“TikTok Asks US Supreme Court to Block Government Ban; New US law set to ban popular social-media app next month; TikTok, Chinese parent seek high court action by Jan. 6”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can view at this link the Emergency Application for Injunction filed today at the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Will U.S. Supreme Court forgo investor class actions after Meta, Nvidia dismissals?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

“113. Direct Appeals from State Criminal Convictions: The Supreme Court’s docket for the October 2024 Term includes *zero* appeals from state criminal convictions; That’s part of a broader trend — and one with significant downstream implications.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Sheldon Gilbert to Become Next Federalist Society President and CEO”: This post appeared Saturday at the “FedSoc Blog.”

“Judicial Notice (12.15.24): The Next Generation; FedSoc’s new president, $1 million associate bonuses, Luigi Mangione’s lawyers, and Jones Day’s latest SCOTUS clerk haul.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Alito and Thomas Have Already Taken the Most-Contradictory Positions of the Supreme Court Term”: Law professor Hila Keren has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Recess Appointments of Judges: From George Washington forward, quite a history.” Ed Whelan recently had this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Photo ID undermines Republican challenge in NC Supreme Court race”: Steve Harrison of WFAE has this report.

And in commentary, online at Slate, Billy Corriher has a Jurisprudence essay titled “The North Carolina GOP’s Latest Ploy to Steal a State Supreme Court Seat.”

“Jingle Bells, the Fifth Circuit Is Hell”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Historic Muslim Appellate Pick Laments Attacks on Nomination; Adeel Mangi condemns judicial nominations process as ‘fundamentally broken’; No path forward for Mangi’s confirmation”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Charles Toutant of New Jersey Law Journal reports that “3rd Circuit Nominee Mangi Sees ‘No Pathway to Confirmation,’ Derides ‘Organized Smear Campaign’; Adeel Mangi said in a letter to the White House that the system for approving federal court judges is ‘fundamentally broken’ and has turned into ‘a channel for the raising of money based on performative McCarthyism before video cameras.’”

You can access Adeel A. Mangi’s letter to the White House at this link.