“Barr’s Loyalty Is to the Constitution, Not a Party; The ‘unitary executive’ implies both a strong presidency and clear limits on presidential powers”: David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew Grossman have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Cuomo Blocks Judges Picked by Trump From Officiating Weddings in N.Y.; He vetoed a bill to let federal judges preside over nuptials, saying he did not want to give the president’s appointees the privilege”: Jesse McKinley of The New York Times has this report.

Bernadette Hogan of The New York Post reports that “Cuomo won’t let all judges officiate weddings — because some were appointed by Trump.”

Henry Goldman of Bloomberg News reports that “In Slap at Trump, Cuomo Vetoes U.S. Judges Performing Weddings.”

Paul LeBlanc and Brian Vitagliano of CNN report that “Cuomo cites Trump in vetoing bill that would have allowed federal judges to officiate weddings.”

And Allan Smith of NBC News reports that “N.Y. Gov. Cuomo blocks some federal judges from officiating at weddings — because they might be Trump nominees; The seemingly innocuous measure had passed the state Legislature with overwhelming support from Democrats and Republicans.”

“Changing Kansas Supreme Court faces wary GOP-led Legislature”: John Hanna of The Associated Press has this report.

“Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

And Cheryl K. Chumley of The Washington Times reports that “John Roberts raises Republican caution flags.”