“Skipping Appellate Jurisdiction to Address Subject-Matter Jurisdiction; The Second Circuit assumed that it had jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal and held that the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“Yale Law Is No Longer #1 — For Free-Speech Debacles; Congratulations, Stanford Law, you’re the new poster child for intolerance”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

The Ethics and Public Policy Center has posted on Vimeo a video titled “Judge Duncan event at Stanford.”

“US Senate confirms Connecticut justice to federal appeals court”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Lisa Hagen of Connecticut Mirror reports that “CT’s Maria Kahn confirmed by U.S. Senate to 2nd Circuit.”

And Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judge in Key Sandy Hook Ruling Confirmed to US Second Circuit.”

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Maria Araújo Kahn to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by a vote of 51-to-42.

“The Last of Us: Everything you ever wanted to know about extremely long-serving judges but were afraid to ask.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site.

“A Louisiana man whose conviction was overturned in a Supreme Court ruling against split juries is found not guilty at new trial; The court ruled in 2020 that Evangelisto Ramos’ conviction by a split jury was unconstitutional, allowing him to receive a second trial”: Corky Siemaszko of NBC News has this report.

“High court justice Russell Brown under investigation after altercation at Arizona resort; Canadian Judicial Council says allegations of inappropriate behaviour taken seriously”: Ian Mulgrew of The Vancouver Sun has this report.

Earlier, Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail reported that “Canadian Judicial Council investigating complaint against Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown.”

For those who enjoy Santas who fight, the film “Violent Night” can now be streamed on Peacock.

“On Ohio Supreme Court abortion case, Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy appoints judge who served on crisis pregnancy center board”: Laura Hancock of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

“When will Americans flood the streets to protest our broken, corrupt Supreme Court? Bombshell disclosures about huge paydays for spouses and influencers at a corrupt Supreme Court, drop with a thud? Is real change possible?” Columnist Will Bunch has this essay online at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Pacific Legal Foundation snags Supreme Court trifecta”: Jenna Greene’s “Legal Action” from Reuters has this post.

“US 3rd Circuit’s 5 p.m. Deadline Proposal Prompts Calls for Better Bench-Bar Communication; The Pennsylvania and Philadelphia bar associations, the Third Circuit Bar Association, the Department of Justice and the Pennsylvania ACLU were among the organizations to submit public comment to the court objecting to the change”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this excellent article (pass-through link) reporting on various comments that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit received on its proposed change of that court’s electronic filing deadline from 11:59:59 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The article discusses and links to various comments that have not previously been made publicly available. For whatever reason, the Third Circuit is not itself making public the (no doubt extensive) comments it has received on the rule change.