“Applying the Text & History Methodology to Looming Second Amendment Battles After Rahimi”: The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

“Why the Federalist Society Has Been a Great Success; Spilling the secrets”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Conservative Lawyers Group Pops Champagne With Cautious Optimism; Federalist Society gathering plans for success with GOP wins; Speakers cheer Supreme Court rulings curbing agency power”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judges Raise a Glass to High Court Rulings Curbing Agency Power.”

“Trump’s Recess Appointments Scheme Is a Show of Power Over the Supreme Court, Too; A decade ago, three conservative justices expressed their belief that what Trump wants to do with his Cabinet is unconstitutional”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“Hon. Robert H. Bork Memorial Lecture” featuring law professor Stephen Sachs: The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

“Mike Johnson must block Trump’s scheme on recess appointments; Trump is threatening to bypass Senate approval of his Cabinet picks; The House speaker should stop him”: Edward Whelan has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs to be put to the test; Businesses have been lobbying Congress and preparing legal challenges to push back on Trump’s proposal to enact tariffs on all imports”: Shannon Pettypiece and Lawrence Hurley of NBC News have this report.

“End the Criminal Cases Against Trump”: Thomas Goldstein has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judge James Ho Kicks Off The Auditions For Trump’s Next Supreme Court Pick; The conservative Texas appeals court judge is changing his stance on birthright citizenship to appeal to the president-elect”: Paul Blumenthal of HuffPost has this report.

“Trump is determined to see Gaetz confirmed as AG despite controversies”: Kristen Holmes, Lauren Fox, Pamela Brown, Jamie Gangel, and Steve Contorno of CNN have this report.

Maya C. Miller of The New York Times reports that “Matt Gaetz, Master of Insults, Now Needs Support From Senators He Bashed; The right-wing mudslinger built his brand on mercilessly trolling his adversaries, including some Republican senators, on TV and social media; Now he needs their votes to be confirmed.”

Julie Tsirkin, Laura Jarrett, and Lisa Rubin of NBC News report that “A majority of Senate Republicans doubt Matt Gaetz will be confirmed as attorney general, sources say; More than half of Senate Republicans, including some in senior leadership positions, privately say they don’t see a path for the former Florida representative, according to a number of Republican sources.”

And Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker of The Associated Pres have an article headlined “Anxiety and dismay inside the Justice Department after Trump taps Gaetz as attorney general.”

“Democrat Allison Riggs takes lead in NC Supreme Court race, but it’s not the final count”: Caitlyn Yaede and Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina have this report.

“Grassley Aims to Keep Blue Slip Custom for District Court Picks; Iowa Republican’s office says he takes ‘traditional approach’; Grassley to chair Judiciary Committee he led in Trump term”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.