“Atlanta-based federal court: Can’t ban LGBTQ youth conversion therapy.” Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

My earlier coverage of Friday’s Eleventh Circuit ruling can be accessed here and here.

“Pa. Supreme Court allows count of 2,000 ballots challenged by Nicole Ziccarelli”: Julian Routh of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report. According to the article, “Mr. Brewster is leading Ms. Ziccarelli by just one vote — out of 131,957 cast.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Pa. Supreme Court ruling can be accessed here.

“Court: Texas, Louisiana can end Planned Parenthood funding.” Kevin McGill of The Associated Press has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“GSA Sends Letter to Biden Making Resources Available for Transition; Agency had held up federal resources amid Trump’s legal challenges to election results”: Kristina Peterson of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And S.A. Miller of The Washington Times reports that “Trump administration opens door to Biden transition.”

“Feinstein won’t seek top judiciary committee spot following complaints from progressives”: Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Andrew Sheeler of The Sacramento Bee reports that “Sen. Dianne Feinstein to step down as ranking Senate Judiciary Committee member.”

Marianne LeVine and Burgess Everett of Politico report that “Dianne Feinstein to step down as top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary panel; The 87-year-old was criticized for her handling of Amy Coney Barrett’s contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearings.”

And Alexander Bolton of The Hill reports that “Feinstein to step down as top Democrat on Judiciary Committee.”

“Michigan board certifies Nov. 3 election, cementing Biden victory”: Craig Mauger and Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News have this report.

Dave Boucher of The Detroit Free Press reports that “Michigan board votes to certify election results despite GOP calls to delay.”

And Zahra Ahmad of MLive reports that “Board of Canvassers certifies Michigan’s election results.”

“Despite Trump prod, Michigan considers certifying Biden win”: David Eggert, Zeke Miller, and Colleen Long of The Associated Press have this report.

And in commentary, online at The Detroit Free Press, law professors Samuel Bagenstos and Justin Levitt have an essay titled “Refusing to certify legitimate votes is a felony.”

“It’s Time To Consider Sanctions for Trump’s Legal Team: Courts and state bars have a responsibility to act against an egregious attempt to undermine American democracy.” Law professors Scott Cummings, Nora Freeman Engstrom, David Luban, and Deborah L. Rhode have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Trump’s bizarro-world ‘elite strike force’ legal challenge is about to implode”: Elie Honig has this essay online at CNN.

“These appeals present the question of whether the Election Code requires a county board of elections to disqualify mail-in or absentee ballots submitted by qualified electors who signed the declaration on their ballot’s outer envelope but did not handwrite their name, their address, and/or a date, where no fraud or irregularity has been alleged.” So begins today’s opinion announcing the judgment of the court that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued today.

Justice Christine Donohue wrote the lead opinion. Justice Justice David N. Wecht concurred in the result in a concurring and dissenting opinion. And Justice Kevin M. Dougherty issued a concurring and dissenting opinion in which the court’s two justices elected as Republicans also joined.

“Trump’s Legal Farce Is Having Tragic Results; There is nothing funny about the Republican Party’s multipronged attack on voting rights”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this essay online at The New York Times.

“What if Trump won’t leave the White House? A hostage negotiator, an animal-control officer, and a toddler whisperer have advice. Give him a five-minute warning, use food as a lure, remind him he has something to live for.” Beth Teitell of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Judge Esther Salas pushes for protection laws after son was killed in her home”: Rebecca Rosenberg of The New York Post has this report.

Scott Stump of NBC News reports that “Judge Esther Salas speaks out about new law after home invasion shooting death of her son; The trailblazing federal judge says she hopes her son, Daniel, who was killed by a gunman at their home, would be proud of her efforts to get a law passed to protect public officials.”

Earlier, Samantha Marcus of NJ Advance Media reported that “Murphy to sign law making it illegal to post address, phone number of judges, prosecutors.”

And on last Thursday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Judge Esther Salas Remembers The Night Of Assailant’s Attack On Her Family.”

“Justice Alito was right — cancel culture in the law is dangerous; Insisting on ideological purity or uniformity is paternalism at best and extremism at worst”: Dave Sidhu has this essay online at Fox News.

Online at The Washington Times, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer has an essay titled “Americans should heed Justice Alito’s words about religious freedom.”

Online at the Brennan Center for Social Justice, Janna Adelstein has an essay titled “Justice Alito and Supreme Court Ethics: Alito’s biting, political speech highlights the need for reform.”

Also online at The Washington Times, Cal Thomas has an essay titled “Justice Alito warns about the slow erosion of America’s personal liberties.”

Online at The New York Daily News, Caroline Fredrickson has an essay titled “A supremely inappropriate association: Samuel Alito and the Federalist Society.”

And online at The Los Angeles Times, law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has an essay titled “There’s nothing wrong with Justice Alito telling the world his views.”

“Pasadena Church Files Emergency Petition With U.S. Supreme Court; Harvest Rock continues to meet in spite of state and local health orders”: Andre Coleman of Pasadena Now has this report.

“Conservative legal group sues Dane County over ban on private gatherings”: Riley Vetterkind of The Wisconsin State Journal has this report.

And Briana Reilly of The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin reports that “Conservative firm asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to block Dane County ban on gatherings.”

“Trump’s election fight includes over 30 lawsuits. It’s not going well. Here’s where things stand this week.” Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

“Trump pushes Supreme Court to let him reshape apportionment; President’s lawyers to defend plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census data used to apportion House seats for next decade”: Michael Macagnone of Roll Call has this report.

“Nationwide Injunctions Will Be a Vital Check if Biden Overreaches; Courts should issue such orders sparingly, but Congress has authorized them in appropriate cases”: Scott A. Keller has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

“Skadden Launches Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation Group With the Addition of Shay Dvoretzky in Its DC Office”: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP issued this news release today.