“House counsel suggests Trump could be impeached again; The comment came in a filing with federal court that argues Democrats still need testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.

You can view the supplemental brief filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“The Beginning of the 2019 Term and How It Stacks Up”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Senate Republicans were laser-focused on confirming judges in 2019 — even the unqualified ones; Even as lawmakers blocked hundreds of bills, they confirmed more than 100 judges”: Li Zhou of Vox has this report.

“Montana Battle Over Aid for Religious Schools Reaches Supreme Court; The justices will hear arguments next month over whether states may erect walls between church and state high enough to exclude religious groups from some government benefits”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“How Trump is filling the liberal 9th Circuit with conservatives; The court’s changing ideological makeup could wind up giving states like California less legal elbow room to challenge Trump policies”: Susannah Luthi of Politico has this report.

“Trump Appellate Pick Ozerden in Limbo With Senate Adjourned”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And in somewhat related news, Nancy Cook of Politico recently reported that “White House braces for Mulvaney’s post-impeachment exit; The acting White House chief of staff could never win President Donald Trump’s full support; Mulvaney has been sidelined so much in recent months that he’s now expected to depart soon.”