“With great presidential power comes great presidential blame; Trump has devised the most powerful executive branch of modern times; Now he owns whatever goes wrong”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Justice Department Hits a New Low with the Epstein Files; Not only is the department’s behavior not normal; it is also, as is becoming increasingly clear, self-defeating”: Ruth Marcus will have this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the December 1, 2025 issue of The New Yorker.

“It’s time to end the filibuster; Senate Republicans should not shy from doing what Democrats are certain to do”: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role; The prosecutor running an inquiry into those who investigated President Trump has established a grand jury under Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whose scuttling of the documents case made her a White House favorite”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“NC Supreme Court chief justice Newby forces decisions based on religious beliefs”: Howard Berkowitz has this essay online at The Citizen Times of Asheville, North Carolina.

“Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend; The F.B.I. director’s travel on government jets has contributed to growing questions inside the administration about whether he is using taxpayer-funded resources inappropriately”: Alan Feuer, Adam Goldman, and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times have this report.

“Jewish group vies to open nation’s first religious charter school; The backers of the proposed Ben Gamla school in Oklahoma are poised to reopen a fight that reached the Supreme Court this year”: Ben Brasch of The Washington Post has this report.

“The race for the SC Supreme Court just got a lot more interesting”: Cindi Ross Scoppe has this essay online at The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina.

“Trump White House Prepares Tariff Fallback Ahead of Court Ruling”: Josh Wingrove of Bloomberg News has this report.

“North Dakota abortion ban deemed constitutional in split opinion from state Supreme Court; 3 of 5 justices found law unconstitutional, but 4 needed to overturn law”: Mary Steurer of North Dakota Monitor has this report.

N.D. Const. art. VI, §4 provides that “the supreme court shall not declare a legislative enactment unconstitutional unless at least four of the [five] members of the court so decide.”

You can access Friday’s decision of the Supreme Court of North Dakota at this link.

“Some Thoughts On The Texas Gerrymandering Case”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”