“Breaking With G.O.P., Top Conservative Lawyer Says Trump Can Stand Trial; Charles J. Cooper, a stalwart of the conservative legal establishment, said that Republicans were wrong to assert that it is unconstitutional for a former president to be tried for impeachable offenses”: Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times has this report.

“Some California churches reopen after Supreme Court lifts ban on indoor services”: Alex Wigglesworth and Thomas Curwen of The Los Angeles Times have this report.

Steve Rubenstein of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Bay Area religious leaders have mixed reactions to Supreme Court affirmation of indoor worship.”

And Elliott Almond of The San Jose Mercury News reports that “Bay Area churches exercising caution after Supreme Court ruling; Decision will allow indoor services to resume, but amid gorgeous weather, no rush to return indoors.”

“The Constitution Doesn’t Bar Trump’s Impeachment Trial; Removal from office is best understood as akin to a ‘mandatory minimum’ sentence for a crime”: Chuck Cooper has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“The Case for Plain Vanilla Gets its Day in Court; A battle over vanilla flavoring is raging in federal courts, where plaintiffs’ attorneys say items from ice cream to cake mix actually have no real vanilla at all; the Rocky Road, Tutti-frutti argument”: Corinne Ramey will have this front page article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Covid at the Court: South Bay United Pentecostal.” Leah Litman has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“Chief justice extends judicial emergency due to COVID-19”: Asia Simone Burns of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “Georgia’s statewide judicial emergency order is being extended for the 11th time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an order signed Sunday by Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton.”

You can view today’s order at this link.

“The Supreme Court Steps Up Again: The Justices partially enjoin California’s limits on religious services.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Some California churches hold indoor services after ruling”: Christopher Weber of The Associated Press has this report.

According to the article, “Che Ahn, Harvest Rock’s senior pastor, told his congregation that the church would defy the ban on singing. . . . ‘Fifty percent of worship is singing. We’re gonna sing no matter what,’ Ahn said at the beginning of the service Sunday. . . . Worshippers without masks could be seen on the livestream raising their arms and singing out loud. It wasn’t clear how many people were inside the church, which seats hundreds.”

“Man released from life sentence ordered back to prison”: Ed White of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A Detroit-area man released from a life sentence because of the risk of COVID-19 has been ordered back to prison by a federal appeals court.”

“Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty.” Michael Tarm of The Associated Press has this report.

“California revises indoor church guidelines after ruling”: Daisy Nguyen of The Associated Press has this report.

Update: In other coverage, Dale Kasler of The Sacramento Bee reports that “California relents on indoor church services after Supreme Court’s COVID-19 decision.”