“In a reversal, Pa. Supreme Court says police can’t search cars without a warrant”: Samantha Melamed of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press reports that “Court alters police rules for warrantless vehicle searches.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and three dissenting opinions (here, here, and here).

“Pa. Supreme Court: Doctors cannot be sued for failing to commit Western Psych shooter.” Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has this report.

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, two concurring opinions (here and here), and a dissenting opinion.

“A Retrospective of the Trump Administration’s Impact on Our Courts”: The Alliance for Justice issued this report today.

“Trump levels criticism against Brian Hagedorn to 88 million Twitter followers”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And Mitchell Schmidt of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “Donald Trump takes aim at Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Brian Hagedorn over election ruling.”

“Will Biden Use His Powers to Crush the Death Penalty?” Andrew Cohen has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York Magazine.

“Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Complete Clerk Roster For October Term 2020; With Justice Barrett’s first set of clerks, plus the destinations of the late Justice Ginsburg’s clerks.” David Lat has this post at his new “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Patients, clinic sue Indiana over abortion tissue disposal laws”: Johnny Magdaleno of The Indianapolis Star has this report.

“The dissent begins by expressing ‘due respect’ to the majority — and then ends with a well-known literary quote about idiots. Post, at 24, 37 & n.39. It concludes that my opinion in this case is worth ‘nothing.’ Id. at 37.” Ignoring my own advice, perhaps someday someone may wish to take a look at a concurring opinion that Fifth Circuit Judge James C. Ho issued yesterday, appended to his own majority opinion, for a case study on the do’s and don’ts of appellate court collegiality.

“Appeals judges affirm lower court’s denial of a new hearing in Loughry case”: Brad McElhinny of West Virginia’s MetroNews has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has upheld lower court actions in the case of former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link. #AppellateTwitter participant Elbert Lin argued the case for the appellant.

And in related news coverage, Lacie Pierson of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail reported last week that “Former justice Loughry released from federal prison.”

“Though the CAN-SPAM Act came into force almost two decades ago, its criminal provisions have given rise to only a handful of prosecutions, one of which underlies this case.” So observes yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in an appeal in which #AppellateTwitter participant Hannah Mullen argued as court-appointed amicus.

“Trump Will Face Different Twitter Rules When He Leaves Office; As a public official, Trump tweets with less risk of having his posts taken down or his account suspended; That will change on Jan. 20”: Emily Glazer of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Odysseus, Avocados, and Election Litigation Timing”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“Justice Breyer on Whether Judges Get More Liberal as They Get Older”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate — part of that publication’s new list of “80 Over 80.”

And you can access some of the audio from the interview via Slate’s “Amicus” podcast episode titled “Justice Stephen Breyer, in His Own Words: An Interview with the Supreme Court’s eldest sitting justice on life and life’s lessons.”

“High court opening tops Pennsylvania’s 2021 judicial races”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has this report.