“Plea Deals for Accused 9/11 Plotters Are Valid, Judge Rules; A military judge said he would move forward with accepting guilty pleas from three defendants in exchange for life sentences; The agreements had been rescinded by the defense secretary”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

“Voters Continued to Back Abortion Rights. It Didn’t Help Democrats. Constitutional amendments passed in seven states, but many of those same places also backed Trump.” Laura Kusisto and Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“With fresh Senate majority, Republicans eye judicial nominee blitz — despite few court vacancies; Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is poised to reprise his role as a chief facilitator of President-elect Donald Trump’s judicial agenda”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Efforts to protect abortion rights largely successful, despite GOP rout; Seven states voted to further protect and expand abortion rights, while measures in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota ultimately failed”: Nika Schoonover of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Meet the Extremist Trump Judges Likely to Shift the Supreme Court Even Further Right”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And online at The New Republic, Matt Ford has an essay titled “Liberals Just Lost the Supreme Court for Decades to Come; There are many dire consequences of Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump; This is one of the worst.”

“Justices tangle with meteors and Molotov cocktails to sort Meta risk disclosure obligations; The high court looked for a compromise between Meta and its shareholders but the requirements for risk disclosures appeared elusive after almost two hours of arguments”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Meta Investor Suit Over Proper Disclosure Troubles Supreme Court; Facebook’s stock plummeted after scandal; Justices suggest SEC should clarify rule, not court.”

“Republican sweep in Texas also extended to state’s appellate courts; Republican judges won in 25 out of 26 contested races throughout the state in a show of the party’s broader strength up and down Tuesday’s ballot”: Kayla Guo of The Texas Tribune has this report.

And Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law reports that “Musk Money Bolsters Surprise GOP Wave in Texas Judge Races; Musk-supported PAC helped flip big city intermediary courts; Results undid gains Democrats had been making in recent years.”

“US court reluctant to blow up Boy Scouts’ $2.46 billion sex abuse settlement”: Dietrich Knauth of Reuters has a report that begins, “A U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday appeared unlikely to overturn the Boy Scouts of America’s $2.46 billion settlement of sex abuse claims, suggesting it would be impractical to upend the deal long after the youth organization emerged from bankruptcy.”

You can access the audio of today’s very lengthy oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Alex Wolf of Bloomberg Law reports that “Boy Scouts Battles Bid to Upend Bankruptcy Plan in Third Circuit; Boy Scouts defends abuse deal, liability releases on appeal; Plan fate could rest on distributions made so far.”

“Sam Bankman-Fried And Diddy’s Appellate Ace: Alexandra Shapiro; A former RBG clerk, Manhattan federal prosecutor, and Latham partner, Shapiro now handles high-profile cases at her own litigation boutique.” You can access today’s new episode of David Lat’s “Original Jurisdiction” podcast via this link.

“Arizona appears to favor keeping Supreme Court justices in, rejects Proposition 137”: Stacey Barchenger of The Arizona Republic has this report.

And Kiera Riley of Arizona Capitol Times reports that “Justices targeted over abortion ruling are holding onto their seats.”

“Arizona Pro-Abortion Measure Wins, While Nebraska and Florida Fall Short; Florida proposal fails after falling short of 60% threshold; Ballot initiatives in New York and Maryland have won”: Kelsey Butler of Bloomberg News has this report.

“US Fights Girardi Bid to Quash Conviction for Lack of Competency; Defense says convicted lawyer should not have stood trial; Government counters that cognitive issues were resolved”: Isaiah Poritz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Circuits split over Biden’s contractor minimum wage mandate; The Ninth and 10th Circuits are at odds over the Biden administration’s $15 minimum wage for government contractors”: Joe Duhownik of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Second Trump Term Opens Door to Even More Conservative Judges; Trump expected to veer from Federalist Society; Older, more moderate judges need to make room”: Tiana Headley, Jacqueline Thomsen, and Andrew Wallender of Bloomberg Law have this report.

And in related coverage, Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Liberals Face More Conservative Courts to Fight Trump Policies; Circuit courts have become more conservative since 2017; Shift leaves progressive litigation with fewer friendly venues.”