“Collins brings in most money of her career after Kavanaugh vote”: Josh Keefe of The Bangor Daily News has an article that begins, “After she delivered a pivotal vote that helped seat Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, Maine Sen. Susan Collins had the best fundraising quarter of her career, shattering her previous best with the help of a flood of out-of-state money.”

“Changed Supreme Court weighing Louisiana abortion clinic law”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Battle over Virginia abortion measure roils multistate plans by advocates to lock in rights protections”: Annie Linskey and Ariana Eunjung Cha have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“How a Trump judicial nominee reignited the debate over dwarf tossing”: Scott Nover had this article in last Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post Magazine.

“MSU fires former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Young as university general counsel”: Matt Mencarini has this front page article in today’s edition of The Lansing (Mich.) State Journal.

“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.

“Everybody hates Auer: Supreme Court challenge to agency deference draws 25 amicus briefs.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Justice Alito Temporarily Blocks a Louisiana Abortion Law”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Elizabeth Crisp of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana reports that “Louisiana abortion law won’t take effect Monday, after U.S. Supreme Court intervention.”

Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico reports that “Supreme Court temporarily halts Louisiana abortion law.”

And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Louisiana abortion doctor law delayed.”

“A retired Supreme Court justice’s harsh critique of today’s public dialogue”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that begins, “Democracy and social decency are in trouble in the United States, former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy told law students on Friday.”

“Supreme Court puts off decision on restrictive Louisiana abortion law”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. high court temporarily blocks Louisiana abortion restrictions.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Temporarily Halts Louisiana Abortion Rules.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court delays decision on Louisiana’s stringent abortion law; The Center for Reproductive Rights says the law under review can’t ‘meet the needs of approximately 10,000 women who seek abortion services in Louisiana each year.’”

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion law from taking effect Monday.”

Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued this administrative stay order this evening. The stay will last through Thursday, February 7, 2019.

“Nessel nixes state involvement in abortion, discrimination, religious suits”: Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News has an article that begins, “Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel has withdrawn the state from eight lawsuits pertaining to reproductive rights, discrimination based on gender and separation of church and state.”

And earlier last month, Dave Herndon of The Press & Guide of Southgate, Michigan reported that “Fadwa Hammoud becomes first Muslim Arab-American solicitor general in United States.”

You give me fever: A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today ruled that qualified immunity protects from liability California state prison officials who allegedly exposed inmates to a heightened risk of getting Valley Fever in violation of the Eighth Amendment and (with regard to African-American inmates) the Equal Protection Clause.

“Challenge to abortion clinic restrictions in Louisiana will test Supreme Court’s new conservative majority”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Republicans Rewrote Voting Laws for 8 Years. Now Democrats Say It’s Their Turn.” Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump, Pence Lead G.O.P. Seizure of Late-Term Abortion as a Potent 2020 Issue”: Vivian Wang has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And online at that newspaper, columnist Michelle Goldberg has an essay titled “Fake News About Abortion in Virginia; No, Democrats aren’t trying to legalize infanticide.”

“Texas still doesn’t have a law on intellectual disability and the death penalty. Will that change this year? Nearly two decades after the U.S. Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to execute those with intellectual disabilities, Texas still has no process on determining the condition — leaving life-and-death decisions in the hands of courts with very different methods.” Jolie McCullough of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“The Chief Justice’s Secret: John Roberts writes fiercely conservative opinions, yet champions the Court’s political independence; How will he respond to a constitutional crisis?” In the March 2019 issue of The Atlantic, Michael O’Donnell has this review of Joan Biskupic‘s forthcoming book, “The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts.” The book’s official on-sale date is March 26, 2019.

“Ep. 2: The Blind, the Lame, and the Widows.” Episode two of The Ginsburg Tapes podcast with Lauren Moxley can be accessed via this link. The episode focuses on the only case that Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and lost.

The oral argument spanned two days, and you can access the full oral argument audio here (day one) and here (day two).

“California Sens. Feinstein and Harris oppose Trump’s 9th Circuit nominees”: Sarah D. Wire of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Abortion Opponents Aim for First High Court Win in Kavanaugh Era”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.