“U.S. Supreme Court to hear case on Rensselaer County election fraud; Legal saga continues in Edward G. McDonough civil rights lawsuit”: Steve Hughes of The Times Union of Albany, New York has this report.

“Graham ‘hell bent’ on filling next Supreme Court vacancy with conservative justice, amid Ginsburg health woes”: Gregg Re of Fox News has this report.

“Moyn and His Critics on Law Schools and Democracy”: Paul Horwitz has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“The Republican Test at the Border: If Trump does declare a national emergency, a humanitarian crisis could become a constitutional one.” Amy Davidson Sorkin will have this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the January 21, 2019 issue of The New Yorker.

And online at The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin has a post titled “Can Donald Trump Invoke Emergency Powers to Get His Wall?“

“Idaho ties to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her biographic movie: The justice’s early law career took on a case in Idaho, where the attorney’s family who she worked with still resides.” Shirah Matsuzawa of KTVB-TV in Boise, Idaho has this inartfully headlined article.

“Can Congress Void a Tribal Treaty Without Telling Anyone? What’s at issue in Herrera v. Wyoming.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Patricia Wald, First Woman to Preside Over D.C. Appeals Court, Dies at 90”: This obituary, written by Neil A. Lewis, appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.