“Behind the Scenes at the Dismantling of Roe v. Wade”: Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.

“Abortion Ruling Keeps Texas Doctors Afraid of Prosecution; In ruling that a pregnant woman did not qualify for a medical exception to abortion bans, the Texas Supreme Court left doctors without clear guidance on which cases might pass legal muster”: J. David Goodman of The New York Times has this report.

“Charlie Adelson wasn’t even on the line when Donna discussed suicide, Vietnam extradition”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Trump DC trial delay in Supreme Court hands; The high court could use the Nixon roadmap to decide Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim before March”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Virginia teacher’s lawsuit over firing for refusal to use student’s chosen pronouns can move forward, state Supreme Court rules”: Gavin Stone of The Virginian-Pilot has this report on a somewhat splintered, largely 4-to-3 ruling that the Supreme Court of Virginia issued today.

“Kate Cox’s case reveals how far Texas intends to go to enforce abortion laws; The Dallas mom’s case drew national attention and forced the abortion issue before the state Supreme Court; She ended up traveling out of state to terminate her non-viable pregnancy”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

And Brendan Pierson of Reuters has a report headlined “What does the Texas Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortions mean for patients?“

“Is abortion access in peril (even where it’s legal)? Supreme Court case could tip balance.” Adrianna Rodriguez and Karen Weintraub of USA Today have this report.

Online at The New Republic, Matt Ford reports that “The Abortion Pill Might Just Stand a Chance at the Supreme Court; In a sign that its recent regard for restraint is prevailing, the Roberts Court is signaling that they’ll take a narrow approach on mifepristone.”

Also online at The New Republic, Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling reports that “Vulnerable Republicans Are Nervous About the Supreme Court’s New Abortion Case; House Republicans in swing districts are nervous about what the ‘tone deaf’ Supreme Court will do next.”

“The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Anti-Human”: Sarah Jones has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“2004 Senate Victories Pave Smooth Path to Supreme Court Confirmation; John Thune ousts Democratic leader Tom Daschle”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Colorado Reconsiders Letting Trump on the Ballot; A Colorado Supreme Court case is one of several considering whether Trump should be disqualified under the Fourteenth Amendment, but it has proceeded the furthest”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this Daily Comment online at The New Yorker.

“Is Compelled Decryption Heading to the Supreme Court? Unlocking phones may reach SCOTUS, but there’s a potential catch.” Orin S. Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“January 6 Reaches the Supreme Court; Why Special Counsel Jack asked the justices to leap-frog the court of appeals and where we go from here”: Steve Vladeck has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Justices consider whether to strike down local laws restricting abortion access”: Olivier Uyttebrouck of The Albuquerque Journal has this report.

Robert Nott of The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that “N.M. Supreme Court hears arguments in abortion suit.”

And Joe Duhownik of Courthouse News Service reports that “New Mexico Supreme Court considers legality of local abortion bans; New Mexico’s attorney general says state law preempts local governments from passing ordinances that interfere with access to abortion.”

The New Mexico Supreme Court has posted the video of yesterday’s oral argument on YouTube at this link.

“A Pa. Supreme Court justice recused himself from Philly DA Larry Krasner’s impeachment case; Justice P. Kevin Brobson decided to withdraw after disclosing that a lawyer representing Krasner’s opponents had previously worked as the justice’s personal attorney and on his campaign”: Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Appeals court to Trump: No presidential immunity in E. Jean Carroll defamation suit; Donald Trump won’t be able to claim presidential immunity as he fights a defamation case tied to his denial of sexual assault allegations while he was in office, an appeals court ruled.” Aysha Bagchi of USA Today has this report.

Erica Orden of Politico reports that “Another court rejects Trump’s bid to assert ‘presidential immunity’ from his many legal troubles; Trump waited too long to invoke the immunity defense in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation law, a federal appeals court ruled.”

And Nika Schoonover of Courthouse News Service reports that “Second Circuit strikes down Trump’s request for presidential immunity; ‘We hold that presidential immunity is waivable and that defendant waived this defense,’ Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Jose A. Cabranes, a Bill Clinton appointee, wrote in the Second Circuit opinion.”

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

“Republicans grill 4th Circuit nominee on Justice Kavanaugh, ‘right to work’”: Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post has this report.

Joey Fox of New Jersey Globe reports that “Mangi comes before Judiciary committee for federal appellate judgeship; Potential first Muslim appellate judge faces intense GOP questioning over 9/11, Hamas.”

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Bipartisanship still on the table as Senate considers more judicial nominees; Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have yet to make good on their promise to torpedo the panel’s order of business in retaliation for Democrats’ Supreme Court ethics probe.”

You can view the video of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for judicial nominees via this link.

“Texas Supreme Court Abortion Case is About Power, Not Law; Only power and control — not law or logic — can explain the case’s result”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Justices to Decide Scope of Obstruction Charge Central to Trump’s Jan. 6 Case; A ruling by the Supreme Court could affect the cases of hundreds of people charged in connection with the Capitol attack — and potentially the prosecution of Donald J. Trump”: Alan Feuer and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.

“Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Abortion Pill Access; The justices announced that they would hear a case challenging a federal agency’s approval of the commonly used pill”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an Order List granting review in six cases.

“ProPublica Plots Another Clarence Thomas Hit Piece Based On Recycled, Settled Claims”: Mark Paoletta has this post online at The Federalist.

“Woman suing over Kentucky abortion ban learns embryo no longer viable”: Leo Bertucci of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report.

“Exams in the Time of Doctrinal Instability”: Eric Berger has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“The Judiciary Has Policed Itself for Decades. It Doesn’t Work. The secretive Judicial Conference is tasked with self-governance. The group, led by the Supreme Court’s chief justice, has spent decades preserving perks, defending judges and thwarting outside oversight.” Brett Murphy and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica have this report.

“Nicole Berner — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Arizona’s Supreme Court is considering abortion law. Lawyers arguing the case are all men.” Stacey Barchenger of The Arizona Republic has this report.

Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star reports that “Arizona Supreme Court to decide which Arizona abortion law stands.”

And Joe Duhownik of Courthouse News Service reports that “Arizona Supreme Court hears arguments on future of access to reproductive rights; Two state laws offer conflicting regulations for when abortions are allowed in Arizona.”

ABC15 Arizona has posted the video of today’s oral argument on YouTube at this link.

“Who Determines Kate Cox’s Health Care: In a post-Roe world, it is judges who get to decide what a pregnant person must do with even a nonviable pregnancy.” Dahlia Lithwick has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The heartless treatment of Kate Cox in Texas; A pregnant woman’s doctor gave her bad news; The state made it worse”: Columnist Monica Hesse has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Justice Sandra Day O’Connor protected us from the extremes”: Marci Hamilton has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

And Sambhav Sankar has a post titled “A justice stewarding a Constitution.”

“‘How to Interpret the Constitution’ Review: Judicial Values; Opponents of originalism make much of the supposed ambiguities in the Constitution; But is the text of the document really so unclear?” Online at The Wall Street Journal, Tal Fortgang has this review of law professor Cass R. Sunstein‘s new book, “How to Interpret the Constitution.”

“Why Jack Smith Is Taking Trump’s Immunity Claim Straight to the Supreme Court; The special counsel has substantive and procedural reasons for wanting a quick ruling on whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions as president”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“SBF’s Lawyer Says His Client Was the ‘Worst’ Ever Under Cross Examination; Stanford Law Professor David Mills, who led defense for FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried as favor to his parents, now fears ‘unwinnable’ case has ended their friendship”: Ava Benny-Morrison of Bloomberg Businessweek has this report.

“Top Court Clears Path for Democrats to Redraw House Map in New York; The ruling could allow Democrats to tilt anywhere from two to six G.O.P.-held seats leftward; Republicans vowed to challenge any gerrymandered map”: Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times has this report on a 4-to-3 ruling that the New York State Court of Appeals issued today.

“An Ohio man sued over a bone in his boneless wing. Ohio’s top court heard the case.” Scott Wartman of The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report.

“Arizona Supreme Court to hear case that could decide future of legal abortion”: Ray Stern of The Arizona Republic has this report.

“US v. Trump will bring new political misery to the embattled Supreme Court, no matter what the justices do”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.