“The Case Against Joe Biden Pardoning Everyone on Trump’s Enemies List”: Law professor Frank Bowman has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “Biden can’t save Trump’s enemies with preemptive pardons; The Biden White House is considering pardons for some of Trump’s perceived enemies; But a presidential pardon would only give limited protection.”
“Attacks on Abortion and Trans Rights Are Eerily Similar. This Supreme Court Case Is a Prime Example. Wednesday’s hearing was Dobbs déjà vu.” Susan Rinkunas has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Trump Prepares for Legal Fight Over His ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Curbs; Many constitutional scholars and civil-rights groups have said a change can’t be done through executive action”: Tarini Parti and Michelle Hackman of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“How billionaire Charles Koch’s network won a 40-year war to curb regulation; A seismic Supreme Court ruling has ushered in a new era of diminished federal power; The next Trump administration hopes to capitalize on it”: Justin Jouvenal, Jon Swaine, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.
“Jenifer Branning defeats Supreme Court Justice Jim Kitchens after lengthy runoff count”: Taylor Vance of Mississippi Today has this report.
“AR-15 Rifles and the Constitution: Does the Second Amendment include a right to own one? The Supreme Court might soon decide.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.
“Incoming Alaska Supreme Court chief justice applauds first female majority”: Casey Grove of Alaska Public Media has this report.
“Supreme Court term-limits amendment proposed by Sens. Manchin, Welch; The long-shot proposal by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin III (I-West Virginia) would impose 18-year term limits on new justices”: Tobi Raji of The Washington Post has this report.
“Stockard in the Swamp: Can we get a decent sound system in America’s highest court?” Sam Stockard has this essay online at Tennessee Lookout.
“Second recount in NC state Supreme Court race expected to be completed by Tuesday”: Korie Dean of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.
And Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer reports that “NC Democrats sue over GOP’s challenge of 60,000 ballots in Supreme Court race.”
“Supreme Court to hear cases on terrorism lawsuits, inmate appeals; One case examines whether Palestinian groups can be sued in U.S. courts over terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens abroad”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.
You can access Friday’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Texas Tries a New Tactic to Kill ESG: The problem with attacks on ESG is that investors seem happy with the returns — and it’s their money.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“As Jan. 6 Criminal Cases Against Trump Fizzle, Civil Cases Plod Ahead; Donald J. Trump has successfully defeated or impeded many legal challenges against him over the storming of the Capitol, but eight lawsuits on the matter remain in the courts”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.
And online at The New Yorker, law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has an essay titled “The Demise and Afterlife of Donald Trump’s Criminal Cases: The President-elect is on the verge of beating most, if not all, of the criminal charges against him; What will be the consequences of having brought them in the first place?“
“The Tennessee Trans Treatment Case Is About Age, Not Sex”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.
And online at The Washington Post, columnist Megan McArdle has an essay titled “Civil rights isn’t the right framework for assessing many trans issues; A Supreme Court case on trans teens shows how this type of law struggles with biology.”
“The TikTok Sale and the First Amendment: The D.C. Circuit says the feds can force a sale to protect national security from Chinese control.” This editorial appeared in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.