“From champagne to speeches, would-be Trump Supreme Court justices draw conservative buzz”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“Judiciary Drops Push to Curb Judge Shopping After GOP Backlash; Judiciary told Rep. Chip Roy it wouldn’t pursue judge-shopping rule; Roy threatened to block judgeship bill over issue”: Suzanne Monyak and Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Trump gains ability to fill four appellate judge seats under US Senate deal”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Tiana Headley, Jonathan Tamari, and Zach C. Cohen of Bloomberg Law report that “Biden Circuit Picks Derailed by Senate Deal on Trial Judges; Circuit nominees lacked enough votes for confirmation; Deal eases path for district court picks.”

Tierney Sneed and Ted Barrett of CNN report that “More Biden judges will be confirmed, but four appeals court nominees won’t see a vote under Senate deal.”

And Tobi Raji of The Washington Post reports that “Senate Democrats drop 4 appeals court picks so they can confirm 12 judges; Deal struck as lawmakers battle over who will control federal courts and whether to add more judgeships as Republicans take control of White House, Senate.”

“Trump Picks Pam Bondi for Attorney General After Gaetz Withdraws; The former Florida attorney general is another close Trump ally”: Sadie Gurman and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“How the Internet Archive’s ‘Free Digital Library’ fell to the ‘fair use’ test; The nonprofit made a bold gamble on the limits of ‘fair use’ — and federal courts have not backed their play”: Damon Root has this essay online at Freethink.

“The Awful Scheme to Blanket Recess-Appoint Trump’s Cabinet Officers”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“The Final Five? Trump’s Next Potential Nominees to the Supreme Court.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Antiabortion groups plan new crackdowns, emboldened after election; Distressed by rising use of abortion pills, activists devise aggressive new action now that Republicans will be in charge”: Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post has this report.

“Matt Gaetz Withdraws From Consideration as Attorney General; Former Florida lawmaker has been facing sexual misconduct allegations”: Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.