“Fifth Circuit judge defends lower-court ruling in Rahimi, domestic-violence order gun ban case; The arguments at SCOTUS didn’t go well for Zackey Rahimi, but Judge James Ho isn’t done with the case just yet”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

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

“Supreme Court to Hear Big Challenge to Agency Powers in January; Challengers ask court to overturn Chevron doctrine; Landmark principle yields to agencies when law unclear”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Judicial Notice (11.18.23): So Long, Farewell; David Boies goes out on top, Donna Adelson goes to jail, a Sidley Austin associate goes viral (and gets fired), and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Adelson family had ‘piles’ of cash and millions in the bank when Dan Markel was murdered”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

And Chris Iorfida of CBC News reports that “For Toronto’s Markels, justice and advocacy after ‘unthinkable’ murder has come slowly, but surely; 5 people charged, 4 convicted so far in Florida murder of Dan Markel, including his former in-laws.”

“Voters back abortion rights, but some opponents won’t relent. Is the commitment to democracy in question?” Julie Carr Smyth and Christine Fernando of The Associated Press have this report.

“Maureen McCarthy Scalia, Wife of Late Supreme Court Justice, Is Selling Her Virginia Home for $1.1M”: Jennifer Kelly Geddes of Realtor.com has this report.

“Judicial Backgrounds Influence the Standard of Review”: Judge Kira L. Klatchko and professor Quinn A.W. Keefer have this article in the new issue of the University of the Pacific Law Review.

“I Have an Idea For Fixing a Supreme Court That’s Too Small to Be Ethical: The justices claim they can’t recuse when they should because there are only nine of them; Congress can fix that!” Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“This man fudged his income to put his family on food stamps. Should he be denied a gun? Second Amendment appeals are flying at a moment of uncertainty over just how far the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is willing to go to roll over gun laws.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.