“Biden Learns to Love Brett Kavanaugh; Democrats suddenly adopt the theory of the unitary executive”: This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Biden pivots away from old court battles, helps ignite new ones”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Judge Robert Katzmann joins NYU Law faculty as professor of practice”: NYU Law News has a report that begins, “Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit joins NYU Law as a professor of practice, effective January 21. Katzmann’s new role coincides with his assumption of senior status as a federal judge on January 21.”

“Trump Investigators Have Tax Records Even Before Court Order”: Greg Farrell and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have a report that begins, “Investigators probing President Donald Trump’s finances have gotten hold of some of his tax records, allowing them to move ahead even without a Supreme Court order that would give them eight years of his returns.”

“Prominent Lawyers Want Giuliani’s Law License Suspended Over Trump Work; The move by dozens of lawyers, including judges and former federal prosecutors, was the latest in a series of calls to censure him”: Daniel E. Slotnik of The New York Times has this report.

“Legal scholars, including at Federalist Society, say Trump can be convicted; Some Republicans have argued a former president can’t be the target of an impeachment trial”: Natasha Bertrand of Politico has this report on a document published today titled “Constitutional Law Scholars on Impeaching Former Officers.”

“Trump Made The Federal Courts Whiter And More Conservative — And That Will Be Tough For Biden To Reverse”: Elena Mejía and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux of FiveThirtyEight have this report.

“Why Joe Biden Must Not Shy Away From the Full Power of the Presidency: Democrats often benefit from unilateral authority more than Republicans do.” Law professor Eric Posner has this essay online at The New York Times.

“The Problem With Trump’s Odious Pardon of Steve Bannon: It is corrupt and a possible obstruction of justice and should be legally challenged.” Law professor Steven G. Calabresi and Norman L. Eisen have this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.