“‘Lawyers Know Better’: Criticizing Lawyers for Defending Unpopular Clients Is Risky, ‘Disturbing’; Without able lawyers willing to represent both sides of a legal dispute, our legal system cannot function at its best.” Eric H. Holder Jr. has this essay online at The National Law Journal.

“Sixth Circuit Declares Closure of Religious Schools in Toledo Violates Free Exercise Clause; The panel attempts to explain how to perform the Diocese comparator approach; Yet, the panel does not recognize that the Supreme Court’s precedents do not provide an answer”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about an order that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Local legislators weigh in on changing Pa. Supreme Court elections”: Michael P. Rellahan of The Daily Local News of West Chester, Pennsylvania has this report.

“Supreme Court to examine Georgia-Florida water case in February”: Tamar Hallerman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

“Florida Supreme Court delivers the ‘Holy Grail of lawsuit reform’ in Thursday ruling”: Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida has this report on a per curiam ruling that the Supreme Court of Florida issued yesterday.

“Our Anti-Korematsu”: Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has posted this paper at SSRN.

The paper’s abstract begins, “In Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, the Supreme Court took a highly aggressive approach to restrictions imposed by the state of New York on houses of worship, even though those restrictions were vigorously defended on public health grounds.”

“After Trump’s drubbing in the courts, liberals fear a legal hangover; The president and his allies have lost suit after suit seeking to overturn the election; But the victories could ultimately prove costly for the left”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.