“Former federal judge, NAACP stalwart Nathaniel Jones dead at 93”: Mark Curnutte of The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report.

Mahoning Matters reports that “Judge Nathaniel Jones, local civil rights leader, dead at 93.”

And in commentary, online at The Cincinnati Enquirer, columnist Byron McCauley has an essay titled “Judge Nathaniel Jones ‘changed the world.’“

“Judge reinstates federal lawsuit against Augusta County investigator in dog killing”: Brad Zinn of The Staunton (Va.) News Leader has this report.

And Brad Kutner of Courthouse News Service reports that “Virginia Cop on the Hook for Killing Leashed Dog.”

You can access last Wednesday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“HSI, Caribbean Corridor Strike Force seize $24 million of cocaine, arrest 3”: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued this news release back in August 2013.

More recently, in January 2019, the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision rejecting the defendant’s constitutional challenge to his convictions under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act that arose out of the August 2013 drug seizure.

Most recently, on January 17, 2020, the First Circuit issued this order granting rehearing en banc in this matter to reconsider the constitutional and international law issues that the appeal presents.

“D.C. Circuit revives First Amendment challenge to anti-sex trafficking bill”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report (subscription required for full access).

Julie Steinberg of Bloomberg Law reports that “Challenge to Online Sex Trafficking Liability Law Reinstated” (subscription required for full access).

And Electronic Frontier Foundation has issued a news release titled “Victory! Lawsuit Challenging FOSTA Reinstated by Court; Judges Found Plaintiffs Have Standing to Sue.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“The Trump administration says the ERA is dead on arrival. It isn’t. Yes, the deadline for ratification has passed. But Congress has the power to change it.” Julie C. Suk has this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“The loser of November’s election may not concede. Their voters won’t, either. It’s all too easy to imagine scenarios where the results are contested.” Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The Washington Post.

The essay offers a preview of Hasen’s newest book, “Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy,” an advance copy of which arrived at my office last week. The book’s official on-sale date is February 4, 2020.