“Dershowitz distances himself from White House response to Democrats’ impeachment charges”: Felicia Sonmez and Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post have this report.

And online at The Washington Post, law professor Laurence H. Tribe has an essay titled “Trump’s lawyers shouldn’t be allowed to use bogus legal arguments on impeachment.”

“Impeachment Trial Puts Susan Collins, Stung by Kavanaugh Backlash, Under Scrutiny; The four-term Maine senator, who crossed party lines to vote against President Clinton’s impeachment, must now decide whether to break with President Trump”: Jennifer Steinhauer has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Why Trump had to hire this legal odd couple”: George T. Conway III has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Also online at that newspaper, columnist Harry Litman has an essay titled “Dershowitz and Starr may bring a slightly more reality-based Trump defense.”

“Roberts’ Role in Impeachment Trial Debated”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Court portrait of writer of notorious slave ruling reviewed”: Martha Waggoner of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “In North Carolina’s Supreme Court chamber, above the seat held by the second African American chief justice, hangs a towering painting of a 19th century slave owner and jurist who authored a notorious opinion about the ‘absolute’ rights of slaveholders over the enslaved.”

“US Supreme Court case puts eyes of education world on Montana”: Phil Drake has this front page article in today’s edition of The Great Falls Tribune.

In today’s edition of The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Gail Schontzler has a front page article headlined “Constitutional showdown: Montana school choice case heads to U.S. Supreme Court.”

And Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices taking up bans on state money to religious schools.”

“Changes ahead for R.I.’s aging Supreme Court? As the state’s justices age, one avid court-watcher foresees ‘dramatic changes’ in its makeup.” Katie Mulvaney has this front page article in today’s edition of The Providence Journal.

“Courthouse News Partially Wins Suit Against California County”: Blake Brittain of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Friday.

“Youth climate change suit against government dismissed by divided federal appeals court”: Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has this report.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Court — with regrets — knocks down youths’ lawsuit on climate change.”

In yesterday’s edition of The New York Times, John Schwartz had an article headlined “Court Quashes Youth Climate Change Case Against Government.”

Brady Dennis of The Washington Post reports that “Federal appeals court tosses landmark youth climate lawsuit against U.S. government; 21 young people sued in 2015, hoping to force an end to fossil fuel-friendly U.S. policies.”

Gillian Flaccus of The Associated Press reports that “US court dismisses suit by youths over climate change.”

Sebastien Malo and Jonathan Stempel of Reuters have a report headlined “Children, young adults cannot sue U.S. government over climate change: ruling.”

Chris D’Angelo of HuffPost reports that “Court Tosses Landmark Youth Climate Change Lawsuit; The lawsuit from 21 children and young adults argued that the federal government has failed to act to address global climate change.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Appeals court tosses kids’ climate change lawsuit.”

Umair Irfan of Vox reports that “21 kids sued the government over climate change. A federal court dismissed the case. Plaintiffs in the Juliana v. US lawsuit alleged the government violated the rights of young people to a safe climate.”

Jennifer Hijazi of Greenwire reports that “Appeals court halts historic kids’ climate case.”

Karina Brown of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit Tosses Youth Climate Change Suit Against Feds.”

And on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday,” Nathan Rott had an audio segment titled “Kids’ Climate Case ‘Reluctantly’ Dismissed By Appeals Court.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.