“Election challenges still loom at Supreme Court”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “More than half a dozen challenges to the 2020 presidential election results are still pending before the Supreme Court despite the finalization of the outcome two weeks ago when President Biden took office.”

“When will Biden ask the Supreme Court to uphold Obamacare?” Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Ginni Thomas apologizes to husband’s Supreme Court clerks after Capitol riot fallout”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“He used to win elections in a Never-Trump stronghold. Now he’s leading Trump’s legal team. Pennsylvania’s political world is buzzing about the lawyer who will defend the former president in his second impeachment trial.” Holly Otterbein of Politico has this report.

“‘Not even hospice could stop him.’ Legendary federal judge Peter Fay dies at 92.” Monique O. Madan of The Miami Herald has written this obituary.

“With impeachment trial looming, Trump taps new lawyers who drew spotlight in past work”: Rosalind S. Helderman, Amy Gardner, and Tom Hamburger of The Washington Post have this report.

Tom Hamburger, Josh Dawsey, and Katie Shepherd of The Washington Post report that “Trump’s new impeachment lawyer says he does not plan to promote election fraud claims.”

And Jeremy Roebuck, Andrew Seidman, and Laura McCrystal of The Philadelphia Inquirer have an article headlined “Pa. Republicans are stumped by Trump’s pick of Bruce Castor for his impeachment defense. Others see a ‘natural choice.’“

“Biden asks Supreme Court to cancel arguments on two of Trump’s immigration priorities”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Arguments on Border Wall, Asylum Policy; The moves come as the administration changes direction on immigration, LGBT protections, voting rights and other policies.”

Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “Biden asks U.S. Supreme Court to cancel asylum, border wall arguments.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Biden Asks Top Court to Cancel Border Wall, Asylum Arguments.”

Priscilla Alvarez and Ariane de Vogue of CNN report that “Biden asks Supreme Court to delay oral arguments on border wall and asylum rule.”

Rebecca Beitsch of The Hill reports that “Biden asks Supreme Court to cancel arguments on border wall, asylum cases.”

And Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court To Delay Considering 2 Key Trump Policies.”

“Houston judge Lynn Hughes is pulled off another case as 5th Circuit revives prof’s discrimination claim”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

My earlier coverage of Friday’s Fifth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Secretive Ethics panel will judge Hawley and Cruz; Republicans also oppose using the committee to probe electoral objections, even as they disagree with the two senators’ conduct”: Burgess Everett of Politico has this report.

“Durbin urges Graham to schedule confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland as AG; The incoming Senate Judiciary chair pushed for a hearing before the Trump impeachment trial starts next week”: Marianne LeVine of Politico has this report.

“Insurrectionists could be in more trouble than presumed”: Law professor Michael Mannheimer has this essay online at The Cincinnati Enquirer.

“Top Pa. election official to resign after agency bungled requirement for constitutional amendment”: Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA has this report.

“The Court’s Decision Making Through January 2021”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“A Multistate Remote Tax Brawl: New Hampshire tries to protect workers from a pandemic revenue grab.” Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial that begins, “Can a state collect income tax from nonresidents working remotely for in-state businesses? Massachusetts, New York and some other states claim they can, and now New Hampshire is asking the Supreme Court to protect its citizens from this tax grab.”

“‘RBG’ directors shed light on another legal trailblazer”: Lindsey Bahr of The Associated Press has this report.

“Judge Greenberg has passed away”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

“(Re)Districting Pa.’s Appellate Courts: Proposed Amendment Could Go on Ballot.” Tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, will contain this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column.

My essay begins, “Leave it to Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled state legislature to make us long for the good old days when the main dispute over how the commonwealth’s appellate judges should be selected was merely between partisan elections (the current method) or merit selection.”

“Democrats weigh expanding lower courts after Trump blitz”: Jordain Carney of The Hill has this report.

“After barely surviving 2020, Pa.’s democracy might not survive the Republican effort to gerrymander the court”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Virginia Law Review Names First Black Editor-in-Chief; Tiffany Mickel Reflects on Milestone, Discusses Goals for Journal”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“The Right to Abortion and the Bush-Trump Federal Courts”: David J. Garrow has this post at the “Balkinization” blog.

“RIP Judge Peter T. Fay”: David Oscar Markus has this post at “The SDFLA Blog.”

“Supreme Court Test for Biden: How Boldly to Disavow Trump’s Agenda; New administrations are generally cautious about changing their predecessors’ legal positions; But this time may be different.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.