“The New Trump Jan. 6 Brief Is Still a Long Shot; A Supreme Court that supported sweeping presidential immunity is unlikely to be swayed by special counsel Jack Smith’s (mostly good) arguments”: Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“US Supreme Court Debut Tops Advocate’s Packed Argument Calendar; Pete Patterson among five attorneys making Supreme Court debut; But veteran advocates dominate first Supreme Court sitting”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“New Fifth Circuit Chief to Lead Court in National Spotlight; Jennifer Elrod to become chief judge; Will oversee circuit hearing high-profile cases”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.