“Impeachment Trial Looming, Chief Justice Reflects on Judicial Independence; Chief Justice John Roberts’s year-end report on the judiciary praised civics education, but it was not hard to detect a timely subtext that appeared to be addressed to President Trump”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Roberts says judges should lead the way on civics but doesn’t mention one outreach possibility.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts warns of social media’s danger to democracy.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Chief Justice’s Annual Report Warns of Effect of ‘Rumor and False Information’ on Democracy; Report says Americans must pass on ‘tools to understand and improve’ a functioning government.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Roberts: Judges working to promote civics, impartial courts.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. chief justice warns of internet disinformation, urges civics education.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Taking Democracy for Granted, Chief Justice Roberts Says.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Chief Justice John Roberts says Americans may ‘take democracy for granted.’”

Bill Mears of Fox News reports that “Chief justice promotes civics education in year-end report.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Chief Justice John Roberts warns about dangers of fake news; Some read the annual New Year’s Eve message as a rebuke of President Donald Trump.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Justice Roberts touts civic education as antidote to social media-fueled falsehoods.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Chief Justice Warns That ‘Civic Education Has Fallen By the Wayside.’”

You can access Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.’s “2019 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary” at this link.

“Kelly had dozens of his posts on controversial political topics pulled from blog”: WisPolitics News recently had this report.

As the article notes at its conclusion, thanks to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, successfully removing things from the internet can be very difficult.

“Trump impeachment trial drags Roberts into spotlight”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.

In commentary, U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) has an op-ed titled “Every trial is a pursuit of truth. Will my colleagues in the Senate uphold that?” in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

And online at The Hill, Allan Lichtman has an essay titled “Will Justice Roberts call balls and strikes at the impeachment trial?“

“Biden would nominate Obama to Supreme Court ‘if he’d take it'”: Caroline Kelly, Sarah Mucha, and Ariane de Vogue of CNN have this report.

“Should Amazon pay warehouse workers while they wait for security screenings? Pa. Supreme Court will decide.” Juliana Feliciano Reyes has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

You can access last Friday’s order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, granting review on certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, at this link.