“Anti-abortion group’s studies retracted before Supreme Court mifepristone case; A large number of other, non-retracted studies find mifepristone to be very safe”: Beth Mole of Ars Technica has this report.

“Jussie Smollett asks Illinois Supreme Court to overturn his conviction for lying about hate crime attack”: Matthew Hendrickson of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report.

“Trump plans to stay away from Supreme Court arguments after turning past court appearances into campaign stops”: Paula Reid, Kristen Holmes, and Katelyn Polantz of CNN have this report.

“The Supreme Court Knows What It Must Do With Trump’s Immunity Ploy”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Extraterritorial Reach of Criminal Statutes”: William S. Dodge recently had this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”

“Bayer Loses Roundup Appeal in Blow to Bid to End Litigation; US appeals court rejects Bayer’s argument in weedkiller case; Decision is setback to strategy to get Supreme Court review”: Tim Loh of Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn’t a free speech right, appeals court says”: Mike Catalini of The Associated Press has this report on a non-precedential opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Janet Protasiewicz campaign official claims vulgar reason for embedding horses in ads”: Molly Beck and Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

“Trust the Border Patrol (Even if you don’t actually trust it)”: Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

“E-Filing Back Online as Pa. Court System Grapples With Cyberattack”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report. Kudos to the Pennsylvania Courts for avoiding a protracted shutdown of its e-filing system.

“California ammunition background check law can remain in effect, court rules”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on an order that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Claim of Absolute Immunity; The ruling answered a question that an appeals court had never addressed: Can former presidents escape being held accountable by the criminal justice system for things they did while in office?” Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post reports that “Trump has no immunity from Jan. 6 prosecution, appeals court rules.”

Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Immunity Claim; Ruling by three-judge panel tees up possible further appeals to entire circuit or Supreme Court.”

And Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Trump is not immune from prosecution for bid to subvert the 2020 election, appeals court rules; The unanimous 57-page decision is a major win for special counsel Jack Smith.”

You can access today’s unanimous per curiam ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link. (The opinion is also available here via The New York Times.)

“The stakes are high: Florida Supreme Court to hear arguments this week on whether residents will vote on abortion.” Cindy Krischer Goodman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel has this report.

And Michael Moline of Florida Phoenix reports that “Rallies planned at FL Supreme Court; justices ready to vet pivotal abortion-rights ballot language; Measure would go on November ballot if cleared by the court; Republican Attorney General Moody is against the language.”

“Supreme Court prepares to decide the future of insurrectionist presidents; The high court’s review of Donald Trump’s ballot eligibility could pit two of the justices’ favorite legal interpretations against one another”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Donald Trump urges Supreme Court to keep him on ballot in final pitch before arguments”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

And Maureen Groppe of USA Today has a report headlined “Calling himself ‘presumptive nominee,’ Trump tells Supreme Court to keep him on the ballot; ‘There was no insurrection,’ Trump’s lawyers wrote; ‘President Trump did not ‘incite’ anything.’”

You can access the Reply Brief for Petitioner at this link.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visits UH law school”: University of Hawaii News has this report.

“Every Black History Month Celebration Should Honor American Hero Clarence Thomas”: Mark Paoletta has this post at The Federalist.

“Ethics Complaint Spotlights Judges’ Courtroom Advocacy Policies; Complaint targets policies encouraging diverse participation; Other judges use race neutral policies for all junior lawyers”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Attorneys Who Argue Before Supreme Court Skew Male, Ivy League”: Adam Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“Texas Abortion Ban Lawyer to Argue Trump Ballot High Court Case; Texas lawyer to argue for Trump; Three attorneys to argue during special sitting”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Pa. courts website still offline from cyber attack”: Jan Murphy of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

“Does the Constitution Disqualify Trump from Presidency?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“Here’s how 2 sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Donald Trump”: Nicholas Riccardi of The Associated Press has this report.

“The antislavery giant at the center of the Trump disqualification case”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump Ballot Clash Thrusts Supreme Court Into 2024 White House Race; Justices hear arguments Feb. 8 in appeal of Colorado ruling; Trump’s role in Jan. 6 attack led state to bar him from ballot”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The 91-year-old Republican suing to kick Donald Trump off the ballot; Norma Anderson, a trailblazing former GOP legislator, is among the Colorado voters who have challenged the Republican front-runner’s candidacy in a case that will be heard by the Supreme Court”: Patrick Marley of The Washington Post has this report.

“There’s a Border War Inside the Supreme Court, Too”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“‘Open mic night’ at the Supreme Court? Don’t expect Donald Trump to let loose at the marble palace; Trump is arguing for the Supreme Court to keep his name on the presidential ballot in Colorado; In another case that could reach the high court, he claims immunity from criminal prosecution.” Bart Jansen of USA Today has this report.

“Is Gorsuch Ready for McGirt Round III? Many Native Americans say they’re immune from Oklahoma’s income tax.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Cyberattack Hits Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this breaking news report.

The cyberattack has thrown offline Pennsylvania’s state appellate court PACFile system, which lawyers use for appellate e-filing and the appellate courts use to notify lawyers of new filings, decisions, and orders in appellate cases.

“In Trump v. Anderson, the Respondents’ Theory Would Render Unconstitutional Every Speaker and President Pro Tempore Since 1789, as Well as President Grant’s VP and Presidential Candidate George McGovern; Justice Scalia erred because there are no ‘Officers of the United States’ appointed outside Article II, Section II”: Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman have this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“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.”