“Unvaxxed school staff push 2nd Circuit to widen relief against NYC mandate; The hearing comes after a panel already agreed that the claims by teachers and other employees seeking a religious exemption should be put to a panel of New York City officials”: Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Court Urged to Let Jan. 6 Panel See Trump White House Files; In appellate briefs, lawyers for the House and the Justice Department argued against the former president’s claim of executive privilege”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

Kyle Cheney of Politico reports that “Release of Trump White House papers key to stopping ‘future attacks on democracy,’ Jan. 6 panel argues; The panel investigating the Capitol attack made its case to a three-judge federal appeals court panel on Monday; Trump is seeking to shield the documents.”

And Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Jan. 6 panel tells court it urgently needs Trump records.”

You can access the brief filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link. And former President Trump’s brief for appellant, filed last Tuesday, can be accessed here.

“We’re a Small Arkansas Newspaper. Why Is the State Making Us Sign a Pledge About Israel?” Alan Leveritt has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Philadelphia reaches $2 million settlement with Catholic foster-care agency, aiming to prevent future challenges to LGBTQ rights; Philadelphia’s four-year legal battle with a Catholic foster care agency over its refusal to work with same-sex parents officially ended quietly this fall with the city agreeing to pay $2 million”: Julia Terruso of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“The Last Six Years of Oral Arguments in the Supreme Court”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“DOJ’s Prelogar given ethics waiver for SCOTUS Harvard admissions case”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

“The Rarity of November Decisions in Argued Cases; In recent years, the Supreme Court has rarely issued opinions in argued cases, and they were almost always written by RBG”: Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will issue one or more decisions in argued cases at 10 a.m. eastern time today. Shortly thereafter, you can access the decision(s) online via this link.