“U.S. Capitol Has a History of Occasional Violence, but Nothing Like This; Iconic building has traditionally been lightly guarded and welcoming to the public”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Sununu set to nominate MacDonald to serve as chief justice”: Ethan DeWitt of The Concord (N.H.) Monitor has this report.

And Todd Bookman of New Hampshire Public Radio reports that “Sununu To Again Nominate MacDonald for Chief Justice Position.”

“U.S. Supreme Court changes add urgency to New Mexico abortion bill, lawmaker says”: Walter Rubel of The Las Cruces Sun-News has this report.

“Trump Judge Lobbies the Supreme Court to Overturn Abortion Rights; Ralph Erickson decried abortion as a ‘neo-eugenics movement’ used to ‘create a super race'”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Are Patent Judges Unconstitutional? The Arthrex Case Explained.” Ian Lopez of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“After the Capitol Terror, Forget Those ‘Better Angels’; We cling to Lincoln’s call for reconciliation but we need a government and an Attorney General Merrick Garland who will punish the domestic terrorists”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly.

“SolarWinds Hack Compromises U.S. Courts Electronic Filings”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Today, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued a news release titled “Judiciary Addresses Cybersecurity Breach: Extra Safeguards to Protect Sensitive Court Records.”

“Liberals to Breyer: Time to retire; Democrats are on the cusp of enjoying the slimmest of Senate majorities; Progressive judicial activists want them to use it to ensure no more losses on the Supreme Court.” Alex Thompson of Politico has this report.

Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Liberals press Supreme Court Justice Breyer to retire with Democrats close to Senate control; Some liberals hope to replace the 82-year-old Breyer with someone younger as soon as possible.”

Steve Benen of MSNBC reports that “After Georgia, the left sees the US Supreme Court in a new light; If the results out of Georgia hold, Stephen Breyer’s path to retirement looks a lot less complicated — if he’s interested in following it.”

And Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports that “New Political Dynamic Could Put Justice Breyer in Retirement Vise; In 2013, Breyer, along with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, faced calls to retire.”

“The Yale Law School and Federalist Society Experience 2003-2006; A follow-up on yesterday’s Fed Soc presidential election post”: Irina Manta has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“7th Circuit: Courts must examine deep roots of pay inequality.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Federal Appeals Court Revives Teacher’s Pay-Discrimination Case Over Starting Salary.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Biden plans to nominate Merrick Garland as his attorney general”: Matt Zapotosky and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

Michael S. Schmidt, Adam Liptak, and Michael D. Shear of The New York Times report that “Biden Said to Pick Merrick Garland, Blocked by G.O.P. From High Court, as Attorney General; The choice of a judge is unusual and may reflect an effort by the president-elect to bring in an apolitical leader to bolster the Justice Department’s independence from politics.”

Del Quentin Wilber of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Judge Merrick Garland, once a Supreme Court nominee, tapped to be next attorney general.”

Jess Bravin and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal report that “Biden to Name Merrick Garland as Attorney General; The widely respected jurist and former Supreme Court nominee will be tasked with steadying the Justice Department.”

And Kristine Phillips and Kevin Johnson of USA Today report that “Joe Biden will nominate Merrick Garland as attorney general.”

“Biden to name judge Merrick Garland as attorney general”: Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo of The Associated Press have this report.

And Tyler Pager, Josh Gerstein, and Kyle Cheney report that “Biden to tap Merrick Garland for attorney general; The pick comes after Democrats appear poised to gain control of the Senate, making the task of finding a replacement for the judge far easier.”