“Dana Remus Has Taken an Unlikely Path to the White House Counsel’s Office; Ms. Remus, who clerked for Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., will help guide Joseph R. Biden Jr. through politically charged legal fights with Republican lawmakers”: Michael D. Shear will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Rudy Giuliani and Trump’s last-stand push to overturn Pa.’s election results get a frosty reception in court”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Trump campaign deploys Giuliani to assist flailing legal effort; The former New York mayor appeared in court in Pennsylvania, falsely arguing ‘widespread, nationwide voter fraud.’“

“North Carolina’s First Black Female Chief Justice May Lose Her Seat to Aggrieved White Colleague; The race is going to a recount”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Behind the Elite Hatred of Clarence Thomas: He challenges their race-based grievances and holds views more in line with ordinary black Americans.” Columnist Jason L. Riley will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Another young conservative appointed to the federal bench in Western District of Kentucky”: Andrew Wolfson of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report on the U.S. Senate’s confirmation today of Benjamin Beaton to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, replacing former district judge (and now D.C. Circuit judge) Justin R. Walker.

Not only did Beaton clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but he also was a regular contributor to the “Sixth Circuit Blog,” today becoming the second regular contributor to that blog to join the bench (this person was the first).

“Chuck Grassley, the Senate’s oldest Republican, tests positive for coronavirus”: Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register has this report.

“Trump Camp Weaves Election Plot in One Court, Falters in Another”: Erik Larson, David Voreacos, and Emma Kinery of Bloomberg News have a report that begins, “While President Donald Trump’s campaign lawyer Rudy Giuliani was claiming in a Pennsylvania federal court hearing that Democrats conspired to block Republican poll observers from monitoring ballot counts for fraud, the state’s supreme court dealt that argument a powerful blow.”

“Pa. Supreme Court rejects Trump campaign claim that Republicans lacked access to Philly vote count”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Today’s 5-to-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

“The Chief Justice’s Unexpected Super Precedent from the Shadow Docket; The Court should grand cert before judgment in Agudath Israel of America v. Cuomo to clarify the appropriate standard for First Amendment cases during the pandemic”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Justice Alito Sees Danger Ahead for First Amendment Religion and Speech Rights”: Tony Mauro has this post at Freedom Forum.

“Giuliani Is Said to Seek $20,000 a Day Payment for Trump Legal Work; Last week, the president put the former New York mayor in charge of the court challenges to his loss in the election; Since then they have suffered nothing but setbacks”: Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this report.

“NC chief justice race will get statewide recount”: Danielle Battaglia of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has an article that begins, “North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley asked for a statewide recount Tuesday after her challenger, Justice Paul Newby, led by less than 400 votes out of more than 5.4 million cast.”

“Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments as it decides fate of Evers’ COVID-19 policies”: Patrick Marley has this front page article in today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

And in today’s edition of The Wisconsin State Journal, Riley Vetterkind has a front page article headlined “Supreme Court hears case challenging Tony Evers’ emergency powers.”

“Senators Dig In To Hawaii Supreme Court Nominee’s Positions; The legal community heaped praise on Todd Eddins as state lawmakers examined how he might react to certain situations on the high court”: Blaze Lovell of Honolulu Civil Beat has this report.

“House Democrats ask to delay Supreme Court arguments over Mueller docs”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

And in related news, Kyle Cheney of Politico reports that “DOJ says Dems are out of time to force testimony on alleged obstruction by Trump; The filing argues that because of the coming changeover in Congress, a House panel’s attempt to hear from former White House counsel Don McGahn is no longer valid.”

“Trump Campaign Signals That Supreme Court Is Key to Its Pennsylvania Hopes”: Erik Larson and Emma Kinery of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Legal pioneer and ‘moral center of YLS’ Drew S. Days III dies at 79”: Julia Brown of The Yale Daily News has this report.

“The Supreme Court will hear a new attack on unions. The implications are profound. A case targeting union organizers could endanger basic government functions such as fire inspection and workplace safety.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Biden Transition Team Starts Reviewing Judicial Nominees; The president-elect’s aides are already looking at potential nominees for the federal bench, in a sign that he is taking the courts seriously”: Amanda Terkel of HuffPost has this report.

“Governor to nominate Serge Georges Jr. to Supreme Judicial Court, sources say”: Matt Stout and Shirley Leung of The Boston Globe have this report.

And Lisa Kashinsky of The Boston Herald reports that “Charlie Baker intends to nominate Boston Municipal Court Judge Serge Georges Jr. to state’s top court.”