluments case.”

And Andrew M Harris of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Halt Maryland-D.C. Emoluments Suit.”

You can view at this link the petition for writ of mandamus filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Challenging judges’ orders, Trump aims to enlist Supreme Court”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“Controversial ruling on health care law could face a skeptical Supreme Court — if it gets there”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Emperor’s Stare Decisis”: Eric Segall has this post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Nephew on Winning the Aunt Lottery: As Daniel Stiepleman wrote ‘On the Basis of Sex,’ which is centered on the Supreme Court Justice, he came to see the Ginsburgs’ marriage as a model for his own.” Michael Schulman has this Talk of the Town item in the December 24, 2018 issue of The New Yorker.

“Why Trump can’t count on the Supreme Court to kill Obamacare”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Understanding the New Obamacare Decision, Texas v. United States: Part II.” Josh Blackman has this guest post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“From sharecropper shack to Supreme Court bench”: Kent Walz of The Albuquerque Journal has this report.

“What Now? Judge Rules Affordable Care Act Is Unconstitutional.” This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“2019 is the year the Supreme Court will make or break Trump”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Federal Jurists To Teach Classes on Supreme Court, Role of Judges”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“OT2018 #12: ‘Inconceivable!'” You can access today’s new episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Leah Litman and guest host Kate Shaw, via this link.