“The Neglected Constitutional History That Disqualifies Trump; But will the Supreme Court’s originalists stick to their guns in next week’s Colorado ballot case?” You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Democrats Are Ceding Control of the Judiciary Because of . . . Tradition; To counter the damage Trump did to the judiciary by stuffing it with conservative judges, Biden & Co need to act fast; Right now, they’re not in any hurry”: Elie Mystal has this essay online at The Nation.

“How a small Texas city landed in the spotlight during the state-federal clash over border security”: Valerie Gonzalez of The Associated Press has this report.

“Can Trump be on the ballot? It’s the Supreme Court’s biggest election test since Bush v. Gore.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

And Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court may look to the Civil War to resolve whether Trump can be on the ballot; Chief Justice Salmon Chase’s handling of cases involving Confederate President Jefferson Davis and a Black man in Virginia help inform the Supreme Court ahead of Feb. 8 hearing.”

“In today’s gun rights cases, historians are in hot demand. Here’s why.” Martin Kaste had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

“After Speedy Start, Appeals Court Slows Down on Trump Immunity Decision; The implications have started coming into focus with the scrapping of March 4 as the start date for the former president’s federal trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election”: Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.