“Trump’s Most Obsequious Servant, William Barr, Is Out as Attorney General”: Jeremy Stahl has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Same-sex parents can be listed on Indiana birth certificates as petition to appeal fails”: Elizabeth DePompei and Johnny Magdaleno of The Indianapolis Star have this report.

And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court Rejects Opportunity to Roll Back Marriage Equality; Indiana asked the justices to strip rights from same-sex parents; They passed.”

“Supreme Court puts off ruling on Trump census case to exclude undocumented immigrants; The administration had asked the justices to fast-track a decision before it must report the numbers to Congress”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

“Texas v. Pennsylvania: What’s The Deal With That? And what to make of the mysterious separate ‘statement’ of Justices Alito and Thomas?” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” site.

“Was SCOTUS unanimous in tossing Texas’ election suit on standing ground? Alito a cipher.” Debra Cassens Weiss has this post at ABA Journal discussing, among other things, my earlier blog post on this subject.

“Trump And His Allies Have Lost Nearly 60 Election Fights In Court (And Counting); The campaign’s latest legal failures come as the Electoral College votes to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s win on Monday”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“With a final push on judges, McConnell will cement a lasting legacy for Trump. They’re young. They’re conservative. And they’ll shape American law for generations.” Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds Biden’s win, rejects Trump lawsuit”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Riley Vetterkind of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump’s election challenge.”

Scott Bauer of The Associated Press reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit.”

Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Trump Bid to Invalidate Votes.”

And Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to overturn Biden win.”

You can access today’s 81-page ruling of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin at this link.

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court in Texas v. New Mexico, No. 65, Orig. Justice Samuel A. Alito issued an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part. And Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not participate in the decision. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“Short work by high court of Trump’s ‘big one'”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this news analysis.

“GOP efforts to overturn election may do lasting harm to democracy, political scientists warn; Republicans’ embrace of a baseless Texas lawsuit suggests the ‘threat to democratic norms is not Trump-specific,’ experts say, and not likely go away after he leaves office”: Christopher Ingraham of The Washington Post has this report.

And Sabrina Tavernise of The New York Times has an article headlined “What’s Next for Trump Voters Who Believe the Election Was Stolen? Some are certain the election was fraudulent; Others aren’t so sure; What becomes of their skepticism has important implications for American democracy.”

“U.S. court to hear appeal challenging order blocking TikTok app store ban”: David Shepardson of Reuters has this report.

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

And in Shinn v. Kayer, No. 19-1302, the Court issued a 13-page per curiam decision vacating and remanding the judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan noted their dissent without opinion.

“Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Congress, Supreme Court will be offered COVID-19 vaccine in coming days, officials say”: David Jackson of USA Today has this report.

“‘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.

“‘The last wall’: How dozens of judges across the political spectrum rejected Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.” Rosalind S. Helderman and Elise Viebeck of The Washington Post have this report.

“Prominent Architects Group Prohibits Design of Death Chambers; The American Institute of Architects has changed its stance on members who design spaces for executions or prolonged solitary confinement”: Julia Jacobs of The New York Times has this report.

“Ex-Trump attorney files legal Hail Mary, asks Supreme Court to review Michigan case”: Dave Boucher of The Detroit Free Press has this report.

And Craig Mauger of The Detroit News reports that “Trump supporters want Supreme Court to review another Michigan election case.”

“Trump says Supreme Court ‘let us down’ on election challenge”: Alex Swoyer and Dave Boyer of The Washington Times have this report.

And Evan Semones of Politico reports that “Trump flays former allies, calls to ‘fight on’ after Supreme Court defeat; Trump aired a lengthy list of his ongoing grievances with the high court’s decision that dismissed a longshot challenge by the attorney general of Texas.”

“Republicans Find Themselves Speechless Following a Supreme Court Defeat; A ruling against President Trump appears to leave no avenue forward for the president, forcing Republicans to ‘play the hand we’re dealt'”: Stephanie Saul and Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times have this report.

“Donald Trump stood no chance in front of a conservative Supreme Court. Here’s why.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court shows divisions as it hears Trump lawsuit seeking to overturn state’s election”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court showed deep divisions Saturday as it contemplated a final push by President Donald Trump to throw out Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow win in Wisconsin.”

And Riley Vetterkind of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing on Donald Trump’s election challenge features heated rhetoric.”

You can view at least some of the video of today’s Supreme Court of Wisconsin oral argument via this link.