“Lady Hale slams high heels sexism and unfair pay in last week as UK’s top judge”: Martin Bentham of the Evening Standard of London has this report.

And Katie O’Neill of The Telegraph (UK) has an article headlined “‘Let female lawyers wear flat shoes,’ Lady Hale says during final week as Supreme Court justice.”

“The Courts Can Move Quickly. They’re Slow-Walking Trump Cases on Purpose. Don’t be fooled into thinking this isn’t a decision.” Law professor Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Big Cases, Divisive Decisions, and . . . What if There’s a Vacancy? How the Supreme Court could affect the 2020 election.” Sarah Isgur has this article online at The Dispatch.

“Crosstown traffic: SCOTUS considers ‘Bridgegate’ prosecutions.” Mark Walsh has this article online at ABA Journal.

“Supreme Court to discuss same-sex wedding, contraceptives, electoral college, 2nd Amendment and Iran cases”: Devan Cole, Caroline Kelly, Donna Borak, and Ariane de Vogue of CNN have this report.

“At Harvard Law, reluctance to apply for clerkships with Trump-appointed judges”: Deirdre Fernandes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“A Look At How The Supreme Court Chief Justice May Preside Over Senate Impeachment”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Why Has a Federal Appeals Court Been Sitting on a Major Case for 32 Months? Indiana’s same-sex parents are trapped in legal limbo, and no one can explain why.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And just yesterday, Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted on Twitter another case that the Seventh Circuit is taking a while to decide.

“Is John Roberts a Closeted Never-Trumper? Reading Between the Lines of the Chief Justice’s Year-End Report.” Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“Remembering the Anti-Federalists Rightly”: Nathan Coleman has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“On Visiting”: Law professor Tess Wilkinson-Ryan recently had this interesting post online at Medium.

Among the notable reaction that post has generated, at “Dorf on Law,” Michael C. Dorf has a post titled “A Nice Place to Live, But You Wouldn’t Want to Visit.”

At “PrawfsBlawg,” Paul Horwitz has a post titled “The Home-Institution Benefits of Visiting Stints.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “The Costs of a Look-See Visit.”

“Roberts Will Preside But Not Reign Over the President’s Impeachment”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“In 2020, watch for these blockbuster Supreme Court cases”: Marcia Coyle of PBS NewsHour has this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivers personal message to SF’s new DA, Chesa Boudin”: Evan Sernoffsky of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Appeals court lifts block on $3.6 billion for Trump border wall plan; A divided panel of the 5th Circuit ruled in the administration’s favor on the use of military construction funds”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on a per curiam decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“Eighth Circuit Strikes Down Ban on Ads for Cheap Booze”: Joe Harris of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“New Year, Same Stalemate Over N.H. Supreme Court Justice Nomination”: Todd Bookman of New Hampshire Public Radio has a report that begins, “There appears to be little progress being made in a six-month long partisan stalemate over filling a vacancy on the New Hampshire Supreme Court.”

“Speaking on retirement, Alaska Supreme Court justice cites turnover worries”: James Brooks of The Anchorage Daily News has an article that begins, “One day after announcing his plans to retire June 1, Alaska Supreme Court justice Craig Stowers said his intent is to blunt the impact of a wave of high-court retirements expected in the next five years.”

“The Trump administration’s subtle, devious plan to dismantle abortion rights; Roe v. Wade doesn’t mean much if no one can sue to enforce it”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“How Ruth Bader Ginsburg is trying to check the conservative majority”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Echoes of Kavanaugh Fight as Bolton Complicates Impeachment Trial Plans; The former national security adviser’s surprise declaration that he is willing to testify may test Republican unity during the Senate impeachment trial, even if it doesn’t affect the outcome”: Carl Hulse has this new installment of his “On Washington” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Department says Equal Rights Amendment is dead; Virginia ratification can’t revive it”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report on an opinion that the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel made public today.

“States gear up for abortion fights with eye on Supreme Court”: Reid Wilson of The Hill has this report.

“Coach Insulting High School Footballers Isn’t Sex Bias”: David McAfee of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Alaska Supreme Court justice Craig Stowers to retire”: James Brooks of The Anchorage Daily News has this report.

“Leonard Leo to shape new conservative network”: Jonathan Swan and Alayna Treene of Axios have this report.

“How Chief Justice Roberts Articulates His Ethos Through His Year End Reports”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Was there a Nondelegation at the Founding? Julian Davis Mortenson and Nick Bagley say ‘no.’ Ilan Wurman responds, ‘not so fast.'” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Supreme Court orders quick response in Obamacare challenge; Nineteen blue states, led by California, asked the high court last week for a fast decision on whether to take the case”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

And Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court sets Friday deadline for responses in ObamaCare case.”

“First Amendment Challenge To Mandatory Membership, Bar Fees Reaches Supreme Court”: Kevin Daley of the Daily Caller has this report.

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Google Warns of Monopoly Powers in Oracle Fight at Supreme Court”: Gerrit De Vynck of Bloomberg News has this report on the brief for petitioner that Google filed today at the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Embattled prosecutor Doug Evans withdraws from Curtis Flowers case”: Jimmie E. Gates of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this report.

“Appeals court backs UT in lawsuit over Confederate statue removal”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Joshua Fechter of The San Antonio Express-News reports that “Federal appeals court shoots down lawsuit to restore Confederate statue in San Antonio park.”

Tal Axelrod of The Hill reports that “Appeals court dismisses lawsuit against University of Texas over removal of Confederate statues.”

And Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reports that “Court Rejects Challenge to Texas Moving Confederate Statues.”

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

“Preeminent Supreme Court and Appellate Litigator Elizabeth Prelogar Joins Cooley; Firm’s latest addition to East Coast litigation bench arrives from Office of the Solicitor General + Mueller probe”: Cooley LLP issued this news release today.

And Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal reports that “Elizabeth Prelogar, Mueller Alum and Supreme Court Advocate, Joins Cooley; Andrew Goldstein, a colleague in the Mueller investigation who previously worked as a federal prosecutor and joined Cooley in June, was instrumental in recruiting Prelogar.”

“Trump Renominates 11th Circuit Pick as Senate Returns for 2020”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription may be required for full access).