“Texas’ border standoff with feds continues, despite U.S. Supreme Court order; Texas officers are still erecting border wire and some Republicans are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to defy the high court”: Uriel J. García of The Texas Tribune and Davis Winkie of Military Times have this report.

“High Court to Issue Opinions Before Hearing Trump Ballot Appeal”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

“Talking Dateline: Family Matters.” You can access today’s new episode of the Dateline NBC podcast, about the latest developments in the Dan Markel murder case, via this link.

“Trump fan asks Fifth Circuit to revive his race discrimination suit against school district; Bullied on campus for his support of Donald Trump, a white young Texan’s claims of racial discrimination against his former school district got a warm reception Tuesday from several Fifth Circuit judges”: Cameron Langford of Courthouse News Service has this report on an en banc oral argument (access the audio via this link) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard today.

“Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., today announced the appointment of Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., as the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, effective March 1, 2024.” So begins a news release that the Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued today.

In news coverage, Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “North Carolina judge to head US judiciary’s administrative arm.”

“Conservative Appeals Judges Question Felon Voting Ban Claims; Mississippi prohibits certain felons from ever voting again; En banc Fifth Circuit hears claim that ban cruel and unusual”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And at his Substack site, Chris Geidner has a post titled “Full Fifth Circuit considers if Mississippi’s lifetime felony voting ban violates 8th Amendment; An unusually close case at the conservative appeals court.”

You can access the audio of today’s en banc Fifth Circuit oral argument via this link.

“11th Circuit’s Wilson to take senior status, creating vacancy”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Seth Stern and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law report that “Eleventh Circuit Judge Wilson Plans to Take Senior Status.”

“Federal appeals court upholds local gun safety pamphlet law in Maryland”: Brian Witte of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Oklahoma is begging the Supreme Court not to make it kill a man; The case against Richard Glossip fell apart; Even the state’s Republican attorney general says he should not be executed; The Supreme Court may not care”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“We’re still waiting for FL Supreme Court to decide about abortion rights; The justices heard oral arguments 4 1/2 months ago”: Michael Moline of Florida Phoenix has this report.

“Protest planned as Amy Coney Barrett and Israel Supreme Court justice to speak at Notre Dame”: Jordan Smith of The South Bend Tribune has this report.

“‘This is not over,’ Texas says after Supreme Court lets Biden administration remove razor wire at US-Mexico border”: Alisha Ebrahimji, Rosa Flores, and Sara Weisfeldt of CNN have this report.

“Chevron, Brand X, and Ronald Dworkin’s Right-Answers Thesis”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Donna Adelson OKs new defense attorney in Dan Markel murder case”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“US appeals court revives Mexico’s $10 bln lawsuit against gun makers”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued today.

“Winning: Trump victorious in nearly all ‘insurrection’ lawsuits to toss him off the ballot; Colorado Supreme Court ruling is the anomaly.” Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times have this report.

“Here Is One Way to Steal the Presidential Election”: Law professor Lawrence Lessig and Matthew A. Seligman have this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Did Justice Kavanaugh Really Imply that the Nondelegation Doctrine Should be Reinvigorated?” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Thoughts on Opening Briefs in Trump’s Colorado Case”: Ned Foley has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

“Supreme Court Backs Biden in Dispute With Texas Over Border Barrier; A federal appeals court had ruled that Border Patrol agents may not remove concertina wire erected by the state except for medical emergencies”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow and Nick Miroff of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court clears way for border agents to remove Texas wire barrier; Monday’s order was one of several recent actions by the high court that affirmed federal government authority over immigration matters.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in Texas border dispute.”

Jess Bravin and Elizabeth Findell of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Lets Border Patrol Cut Razor Wire Texas Installed to Stop Migrants; High court sets aside lower-court order barring Biden administration from removing barrier.”

Maureen Groppe and John Fritze of USA Today have an article headlined “Razor wire at the border: Supreme Court says feds can remove barriers in Texas meant to block migrants; The ruling was a temporary victory for the Biden administration while the underlying lawsuit continues.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Justices side with Biden over Texas in razor wire border fence case.”

“The Sneaky Road Back to Racial Preferences in Admissions; Will a Virginia high school’s anti-Asian policies evade the Supreme Court?” Columnist William McGurn will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Anita Earls, America’s Only Honest Judge, Cleared In Whiny Baby Ethics Investigation; The GOP-led ethics ‘investigation’ into North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls closes with a whimper”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“‘Officer of the United States’ in Context”: Sam Bray has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Supreme Court Lets US Cut Some Fencing on Southern Border”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law have this report on a 5-to-4 order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued this afternoon.

“Not even the Supreme Court can make Congress do its job”: Columnist Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Israel Supreme Court Justice Alex Stein to speak at Notre Dame Law School”: Denise Wager of the University of Notre Dame Law School has this report.

“Supreme Court to Hear Case of Oklahoma Death Row Inmate; The court acted after the state’s attorney general, a Republican, agreed that Richard Glossip had not received a fair trial”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court will review Okla. death penalty conviction.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Death-Row Inmate Who Claims Innocence to Get Supreme Court Hearing; Justices to consider rare action of vacating Richard Glossip’s conviction.”

Nolan Clay of The Oklahoman reports that “US Supreme Court will hear death row inmate Richard Glossip’s retrial case.”

And Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court takes up Oklahoma death row inmate’s bid to overturn conviction; The justices will hear an unusual case in which state attorney general has agreed that inmate Richard Glossip’s conviction should be thrown out.”

“Supreme Court to Reconsider Execution Oklahoma No Longer Backs; Oklahoma inmate has had nine execution dates set; State no longer stands behind conviction”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And in related news, Robinson reports that “Supreme Court to Resolve Long-Running Southwest Water Dispute.”

“Denotive Language in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross”: Richard M. Re has this post at his “Re’s Judicata” blog.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in one case and noted that oral argument would be set in an original jurisdiction case.

“The Colorado cake wars continue, with a literally colorful twist”: Law professor Andrew Koppelman has this essay online at The Hill.

“AITA? SCOTUS Edition.” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“Greg Abbott and the Battle for the Texas Border: What a constitutional crisis looks like up close and personal.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“The Architect of Our Divided Supreme Court: A hundred years ago, Chief Justice William Howard Taft made the Court more efficient and more powerful; His interventions marked a turning point whose effects are still being felt.” Jill Lepore has this Books essay in the January 29, 2024 issue of The New Yorker.

“The Death Penalty Makes a Comeback; Federal prosecutors seek the ultimate punishment for the Buffalo shooter”: Law professor Craig S. Lerner will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.