“Arizona to resume executions after two-year pause”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.

“Is the Justice Department constitutional? Yes, but. Has Washington lost its ability to prosecute politicians across party lines?” Columnist Charles Lane has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Senate Should Leave No Judgeship Unfilled”: The New York Times has published this editorial.

“US Court Tosses Sanctions of Crypto Mixer Tied to N. Korea Hack; Law only applies to rogue persons, not software, court says; US claimed Tornado Cash aided hackers in money laundering”: Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“UK Supreme Court hears landmark legal challenge over how a ‘woman’ is defined in law”: Sylvia Hui of The Associated Press has this report.

“Breyer Discloses $246,526 Salary for Harvard Law School Teaching; Previously taught at Harvard before joining Supreme Court; Among several justices to boast high-dollar book income”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

“Mangi nomination looks to be dead, handing Third Circuit seat to Trump; Senate Democrats out of time to switch nominees after yearlong slog for Mangi”: Joey Fox and David Wildstein of New Jersey Globe have this report.

Hannan Adely of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey has an article headlined “Federal judge position won’t be filled by this NJ attorney who went to Harvard. Here’s why.”

And at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site, Jay Willis has a post titled “Adeel Mangi Deserved Better; Senate Democrats’ abandonment of Biden’s remaining appeals court nominees ensures that the federal judiciary won’t get its first-ever Muslim American appeals court judge anytime soon.”

“A politicized Supreme Court meets a new moment for America”: Kate Blackwood has this article online at Cornell Chronicle.

“The Trans-Rights Showdown at the Supreme Court: In a case on health care for minors, the justices could undermine decades of anti-discrimination law.” Irin Carmon has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“‘Bitterly polarized’: Supreme Court justices issued fewest decisions in at least 27 years.” Daniel Bice of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “We know that the last session of the Wisconsin Supreme Court was very contentious. But it also was profoundly unproductive.”

“‘I don’t intend to be a flower on the wall’: Women make history on Kentucky Supreme Court.” Hannah Pinski of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report.

“Put out of office by voters, Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice has no regrets”: Barbara Hoberock of Oklahoma Voice has this report.

“Why abortions rose after Roe was overturned: Contrary to many predictions, abortions did not decline nationally after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision; Here’s what’s behind the trend.” Aria Bendix of NBC News has this report.

“Supreme Court hearing case on definition of a woman”: Phil Sim of BBC News has this report.

“Fresh from a bruising Nov. 5 election Wisconsin turns to a battle over the Supreme Court”: Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“(In Defense of) Judicial Institutionalism”: Marin K. Levy has this post at JOTWELL reviewing Rachel Bayefsky‘s article, “Judicial Institutionalism.”

“It is with great sadness that the Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit note the passing of our dear friend and colleague, the Honorable Walter K. Stapleton.” So begins a news release that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Trump plan to use military in deportations should stand up in court; Trump advisers say troops could build detention camps; 1878 law bars U.S. military from domestic law enforcement; Every president since Clinton has made limited use of troops”: Tom Hals of Reuters has this report.

“‘We enjoy this sometimes’: The rhetorical battle between Justices Alito and Kagan at the Supreme Court.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“First Chevron, now another arcane doctrine is ready for its closeup”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.