“#010: Juvaria Khan — Founder and Director of the Appellate Project Non-Profi‪t‬.” You can access the new installment of the “How I Lawyer Podcast with Jonah Perlin” via this link.

“Taking Complaint Public, Lawyer Confronts Appellate Court’s Delays; Jon Eisenberg is accusing three justices on California’s Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento of allowing some matters languish over the last three years; The court handles a heavy workload; At one point in 2018, it had the highest number of pending, fully briefed appeals per authorized justice among all state appellate districts”: Cheryl Miller of The Recorder has this report.

The attorney’s letter to California’s Commission on Judicial Performance can be accessed here.

“The tragedy of Dianne Feinstein”: Mark Z. Barabak of The Los Angeles Times has this news analysis.

“A Crazy Debt Repayment Rule Just Cost Revlon $900 Million; Laws letting creditors keep mistaken payments are outdated”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases”: Michael Tarm of The Associated Press has this report.

“Orrick Supreme Court Leader Kelsi Corkran Decamps for Georgetown Law Fellowship; Corkran joined the Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection as a pro bono senior fellow; She started at Georgetown this month after six years at Orrick”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Stumbles, Clashes and Egos: Behind the Scenes With Trump’s Legal Team; The lawyers assembled by the former president to represent him in his Senate impeachment trial hardly knew one another; They prevailed in the end, but it wasn’t pretty.” Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times have this report.

And Aaron Rupar of Vox has a report headlined “Trumpworld’s performative outrage over ‘doctored evidence’ at the impeachment trial, briefly explained; Michael van der Veen wants you to believe the House managers cheated; They didn’t.”

“Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Files Belonging to Prominent Law Firm Jones Day; Firm disputes network breach, says its file-transfer company was compromised”: Tawnell D. Hobbs and Sara Randazzo will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Law & Corpus Linguistics Revolution: Why It Matters.” James Heilpern has this post at The Juris Lab.

“Trump picked the youngest judges to sit on the federal bench. Your move, Biden. Democrats have long neglected the importance of youthful appointees.” Law professors Micah Schwartzman and David Fontana have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Statue of Maine judge who upheld segregation laws will be removed in Augusta”: Nick Schroeder of The Bangor Daily News has a report that begins, “The statue of a Maine-born chief justice who voted to uphold a landmark Supreme Court decision that institutionalized racial segregation will be removed from the Kennebec Courthouse lawn.”

“New Mexico Supreme Court publishes legal findings on dining ban”: Phaedra Haywood of The Santa Fe New Mexican has an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court published the detailed legal reasoning Monday behind an August ruling that said the governor and the state Department of Health have the authority to impose restrictions on businesses via emergency order.”

You can access yesterday’s opinion of the Supreme Court of New Mexico at this link.

“A powerful tool to take on the Supreme Court — if Democrats use it right”: Law professor G. Michael Parsons has this essay online at The Hill.

“Term Limits More Likely Than Court Packing from Biden Panel”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Anissa Jordan Took Part in a Robbery. She Went to Prison for Murder. The legal doctrine that allows people to be prosecuted for murder even if they didn’t kill anyone has fallen out of favor across the globe. In America, it remains common.” Law professor Lara Bazelon has this article online at The Atlantic.

“How to fix the Senate without abolishing the filibuster; Filibuster reforms are normal, and they happen all the time”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“N.J. Law Forbids Naming a Judge’s, Prosecutor’s, or Police Officer’s Close Relatives Online, whenever the judge, prosecutor, or police officer demands that the relative’s name be taken down”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“GOP eyes the playbook California used to stymie Trump”: In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, Evan Halper has a front page article that begins, “After Democrats succeeded in unraveling much of the Trump agenda through a California-led deluge of lawsuits, they now face a sobering reality: Their courtroom playbook is about to be turned against them.”

“L. Lin Wood enlists ‘Army of Patriots’ in battle to retain law license”: Alan Judd of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

“Supreme Court to review cheerleader’s free-speech lawsuit against Mahanoy Area School District”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Acquittal Vindicated the Constitution, Not Trump; House managers wanted us to rush through a sham trial; Instead we did our duty to the rule of law”: U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court begins hearing comedian Mike Ward’s case; Lawyer Julius Grey says comments about a Quebec vedette’s disability were justified, and warns of ‘chill effect’ on freedom of expression”: Paul Cherry of The Montreal Gazette has this report.

Lina Dib of The Canadian Press reports that “Comedian Mike Ward’s case before Supreme Court tests limits of artistic freedom.”

And CBC News reports that “Freedom of expression pitted against dignity as Quebec comedian’s case heard by Supreme Court; Comedian Mike Ward argues he has the right to mock disabled singer Jérémy Gabriel.”

“This Black History Month, remember not just the giants of our courts but also our courts’ history; The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has had only two Black judges in its 40-year history; That needs to change”: Kevin Golembiewski has this essay online at The Tampa Bay Times.

“Supreme Court’s ruling on indoor worship may signal shift in church-state boundaries”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Pennsylvania G.O.P.’s Push for More Power Over Judiciary Raises Alarms; After fighting the election results, state Republicans are trying to increase their control of the courts; Outraged Democrats and good government groups see it as a new kind of gerrymandering”: Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times has this report.

“Should Albin leave early to protect Supreme Court seat for Democrats? Most liberal member of top court faces mandatory retirement in 2022; If Murphy loses, Ciattarelli would pick his replacement.” Online at the New Jersey Globe, David Wildstein has an essay that begins, “The winner of the 2021 race for governor will nominate a majority of justices to the New Jersey Supreme Court between 2022 and 2024, creating a Ruth Bader Ginsburg-like quandary for the senior member of the court.”

“How a joke ended up before Canada’s top court”: Jessica Murphy of BBC News has this report.

Luca Caruso-Moro of CTV News reports that “Quebec comedian Mike Ward heads to the Supreme Court after making singer with disability butt of joke.”

The Canadian Press (via The Montreal Gazette) has a report headlined “Mike Ward vs. Jérémy Gabriel: Supreme Court hears case this week on limits of comedy; The court will seek to determine if freedom of expression offers the same protection to artistic speech and political speech, and if political or artistic speech that mocks a person’s physical characteristics can be a basis for discrimination.”

And Marie-Danielle Smith of Maclean’s has an article headlined “The joke that went to the Supreme Court: Comedian Mike Ward mocked a disabled boy; Nine years after the boy’s family filed a complaint, the case tests the rights of artistic expression versus discrimination.”

The case is currently being argued at the Supreme Court of Canada, and you can access the live oral argument video via this link.

“Supreme Court Clears Way for Extradition of Two Americans Accused in Ghosn Escape; Decision brings an end to a nine-month legal effort by a father and his son to avoid being sent to Japan to face criminal charges”: Mark Maremont of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court’s ruling against California worship restrictions is reckless beyond belief”: The San Francisco Chronicle has published this editorial.

“Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial Sharpens Republican Divides; Seven Republicans voted to convict, and several more, including Mitch McConnell, criticized the ex-president, who still commands loyalty”: Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump’s Philly lawyers won the impeachment trial. But they’re facing a backlash at home.” Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

According to the article, “Michael van der Veen hired 24-hour private security for his family after vandals smashed windows and spray-painted ‘TRAITOR’ on the driveway of his suburban Philadelphia home Friday night. He told reporters Saturday he received more than 100 death threats.”

“Former Colorado chief justice and court administrator say they’ll cooperate with memo inquiry; Many of the misdeeds outlined in tell-all memo would have happened on their watch”: David Migoya has this front page article in today’s edition of The Denver Post.

“Former NSA director, retired top officers ask Supreme Court to declare military draft unconstitutional”: Todd South of Military Times has this report.

“We Don’t Need to Reform the Supreme Court”: Russell Miller has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“Georgia Supreme Court chief justice stepping down in July; Announcement surprises friends and colleagues, who laud him”: Christian Boone has this article in today’s edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.