“Texas Supreme Court Candidate Seeks Removal of Opponent Justice John Devine from Primary Ballot; Attorney Eric Opiela filed a lawsuit to remove Devine from the GOP primary ballot on Walker’s behalf, alleging that Devine failed to secure enough valid petition signatures”: Matt Stringer of The Texas has this report.

“Supreme Court Appears Split Over Notice Requirements for Immigration Court; Although the legal question was narrow, the argument reflected broader debates about the immigration system”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

“Girardi’s Incompetency Claim Undercut by Timing and an Expletive”: Joyce E. Cutler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“5 ways the Supreme Court may try to defuse its newest Trump bomb; As the justices confront a historic case with enormous political stakes, they might seek a narrow way out”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“FBI urges Supreme Court to protect No Fly list secrecy”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

“That ‘other’ Supreme Court returns”: Lyle Denniston has this blog post.

“Old Constitutional Provisions and Presidential Selection: The folly of exhuming Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.” Samuel Issacharoff has this blog post at “Just Security.”

“Tanya Chutkan, the judge overseeing Trump’s federal election interference case, appears to be victim of ‘swatting’; Police and fire trucks responded to reports of a shooting at Chutkan’s home, but police determined no shooting had taken place”: Rebecca Shabad, Daniel Barnes, and Michael Kosnar of NBC News have this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Declines Bid to Rename ‘Brown v. Board of Education’”: Mark Walsh of Education Week has this report.

“Girardi judge cites calls with Erika Jayne, ugly sweater in competency ruling”: Harriet Ryan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And Joyce E. Cutler and Maia Spoto of Bloomberg Law report that “Girardi’s Mental Decline Was Exaggerated to Dodge Fraud Trials.”

You can access the order that the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California unsealed last Friday at this link.

“Supreme Court Wrestles With Notices for Immigrant Court Hearings”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Big Supreme Court Term Now Historic With Trump, Abortion Cases”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Trump suggests that, if re-elected, he would have Biden indicted; Trump has argued that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for any “official acts” conducted during their presidency”: Summer Concepcion of NBC News has this report.

“Public Advisory — January 9, 2024, Oral Arguments in No. 23-3228, United States v. Donald J. Trump”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued this Public Advisory today.

It notes, among other things, that a livestream of tomorrow’s oral argument audio will be available via YouTube. The oral argument is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

“What to know as appeals court hears Trump’s immunity claim in election interference case; An appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for his role leading up to Jan. 6 because he was president at the time”: Lawrence Hurley and Daniel Barnes of NBC News have this report.

“61. The October 2023 Term, One Quarter In . . . Friday’s cert. grants in the Trump disqualification and Idaho EMTALA cases round out the docket for what could end up as one of the most momentous terms in the Court’s history.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Trump’s Eligibility, Cash for Clarence, and a Meditation for 2024”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“Did an Abortion Ban Cost a Young Texas Woman Her Life? As many conservatives hail the fall of Roe for saving unborn lives, high-risk pregnancy becomes even more perilous.” Stephania Taladrid has this Letter from Texas article in the January 15, 2024 issue of The New Yorker.