“‘Every single case has been ruled on’: Trump legal team vows to pursue appeals, file new challenges; Many of the president’s losses were on procedural questions.” Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.
And Dave Boyer of The Washington Times has an article headlined “Trump: Swing states committing ‘severely punishable crime’ by certifying Biden’s win.”
“It’s over. When the electoral college announces Biden’s win, Republicans must move on.” Law professor Edward B. Foley has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“11th Circuit Won’t Reinstate Case Brought by School Shooting Survivors”: Kayla Goggin of Courthouse News Service has a report that begins, “The 11th Circuit on Friday rejected a civil rights lawsuit filed by survivors of the 2018 Parkland school shooting, ruling that school and county officials who failed to help students during the shooting did not have a ‘custodial duty’ to protect them.”
You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.
“Religious Freedom and the FBI: Three Muslim men win at the Supreme Court under RFRA.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Tear Down This Judicial Paywall; Federal courts charge 10 cents a page to read public records”: Law professors Sarath Sanga and David Schwartz will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Trump’s Challenge Is Over; After losing at the Supreme Court, he has no legal alternatives and ought to concede”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Man who, at 16, killed child in Franklin County in 1998 gets 50 years in prison”: In August 2019, Robert Patrick of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch had an article that begins, “A man sentenced to life in federal prison in 2008 for murdering a 5-year-old Chicago-area boy in Franklin County in 1998 was re-sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison.”
On Friday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued this decision rejecting the defendant’s challenge to the resentencing and its result.
“Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations”: You can access the first episode of the “In Loco Parent(i)s” podcast, featuring Karen and Steve Vladeck, via this link.
“Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence; Some House Republicans plan to try to use Congress’s tallying of electoral results on Jan. 6 to tip the election to President Trump; The attempt will put Republicans in a pinch”: Nicholas Fandos and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times have this report.
“Liberals Were Right to Fear the Supreme Court’s Election Intervention; The justices’ decision not to wade into a sloppy coup attempt is no victory for rule of law”: Jay Willis has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“After Supreme Court dismisses Texas case, Trump says his efforts to challenge election results are ‘not over'”: Felicia Sonmez of The Washington Post has this report.
“Judges may reinstate foreign agent case against Flynn partner; The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Friday on the government’s bid to revive a pair of guilty verdicts a federal court jury returned last year against Bijan Rafiekian”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on an oral argument (link to oral argument audio via YouTube) that occurred Friday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
“Biden Considering New York Governor Cuomo for Attorney General”: Jennifer Epstein of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Supreme Court Spurns Partisanship in Trump Election Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.