“Trump Sends Clowns to Cabinet Confirmation Circus; He has mishandled his nominations, and not only by picking Gaetz, Hegseth and Gabbard”: Columnist Karl Rove will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Losing GOP candidate for NC Supreme Court challenges 60,000 ballots as recount starts”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

“Famous Supreme Court Lawyer: No Man Is Above the Law, Except Donald Trump, Actually; In The New York Times, the SCOTUSblog founder presents a novel legal theory: that under the Constitution, an election victory is equivalent to a legal exoneration.” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“US Senate Democrats race against clock to confirm more judges”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “Ex-MacArthur Justice Center Director Confirmed to DC Trial Court; Amir Ali led group as president, executive director; Will be first Arab American on federal trial court in DC” (subscription required for full access).

“Alaska Judge Scandal Whistleblower Settles Retaliation Claim”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Pa. Supreme Court rejected Philly’s latest attempt to pass its own gun laws; In a unanimous decision, the high court ruled that the city’s arguments had fallen ‘woefully short’ of the standard needed for a legal victory”: Chris Palmer and Gillian McGoldrick of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued today.

“Absences by Trump’s Senate pals help Democrats confirm Biden judges”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

“Past Nominees Have Been Undone by Far Less Than What Surrounds Trump Picks; Back taxes, youthful pot smoking and undocumented nannies scuttled previous presidential choices; Some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s candidates face bigger questions”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“House panel was told Gaetz paid two women $10,000, in part for sex; The House Ethics Committee is expected to vote on whether to release its investigation into the former congressman”: Jacqueline Alemany, Liz Goodwin, and Leigh Ann Caldwell of The Washington Post have this report.

“Ethics Committee Declines to Release Matt Gaetz Report; Trump’s attorney general pick tries to build support with meetings on Capitol Hill”: Lindsay Wise, Katy Stech Ferek, and Siobhan Hughes of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“In the Seventh Circuit, Procedural Red Herrings Threaten the Second Amendment”: Stephen Halbrook has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The Newly Revived Zombie Laws Threatening to Lock Up Women When They Miscarry”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Louisiana’s Ten Commandments in classrooms law remains on hold, 5th Circuit rules”: Greg LaRose of Louisiana Illuminator has this report.

Kevin McGill of The Associated Press reports that “Court ruling stops Louisiana from requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms for now.”

Andrew Harris and Ufonobong Umanah of Bloomberg Law report that “Louisiana 10 Commandments Law to Stay Blocked During Appeal; Fifth Circuit denies stay as Louisiana appeals injunction; Lower court said Commandment mandate facially inoperative.”

And in earlier related coverage, Patrick Wall of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans had an article headlined “Meet the controversial Christian activist who inspired Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law.”

“Trump’s Recess Appointment Gambit Is Unconstitutional; Rather than working with senators in his own party, the president-elect wants to see how quickly he can sideline them”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“US Judiciary Reports Increase in Employee Workplace Disputes; Judiciary employee workplace matters up to 94 in fiscal 2023; Data came in first judiciary report of its kind”: Jacqueline Thomsen and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Judiciary Releases First Annual Report on the Workplace”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

You can access the 2023 Annual Report on the Judiciary Workplace at this link.

“This Election’s Surprising Bright Spot for Progressives Is a Very Big Deal”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Trump Is Gunning for Birthright Citizenship — and Testing the High Court; The president-elect has targeted the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship protections for deletion; The Supreme Court might grant his wish”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Oklahoma Supreme Court justice recuses herself from lawsuit over Ryan Walters’ Bible mandate”: Murray Evans of The Oklahoman has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Database finds home at Penn State”: Steven Kister of The Daily Collegian has this report.

“Senate After Dark: Democrats foresee more late nights confirming Biden judges amid GOP delay tactics; Republicans have pulled procedural levers to slow down a normally speedy confirmation process for federal judges, part of an effort to gum up the works for Democrats as they attempt to fill the federal bench ahead of a second Trump administration.” Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Wisconsin officials seek sanctions against judge who tried to discredit 2020 election; Robin Vos, speaker of Wisconsin Assembly, hired the former justice under pressure from then-candidate Donald Trump, who at the time was spouting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election”: Destiny DeVooght of Courthouse News Service has this report.