“A beefed-up White House legal team prepares aggressive defense of Trump’s executive privilege as investigations loom large”: Carol D. Leonnig has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“US Supreme Court asked to review W.Va. judicial impeachments”: John Raby of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to review a decision that derailed impeachment trials for West Virginia Supreme Court justices.”

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“New Florida Governor Moves Quickly With Supreme Court Pick, Environmental Plan; Ron DeSantis has opportunity to shift state’s judiciary sharply to right, weighs steps on sheriff in Parkland shooting”: Arian Campo-Flores will have this article in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Jessica Chasmar of The Washington Times reports that “Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints 1st Hispanic woman to serve on Florida Supreme Court.”

In local coverage, in today’s edition of The Miami Herald, David Ovalle has a front page article headlined “Miami’s Barbara Lagoa is the next Florida Supreme Court justice.”

Ana Ceballos of The Naples Daily News reports that “DeSantis names Supreme Court pick and considers yanking Scott’s last-minute appointments.”

And John Kennedy of GateHouse Capital Bureau reports that “DeSantis names Hispanic female appeals judge to state’s high court.”

“Iowa Republicans want to change how Supreme Court justices are picked”: Barbara Rodriguez and Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register have this report.

“Kansas abortion foes brace for state Supreme Court decision”: John Hanna of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Abortion opponents in Kansas have been bracing themselves for nearly two years for a ruling from the state’s highest court that protects the right to have an abortion and potentially upends politics in a state long at the center of the national debate. The Kansas Supreme Court is relatively liberal in a state with a Republican-dominated Legislature that has strong anti-abortion majorities. Court watchers also are asking: Why is it taking so long for the justices to rule?”

“Clinic Wins Attorneys’ Fees Case at U.S. Supreme Court; Justices Agree Unanimously on Suit Over Statute’s Guidelines”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“Judge Kethledge lobbies for Williamson County‘s overruling just in time for Knick‘s reargument”: A reader of this blog sent me an email with that subject line this evening, referring to this concurring opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“The Supreme Court May Change the Way You Buy Wine; The justices will hear oral arguments in a contentious case involving whether consumers can order from out-of-state wine shops”: Eric Asimov of The New York Times has this report.

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s absence creates uncertainty about Supreme Court’s present and future”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Law professor Ian Samuel is no longer listed as teaching any classes for the Spring 2019 semester at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law: Before those listings were updated on Tuesday, they showed Samuel as teaching a Cybersecurity class during the Spring 2019 semester.

In the course descriptions and other related documents (see here, here, and here) for the Spring 2019 semester as updated as recently as today, Samuel no longer appears to be teaching any classes.

“Supreme Court has placed limits on presidential emergency powers, but that may not stop Trump”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Groups file lawsuit seeking to void laws passed during Wisconsin’s lame-duck session”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Brett Kavanaugh can use this case before SCOTUS to kill Roe v. Wade; Reproductive choice is on life support, and five Republican men hold the plug”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“I Am Pro-Life. Don’t Call Me Anti-Abortion. That kind of language allows critics to dismiss me and fellow pro-lifers as single-issue obsessives.” Charles C. Camosy has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Lawyers wrangle in federal court over Planned Parenthood request for abortion clinic license”: Tyler Bridges of The New Orleans Advocate has this report.

Kevin McGill of The Associated Press reports that “US appeals court hears New Orleans abortion case.”

And Sabrina Canfield of Courthouse News Service reports that “5th Circuit Hears Planned Parenthood’s License Appeal.”

You can access at this link the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

The three-judge panel assigned to hear and decide this case consists of Circuit Judges Jennifer Walker Elrod and James C. Ho and Senior Circuit Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham. An earlier abortion-related appeal in which Judge Ho participated drew some attention, including from this blog.

“Graham meets with White House on controversial judicial picks, including Thomas Farr”: Emma Dumain and Brian Murphy of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has an article that begins, “New Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham met for the first time this year with White House officials on Thursday to discuss the fate of judicial nominees that languished in the previous Congress. That list included Thomas Farr.”

“Lindsey Graham elected Senate Judiciary Committee chairman”: Elizabeth Zwirz of Fox News has this report.

“A Man Sent 1,000 Men Expecting Sex And Drugs To His Ex-Boyfriend Using Grindr, A Lawsuit Says”: Tyler Kingkade and Davey Alba of BuzzFeed News have this report on a case that was argued Monday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

You can access via this link (31.7 mp3 audio file) the audio of Monday’s appellate oral argument.

“Trump’s border wall would need private property, but Texas landowners plan to dig in for lengthy legal fight”: Katie Zezima and Mark Berman of The Washington Post have this report.

“Justice Donnelly Relishing Jump from Trial Court to Supreme Court”: Csaba Sukosd of Court News Ohio has this report.

“Trump White House urging allies to prepare for possible RBG departure; After an ailing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg missed oral arguments, the Trump team began early groundwork for another potential confirmation battle”: Eliana Johnson and Gabby Orr of Politico have this report.

“Virginia’s Incumbent Protection Act Ruled Unconstitutional”: Brian Flood of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued yesterday.

Three-judge First Circuit panel divides over the scope of Congress’s constitutional power to define and punish felonies on the high seas: You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link.