“A big Trump case hinges on the definition of ’emoluments.’ A new study has bad news for him.” Aaron Blake of The Washington Post has this report.

“A Bad Judges Deal: The White House may make concessions to Feinstein and Harris.” This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“‘Blue water’ Navy veterans from Vietnam-era win Agent Orange benefits case”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“Ninth Circuit Upholds Use of Feds’ Terror-Reporting Tool”: Nicholas Iovino of Courthouse News Service has an article that begins, “The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the government’s use of a terror-reporting tool that critics say puts innocent Americans on a watch list just for being Muslim or engaging in innocuous activities like taking photos in public.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Harvard Law Prof. Sullivan Defends Decision to Represent Weinstein Following Student Concerns”: Aidan F. Ryan of The Harvard Crimson has an article that begins, “Harvard Law Professor and Winthrop House Faculty Dean Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. sent an email to Winthrop students and resident tutors Friday defending his decision to represent former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in his Manhattan sexual abuse case.”

The Seventh Circuit decides a patent case involving sexed cattle semen: Chief Judge Diane P. Wood wrote today’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

The court addressed whether the appeal should instead be heard in the Federal Circuit at page eight of its opinion.

A little over a year ago, Lydia Mulvany and Susan Decker of Bloomberg News had a related article titled “Sex Is Big Business in Dairy Farming and the Focus of Legal Battles.”

With a projected high temperature of -13 Fahrenheit and winds of 20 to 30 mph in Chicago, the headquarters of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit will be closed Wednesday: The notice on that court’s home page states that “[t]he Court will be closed on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, due to inclement weather.”

“Taking up arms — How a new Supreme Court case could transform gun rights in America: The ruling on New York City’s law may come just as the 2020 presidential campaign is heating up.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

“Roe v. Wade Is Under Immediate Threat; If the Supreme Court doesn’t stay a Louisiana law next week, states will have a clear path to nullify the constitutional right to choose”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“New York is latest state pushing abortion laws amid fears Roe vs. Wade will be overturned”: Caleb Parke of Fox News has this report.

“Eyes on Kavanaugh and Gorsuch as Supreme Court weighs whether Louisiana abortion law can go into effect”: Tucker Higgins of CNBC has this report.

My prediction is that the U.S. Supreme Court will not allow this law to go into effect, because even those Justices on the Court who may harbor doubts about the soundness of the Court’s abortion precedents understand that the only way to overrule those precedents is in fact to overrule them, rather than to ignore them.

“Obama’s Secret Rationale for the Raid on Bin Laden: Nearly eight years later, the public still knows precious little about how and why the decision was made.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion discussing, among other things, this ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued last Friday.

“Ginni Thomas’ White House Meeting Was Just Another Grift; The Supreme Court justice’s wife wants the president to hire more of her fringe, nativist friends”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Real Reason John Roberts Just Offered a Low-Stakes Win to Workers”: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Idaho Supreme Court hearing arguments today regarding Medicaid expansion”: Audrey Dutton and Ruth Brown of The Idaho Statesman have this report.

Bad winter weather in the forecast causes closure of the Eleventh Circuit’s headquarters in Atlanta (but oral arguments today will continue as scheduled): You can view the notice on that Court’s home page.

“My advice to lawyers preparing for their first-ever oral argument”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

“Paul Matey — Nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit”: At “The Vetting Room,” Harsh Voruganti has this blog post about the next judicial nominee to whom the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit will likely be saying “Ahoy!”

“Getting To No On Roe: It Continues.” Leah Litman has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“Can judges bar class action settlement talks before certification? Debate heats up.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Rap music and threats of violence: A case for the Supreme Court to decide.” Clay Calvert has this essay online at The Conversation.