“We can summarize 2018 in two words: It boofed.” So begins “Dave Barry’s Year in Review 2018” in today’s issue of The Washington Post Magazine.

“Judge Who Ruled Against Obamacare Halts Order Pending Appeal”: Elizabeth Wollman and Tom Korosec of Bloomberg News have this report on a 30-page decision that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued today.

“I filed one of the 83 dismissed misconduct complaints against Brett Kavanaugh. Here’s why.” Larry Behrendt has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Law Was Front And Center In 2018 — Because Trump’s Actions Made It Necessary; Trump tested the limits of the system in many ways”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“‘On the Basis of Sex’ Review: On RBG, Flawed Argument; This biopic of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg fails to foreshadow the future jurist’s supreme singularity.” Joe Morgenstern had this movie review in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Men ‘Me Too’ Left Behind: The movement toppled some alleged abusers, but others did just fine.” Alana Horowitz Satlin of HuffPost has this report.

“Kavanaugh, Kanye, Beyoncé, ‘Black Panther’: Washington on Pop Culture in 2018.” Matt Flegenheimer, Astead W. Herndon, and Katie Rogers have this conversation online at The New York Times.

“Justice Kennedy Delivered 2018’s Most Preventable Disaster”: Michelangelo Signorile has this essay online at HuffPost.

“The Year of the Old Boys: It’s hard to overstate the extent to which childish masculinity revealed itself in 2018 as the engine of power in America.” Lili Loofbourow has this essay online at Slate.

“Is Florida’s Amendment Restoring Felons’ Voting Rights ‘Self-Executing’?” Danny Rivero had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”

“Top Supreme Court cases to watch in 2019”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has this report.

At the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist, Steven Mazie has a post titled “Courting controversy: The Supreme Court’s term is likely to heat up in 2019; The justices are about to consider a number of Donald Trump’s most controversial policies.”

And online at Fox News, law professor John Yoo and James Phillips have an essay titled “2019 could be an incredible and historic year for the Supreme Court — Here’s why.”

“A Holiday Mystery: Why Did John Roberts Intervene in the Mueller Probe? We’re about to find out why the chief justice of the Supreme Court decided to get involved in the special counsel’s investigation.” Nelson W. Cunningham has this essay online at Politico Magazine.