“Defeat in Texas shows how the conservative judiciary can thwart Biden’s agenda”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“The Trump Era is Over: Prepare for the Supreme Court’s Conservative Onslaught.” Eric Segall has this post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Most Republicans declare Trump’s trial unconstitutional. Here’s what that means for conviction. Just five Republican senators voted against dismissing the trial on legal grounds.” Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“Nearly all GOP senators vote against impeachment trial for Trump, signaling likely acquittal”: Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post has this report.

“Senate rejects GOP motion to dismiss Trump impeachment trial”: Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick of The Associated Press have this report.

“The Nonsensical Republican Argument for Dismissing Trump’s Impeachment”: Law professor Neil Kinkopf has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“How Democrats Can Keep Their Policies Safe From This Supreme Court; A little-used but entirely legal strategy could protect Congress from Trump’s appointees getting the last word”: Keshav Poddar has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“US Supreme Court set to decide in Feb. whether to hear US Rep. Mike Kelly’s election case”: Ed Palattella of The Erie Times-News has this report.

“Is there a path forward for court reform?” The Brookings Institution has posted on YouTube at this link the video of this event from yesterday.

“Supreme Court wipes out lower court rulings in Texas abortion battle; The governor ordered a halt to nonessential medical procedures last year, which the attorney general then said applied to ‘any type of abortions'”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

“Pentagon Official Approves Guantánamo Trial of 3 Men for Indonesia Bombings; The case was dormant throughout the Trump administration, and then a military official suddenly approved it as the first new case at Guantánamo since 2014”: Carol Rosenberg had this article in last Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Conservative Law Movement Faces Reckoning Over Post-Trump Future”: Madison Alder and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Convictions of Militia Members Who Plotted to Bomb Apartments of Muslim Immigrants Upheld; The three men — all members of the so-called ‘Kansas Security Force’ — claimed they were entrapped by the FBI and an undercover informant”: Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Federal court partially OKs California’s COVID-19 limits on indoor worship”: Maura Dolan has this article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Sean Emery of The East Bay Times reports that “Federal court strikes down some California COVID-19 church restrictions, leaves others intact.”

Andre Coleman of Pasadena Now reports that “Harvest Rock Church Wins One, Loses One; Church still cannot hold indoor services in most of the state.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Is SCOTUS Done with Emergency COVID-19 Free Exercise Litigation? The Ninth Circuit ruled against South Bay and Harvest Rock; SCOTUS denied cert in Calvary Chapel; And California lifted the regional moratorium on indoor worship.”

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

“Pasadena Republican Club sues city, nonprofit, alleging free speech violation after speaker was canceled due to anti-gay marriage views; A city-owned building leased by a nonprofit is at the center of the federal lawsuit”: Chris Lindahl of The Pasadena Star-News had this article back in November 2018. For those who may be wondering, the speaker at issue was none other than John Eastman.

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this decision affirming the district court’s rejection of the Pasadena Republican Club’s lawsuit.

“[I]nternational law does not generally prohibit the United States from prosecuting drug traffickers found on a stateless vessel stopped and boarded by the United States on the high seas”: So ruled the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in an en banc decision issued yesterday.

“McConnell relents on Senate rules, signals power-sharing deal with Democrats”: Mike DeBonis has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Lindsay Wise has a front page article headlined “Senate Power-Sharing Deal Moves Ahead; McConnell says comments from Democratic senators assuaged his concerns about the filibuster being potentially eliminated.”

Dartunorro Clark of NBC News reports that “McConnell drops filibuster demand, clearing way for Democrats to take full Senate control; After two Democratic senators voiced support for the longstanding filibuster rule, McConnell signaled a willingness to move forward.”

And Marianne LeVine of Politico reports that “McConnell agrees to allow Senate power-sharing to move forward; A fight over the filibuster had kept the Senate stalled.”

“Supreme Court Seeks Biden DOJ Views on Work-From-Home Taxes”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood fired by teen who faced off with Native American in viral video”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Move underway to oust Lin Wood from libel suit; Lawyers for MSNBC host Joy Reid asked a judge to revoke the QAnon-backing attorney’s right to practice.”