“New Year, Same Court”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“Trump’s Most Ambitious Argument in His Bid for ‘Absolute Immunity’; The former president says his acquittal by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, for inciting insurrection, bars any prosecution on similar grounds”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Pregnancy Resource Centers Spark Funding Row Between Biden Administration, Antiabortion Groups; Conservatives push back on proposal to limit federal money for facilities that discourage women from abortions”: Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“High Court invalidates law for repealing the Reasonableness Clause; The High Court judges ruled in an 8-7 vote”: Bini Aschkenasy has this report online at The Jerusalem Post.

Yonah Jeremy Bob of The Jerusalem Post has a news analysis headlined “Why is the court striking down the reasonableness law now? The High Court struck down a basic law for the first time, essentially killing the main achievement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed 2023 judicial overhaul.”

Chen Maanit of Haaretz reports that “Israel’s High Court Strikes Down Netanyahu Gov’t Judicial Coup Law Limiting Its Power; In a decision by 8 out of 15 justices, the amendment passed by the Israeli Knesset in July, aiming to remove the court’s authority to overturn government decisions deemed unreasonable, is invalid; 12 of the 15 ruled that the Supreme Court has the authority to exercise judicial review of basic laws.”

Isabel Kershner, Aaron Boxerman, and Thomas Fuller of The New York Times report that “Israel’s Top Court Strikes Down Move to Curb Its Powers; The Supreme Court, by the narrowest of margins, rejected a law pushed by Netanyahu allies that limited its authority to review government decisions.”

Miriam Berger and Ruby Mellen of The Washington Post report that “Israel’s high court strikes down Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul law.”

And Carrie Keller-Lynn and Anat Peled of The Wall Street Journal report that “Israel’s Highest Court Strikes Down Controversial Law to Curb Its Power; The law was a centerpiece of the judicial overhaul pursued by the Netanyahu government before the Gaza war erupted.”

You can access the complete ruling of the Supreme Court of Israel, in Hebrew and over 700 pages long, at this link.