“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.

“Cuomo’s Pandemic Powers Might Be Tested in Supreme Court Case; More than 30 lawsuits challenging the New York governor’s Covid-19 restrictions have either been dismissed or decided in the state’s favor”: Jimmy Vielkind of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“In Federal Case in Pennsylvania, Trump Campaign Seeks Very Limited Emergency Remedy in Third Circuit, and Does Not Ask for a Delay in Certification”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

“Trump’s Legal Path to Challenge Election Is Closing; As the president’s legal prospects dim with another lawsuit dismissal, lawyers vow to take case to the Supreme Court”: Brent Kendall and Deanna Paul of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“What Trump faces on Jan. 20, 2021: As soon as he becomes a private citizen, Trump will be stripped of the legal armor that has protected him from pending cases both civil and criminal.” Tom Winter of NBC News has this report.

“Jury duty? No thanks say many, forcing trials to be delayed.” Dave Collins of The Associated Press has this report.

“Attorney heading up Trump campaign’s Wisconsin recount effort is seeking to throw out his own vote”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Rosalind S. Helderman and Dan Simmons of The Washington Post report that “In last-gasp maneuver, Trump campaign tries to invalidate thousands of votes as Wisconsin recount gets underway.”

And Michael Tarm of The Associated Press reports that “In Wisconsin recount, Trump challenges pile up, slow tally.”

“Chris Christie calls the conduct of Trump’s legal team a ‘national embarrassment'”: Paul Kane and Felicia Sonmez of The Washington Post have this report.

Ryan Lovelace of The Washington Times reports that “Chris Christie calls for Trump to stop challenging 2020 election.”

Victor Morton of The Washington Times reports that “Lisa Murkowski calls on Trump to end court fights.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article headlined “Trump legal team distances itself from Sidney Powell: ‘Practicing law on her own.’“

“Can America Restore the Rule of Law Without Prosecuting Trump? Donald Trump’s potential criminal liability is the key to understanding his presidency; When he leaves office, it will present the country with a historic dilemma.” Jonathan Mahler has this cover story in today’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

And online at The Washington Post, Randall D. Eliason has an essay titled “The case against indicting Trump.”

“Trump’s legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none”: Maryclaire Dale of The Associated Press has this report.

“The American Outsider Who Saved Israel’s Supreme Court: In 1948, Shimon Agranat was appointed to Israel’s top court and stopped it from abasing itself. Is this about to happen again?” Avigdor Feldman has this article in Haaretz Magazine.

“Justice Keith R. Blackwell leaves Georgia Supreme Court”: Dave Williams of The Gwinnett Daily Post has this report.

On Thursday, the law firm of Alston & Bird LLP issued a news release titled “Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Keith Blackwell to Rejoin Alston & Bird.”

“City asks US Supreme Court to weigh in on Fairbanks Four lawsuit case”: Dorothy Chomicz of The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s ‘Breathtakingly Radical’ New Approach to Election Law: The justices won’t end up deciding the 2020 presidential race, but they have set the stage for a massive rollback of voting rights.” Wendy Weiser and Daniel Weiner have this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“West Virginia native retires after 31 years with U.S. Supreme Court”: Steven Allen Adams of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel has this article about former Reporter of Decisions Christine Luchok Fallon.

“Trump’s Legal Team Sets a Precedent for Lowering the Bar; President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in a spectacle that would be funny if it weren’t so dangerous, and if the stakes weren’t so high”: Mark Leibovich has this Washington Memo in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Dept. meets Trump, Giuliani vote-fraud claims with silent skepticism”: Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post have this report.

“Supreme Court continues capital punishment trend with Barrett on the bench”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Alito to far-right litigants: The buffet is open.” Elliot Mincberg has this essay online at The Hill.

“Judge dismisses Trump’s last Pennsylvania lawsuit capable of significantly disrupting election results”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Alan Feuer of The New York Times reports that “Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Seeking to Delay Certification in Pennsylvania; In a scathing order, a federal judge rejected the Trump campaign’s claim of widespread improprieties with mail-in ballots, removing a major legal hurdle to certifying Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory there.”

Jon Swaine of The Washington Post reports that “In scathing opinion, federal judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania.”

Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Campaign Lawsuit in Pennsylvania; The suit was one of the last remaining legal avenues for the campaign in the state; judge says accusations were ‘unsupported by evidence.’”

Kevin McCoy of USA Today reports that “In scathing ruling, judge dismisses Trump campaign’s effort to overturn election results in Pennsylvania.”

Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press reports that “Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification.”

Simon Lewis and Andy Sullivan of Reuters report that “U.S. judge dismisses Trump election lawsuit in Pennsylvania.”

Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Campaign Loses Pennsylvania Suit to Halt Certification.”

Kevin Bohn of CNN reports that “Federal judge dismisses Trump campaign Pennsylvania lawsuit.”

Caitlin McFall of Fox News reports that “Pennsylvania judge throws out Trump lawsuit, clearing way for Biden win; Judge clears way for Biden win in battleground state.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Federal judge tosses Trump suit over Pennsylvania election results; The judge issued a withering opinion in his dismissal of the suit that Rudy Giuliani turned up to argue in a small Pennsylvania city this week.”

Jordan Williams of The Hill reports that “Judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania.”

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Judge Demolished The Trump Campaign’s Effort To Undo Biden’s Win In Pennsylvania And Push Fraud Conspiracies.”

Today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania consists of a memorandum opinion and an order.

“Trump Campaign Lawyers Step Up but Are Swiftly Knocked Down; The race to file lawsuits challenging the election results has forced lawyers into mistakes and uncomfortable court appearances”: Zach Montague and Alan Feuer have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Appeals court strikes down Boca Raton’s ban on anti-gay conversion therapy”: Rafael Olmeda of The South Florida Sun Sentinel has this report.

Wayne Washington of The Palm Beach Post reports that “11th Circuit panel rules against county’s ban on conversion therapy; Three years ago, Palm Beach County banned conversion therapy, arguing that the practice harmed LGBTQ children; A pair of therapists fought back.”

Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida reports that “Federal appeals court strikes down ‘conversion therapy’ bans in Florida.”

Michael Moline of the Florida Phoenix reports that “11th Circuit blocks South FL prohibitions on ‘conversion therapy’ for minors as unconstitutional.”

Izzy Kapnick of Courthouse News Service reports that “11th Circuit Splits With Sister Courts on Gay Conversion Bans; The panel led by two Trump appointees went against rulings in the Ninth and Third Circuits that upheld bans on juvenile gay conversion therapy.”

And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Trump Judges Block Laws Banning LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’ for Minors.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge Eleventh Circuit panel can be accessed here.

“Gun Rights Delayed Are Gun Rights Denied; Previously unnoticed evidence provides new support for the proposition that the Second Amendment articulates an individual right to personal safety”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog discussing a paper he recently posted to SSRN titled “The Right to Prompt Access to Guns in a Time of Unrest.”