“When Exactly Do Democrats Take Control in Washington?” Laura Litvan, Laurence Arnold, and Steven T. Dennis of Bloomberg News have this report.

“A $38 million injury verdict is in limbo after the court reporter — and trial transcript — go missing”: Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report, along with an updated report headlined “Judge says missing court reporter is hospitalized; state will try to extract needed transcripts from her equipment.”

“Pennsylvania’s Last 2020 Election Mess: A mail-vote fiasco comes to an end, 70 days after the election.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Abortion drug ruling highlights Trump’s wins on the Supreme Court ‘shadow docket'”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Trump is understandably tempted to pardon himself. It won’t work.” Law professor William N. Eskridge Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Lawmakers who conspired with Capitol attackers in legal peril; If any members of Congress are proven to have colluded with the rioters, their position likely won’t save them from criminal liability”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“Cory Johnson, facing execution Thursday for Richmond murders, is appealing to U.S. Supreme Court”: Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.

“A $6,300 Bus. A $33 Last Meal. What New Documents Tell Us About Trump’s Execution Spree. Feds spent millions to restart the death penalty and in the process revealed much about how they do it.” Keri Blakinger and Maurice Chammah of The Marshall Project have this report.

“Trump Struggles to Find Lawyers as Impeachment Trial Nears”: Tom Schoenberg, Jennifer Jacobs, and Jordan Fabian of Bloomberg News have this report.

And Edvard Pettersson of Bloomberg News has an article headlined “Insurrection? Sedition? Unpacking the Legal Issues From the Capitol Riot.”

“Why Trump Can Be Convicted Even as an Ex-President: He is the poster child for why such accountability is not just constitutionally permissible but necessary.” Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this essay online at The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court Won’t Explain Why It Just Greenlit New Abortion Restrictions; The court issued its first abortion decision since Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed”: Law professor Leah Litman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Supreme Court After Trump: Now that his presidency has disintegrated into mayhem, how are the conservative justices processing his tenure?” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Trump considering lawyer who spoke at rally for impeachment defense — sources”: Karen Freifeld of Reuters has this report.

“Controversial law professor John Eastman retires from Chapman University; School President Daniele Struppa said the negotiated exit ends a ‘challenging chapter'”: Brooke Staggs and Andre Mouchard of The Orange County Register have this report.

Nina Agrawal and Matthew Ormseth of The Los Angeles Times report that “Chapman professor will retire after uproar over his speaking at Trump rally.”

Andrea Salcedo of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Law professor John Eastman spoke at rally before Capitol riots. Facing outrage, he won’t return to his university.”

Today, John C. Eastman issued a statement titled “John Eastman’s Statement on His Retirement from Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law.”

Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court, Justice Amy Coney Barrett not participating, in Chicago v. Fulton, No. 19-357. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.