“Toward a Less Dangerous Judicial Branch: How the Trump administration is reshaping the federal courts.” James R. Copland and Rafael A. Mangual have this article in the Winter 2019 issue of City Journal magazine.

“What Did We Learn From the Transgender Troops Ban Injunction? Lambda Legal’s Sharon McGowan on the setback at SCOTUS.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

“Constitutional Conundrums: Part 1.” Mark Pulliam has this post at his blog, “Misrule of Law,” addressing the question “What should a ‘conservative’ Supreme Court do?”

“Judges Weigh FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback in High-Stakes Internet Case; Court weighs wholesale changes made after Republicans took over the agency”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Brian Fung of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Net neutrality: Federal judges had tough questions for the FCC.”

Marcy Gordon and Tali Arbel of The Associated Press report that “Tech companies, states spar with govt over net neutrality.”

David Shepardson of Reuters reports that “U.S. FCC faces tough questions from court on net neutrality repeal.”

Andrew M Harris and Todd Shields of Bloomberg News report that “Net Neutrality Advocates Seeking Rule Revival Get Day in Court.”

Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Judges grill FCC lawyer over net neutrality repeal.”

And Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica reports that “FCC struggles to convince judge that broadband isn’t ‘telecommunications’; Skeptical judges question FCC’s justification of net neutrality repeal.”

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

“He Committed Murder. Then He Graduated From an Elite Law School. Would You Hire Him as Your Attorney?” Noam Scheiber will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Islander before Supreme Court in gun-rights case”: Columnist Daniel Leddy has this essay online at The Staten Island Advance.

“On this day, the first African American sworn in as Supreme Court lawyer”: Sheldon Gilbert had this post yesterday at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Bans on LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’ for Minors Are Now Under Threat Thanks to the Supreme Court”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.