“A revamped Florida Supreme Court says no to Miami Beach’s own minimum wage law”: Dara Kam of News Service of Florida has an article that begins, “In the first major demonstration of an ideological shift on the revamped Florida Supreme Court, justices Tuesday refused to consider an appeal in a Miami Beach minimum-wage lawsuit that a former liberal-leaning majority of the court had scheduled to hear next month.”

“Idaho Supreme Court upholds Medicaid expansion, rejects Idaho Freedom Foundation suit”: Audrey Dutton of The Idaho Statesman has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Idaho issued today.

“The Supreme Court should adopt an ethics code”: Robert H. Tembeckjian has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Lies That Will Kill Roe: Conservative activists and judges have pushed falsehoods for decades to fight abortion; This Supreme Court will embrace them.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Kavanaugh’s D.C. Circuit replacement quizzed on sexual assault, feminism”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report. For the record, however, at least during the portions of the hearing that I heard, no one asked her if she likes baseball, or beer.

“Trump’s DC Circuit Nominee Neomi Rao Distanced Herself From Some Of Her Inflammatory College Writings”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Access the January 2019 edition of Appellate Issues, a publication of the American Bar Association’s Council of Appellate Lawyers: Via this link. This new publication features articles about the programming during the 2018 Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit that took place in Atlanta this past November.

My contribution to this publication is titled “Nationwide Injunctions: Are They Good Law? Are They Good Policy?“

“The Trump Supreme Court Contingency Plan: All presidents have a list of possible nominees; Here are the seven top contenders on the current one.” Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Ocasio-Cortez to bring Kavanaugh critic to Trump’s SOTU”: Laurie Kellman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Trump judicial pick: ‘I cringe’ at past remarks on date rape.” Matthew Daly of The Associated Press has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court may decide ‘Mayhem Mal’ police threat question”: Attorney Jack Greiner has this essay online at The Cincinnati Enquirer.

“Louisiana Tests the New Supreme Court on Abortion”: Jordan Smith of The Intercept has this report.

“The president speaks. Congress cheers and jeers. For Supreme Court justices, it’s a ‘childish spectacle.'” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“President Trump’s election set off a birth control boom”: Stephanie Ebbert has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Tim Scott, GOP’s Only Black Senator, Tells Why He Speaks Out on Race: South Carolinian moved by criminal-justice disparities; ‘Racial issues don’t know parties.'” Joshua Jamerson of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump’s pick to replace Kavanaugh grilled for writings on sexual assault”: Marianne LeVine of Politico has this report.

View live, online, this morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for D.C. Circuit nominee Neomi J. Rao: Via this link, starting at or shortly after 10 a.m. eastern time.

“The Supreme Court’s ‘alternative facts’ about drug-sniffing dogs”: Radley Balko has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Neomi Rao Under Fire: Senate Democrats and progressive groups launch unfounded attacks against a judicial nominee.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Neomi Rao’s Service as the Nation’s Regulatory Czar Makes Her Uniquely Qualified to Serve on the D.C. Circuit”: Chris Walker has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.