“Supreme Court Bar’s Breakout Lawyer This Term Started Out in Journalism; Easha Anand, now co-director of Stanford Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, is scheduled to argue three cases this term”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Fifth Circuit Originalists Disagree Over Takings Clause Ruling; Eleven judges voted against rehearing, six voted in favor; Dissenting judges doubt panel’s take on history, tradition”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report on an order denying rehearing en banc, and the opinion dissenting therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Boy Scouts Urge Supreme Court Not to Freeze Bankruptcy Plan; Bankruptcy plan shouldn’t be paused, nonprofit tells high court; Boy Scouts case faces challenge over third-party releases”: Alex Wolf of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the U.S. Supreme Court filings in this matter via this link.

“How Trump would change the Supreme Court if elected”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“What Does the State Department Think About the Transit Pipelines Treaty?” At the “Transnational Litigation Blog,” William S. Dodge has a post that begins, “On February 8, 2024, the Seventh Circuit heard argument in Bad River Band v. Enbridge Energy Co.”

“Anti-Choice Lawmakers Keep Exposing Republican Supreme Court Justices As Bad Liars; The conservative justices swore Dobbs would return the issue of abortion access to ‘the people’; But Republicans have a funny way of abandoning democracy whenever it yields outcomes they don’t like”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Red States Wading Into Abortion Pill Row Test Justices’ Posture; Supreme Court will consider intervention bid Feb. 16; Liberal-led states have tried litigation to maintain access”: Ian Lopez of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Of Course Presidents Are Officers of the United States; To think otherwise threatens the entire idea of a constitutional republic”: Law professor Mark A. Graber has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“A Court of First View”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has posted this essay online at SSRN.

“What the Oral Argument Should Have Said — Part 2”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Amarica’s Constitution” podcast via this link.

“The Supreme Court will decide if the government can seize control of YouTube and Twitter; We’re about to find out if the Supreme Court still believes in capitalism”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Comments on Robert Post’s Supreme Court History of the Taft Court, Part IV, The Taft Court as an Institution”: Stephen Breyer has this guest post at the “Balkinization” blog.

“The Circuit Barrage: The Justices’ Divergent Votes Based on Lower Courts.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Maura Healey Is Not Taking Judicial Ethics Seriously; The Massachusetts governor says that there is ‘no one more qualified’ to serve on the state’s highest court than Gabrielle Wolohojian, a former corporate lawyer who is also Healey’s longtime romantic partner”: Molly Coleman has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Blogging Levels the Playing Field; Refuting attacks on John Roberts before they gained traction”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.