“Mitch McConnell’s un-conservative plea to the Supreme Court”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

You can access the Senate Republican Leader‘s U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief at this link.

“Justice Stephen Breyer resisting retirement depresses Democrats and excites the GOP; Breyer’s new book reads as if it were written in a different era than the one we’re in”: Chris Geidner has this essay online at MSNBC.

“Biden administration defends its authority on vaccine policies to Supreme Court”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

You can access the federal government’s response at this link.

“Iowa court to see lawsuit alleging ‘gross negligence’ by Tyson during COVID-19 outbreaks”: Nick Coltrain of The Des Moines Register has this report.

And Brian Flood of Bloomberg Law reports that “Tyson Worker Covid Death Suits Rightly Sent to Iowa State Court.”

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

“An Amazon Suit Encounters a Snag: a Judge With a Conflict of Interest; Nearly two years into kickback case against ex-employees and a vendor, an Amazon stockholding by the judge’s wife threatens costly delays.” Joe Palazzolo, Coulter Jones, and James V. Grimaldi will have this article in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Justice LaVecchia won’t extend retirement, leaving Supreme Court on December 31; Senate still hasn’t confirmed Rachel Wainer Apter, who was nominated by governor to replace LaVecchia in March”: David Wildstein of the New Jersey Globe recently had this report.

“The Role of Justices and Judges in a Tumultuous Time: Judges, lawyers, law professors and even journalists weigh in on how the Supreme Court and other courts could help calm the divisions in the nation.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

“Trump Riot Appeal Bid, Biden Vaccine Add to Seismic Court Term”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Do We Have the Supreme Court We Deserve?” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times. At the end of the essay, Greenhouse announces that this will be the final installment of her current column.

“Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Consider Its Bid to End ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy; Legal setbacks have forced the administration to continue the Trump-era immigration program”: Jess Bravin has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Pentagon Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo Bay; The concept is to permit two military judges to hold proceedings simultaneously starting in mid-2023”: Carol Rosenberg has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.