“The Trump Administration Is Making a Mockery of the Supreme Court: It promised to create a ‘robust’ waiver process for visa applicants from countries affected by the travel ban; The process is a sham.” Betsy Fisher and law professor Samantha Power have this essay online at The New York Times.

“Life LowDown of Ann O’Connell Adams”: The Sigma Kappa Sorority last month posted online this podcast consisting of an interview with a current Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General.

“Elite Law Firm’s All-White Partner Class Stirs Debate on Diversity”: Noam Scheiber and John Eligon of The New York Times have an article that begins, “The post appeared on LinkedIn in early December: Paul, Weiss, one of the country’s most prominent and profitable law firms, said it was ‘pleased to announce’ its new partner class.”

“The Antideficiency Act Charade: A Low-Key Separation of Powers Drama.” Daniel Lyons has this interesting guest post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: The Use of Philosophers by the D.C. Circuit.” At the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation, Aaron Nielson has a post that begins, “This week President Trump officially nominated (again) Neomi Rao to the D.C. Circuit.”

“Kozel on Stare Decisis and Overturning Chevron and Auer Deference”: Chris Walker has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation about an article titled “Statutory Interpretation, Administrative Deference, and the Law of Stare Decisis” by law professor Randy J. Kozel forthcoming in the Texas Law Review.

“60 hours, 50 abortions: A California doctor’s monthly commute to a Texas clinic.” Soumya Karlamangla of The Los Angeles Times has this article, along with a related item headlined “Behind the story: How a Times reporter gained intimate access to abortion clinics.”

“Kavanaugh Drives Court’s Turn to the Right”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Parchment Barriers and the Determinateness of Constitutional Text”: Mike Rappaport has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Paul Weiss Breaks Into Supreme Court Work With a New Partner; Kannon Shanmugam will help build an appeals practice at the New York-based firm known for its litigation and mergers and acquisitions work”: Sara Randazzo of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Violence Against Women Act extended in bill that reopened government”: Elise Viebeck of The Washington Post has this report.

According to the article, “VAWA was enacted after Anita Hill’s testimony against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas over alleged sexual harassment and the 1992 ‘Year of the Woman,’ which brought a record number of women to the House and Senate. It lapsed less than three months after Christine Blasey Ford testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when the two were in high school and after another election brought a wave of new female lawmakers to Capitol Hill.”

“Will the Supreme Court Use a New York City Regulation to Strike Down Gun Laws? The Justices agree to hear another Second Amendment case, this time with Brett Kavanaugh on board.” Amy Davidson Sorkin will have this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the February 4, 2019 issue of The New Yorker.

And in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, James Phillips and law professor John Yoo have an op-ed titled “Finally, the Supreme Court is taking up gun rights again.”