“At Mangione’s Hearing, Giddy Fans Whisper and Prison Guards Testify; Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, accused of killing a health insurance executive in Manhattan, are asking a judge to throw out materials gathered when he was arrested in Pennsylvania”: Hurubie Meko and Anusha Bayya of The New York Times have this report.
And Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service has a report headlined “‘He looks like the CEO shooter’: Court hears 911 call that led to Luigi Mangione’s arrest; The court also heard testimony from Pennsylvania corrections officers, who described conversations they had with the 27-year-old murder suspect.”
“Supreme Court Hears Copyright Battle Over Online Music Piracy; At issue is whether internet providers can be held liable for repeated copyright infringements of users, with potentially billions of dollars on the line”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.
Julian Mark of The Washington Post reports that “Efforts to block internet music piracy hit Supreme Court skepticism; Record companies and internet service providers faced off at the Supreme Court in a music piracy case that could change how millions of Americans use the internet.”
And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Blame game for bootleg music leaves justices in a bind; The high court struggled to pin down the standard for holding third parties liable when users violate the law.”
“Two Tangled Cases at the Supreme Court; Pregnancy centers and a street preacher ask to vindicate their rights”: This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
Also in Tuesday’s edition of that newspaper, William J. Haun will have an op-ed titled “New Jersey Attacks a Pregnancy Center’s Religious Liberty; The Supreme Court will review a subpoena that strikes at the heart of the First Amendment.”
“Abortion ‘Reversal’ Speech Protected From NY State Regulation”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.
“Trump Official Urges Supreme Court to Take Bayer Roundup Appeal”: Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News has this report.
You can view the Solicitor General’s amicus brief at this link.
“9th Circuit revives California law requiring background checks for ammo purchases”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.
“For ‘No Tax on Tips,’ the I.R.S. Gets Intimate; The Trump administration wants to exclude earnings from ‘pornographic activity’ from a new tax break for tips; Will the I.R.S. know it when it sees it?” Andrew Duehren of The New York Times has this report.
“Respectfully Dissent–Arguing Originalism”: NYU School of Law has posted this video on YouTube.
“Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Andrew Kleinfeld”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today. Earlier this year, his wife Judy also passed away.
Back in May 2003, Judge Kleinfeld was a participant in this blog’s former “20 questions for the appellate judge” feature.
“Case that lets billionaires spend big on elections never reached Supreme Court; While Citizens United became shorthand for unlimited political spending, a less-recognized campaign finance case made super PACs a reality”: Beth Reinhard of The Washington Post has this report.
“ADF, ACLU ‘Strange Bedfellows’ in High Court Free Speech Case”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.
And in commentary, online at Balls and Strikes, Madiba K. Dennie has an essay titled “Republican Politicians Are Obsessed With Lying About Planned Parenthood; First Choice is a technical case about federal court jurisdiction; Nearly two dozen Republican attorneys general spend an entire amicus brief shadow-boxing Planned Parenthood instead.”
“Leondra Kruger Shares Advice on Advocacy, Duty to the Law with UC Law SF Students”: UC Law SF has this report.
“December Preview: SCOTUS Doubles Down on Its BS.” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.
“195. The Immigration Detention Flood: The Trump administration’s attempt to quietly — but massively — expand who can be detained pending their removal has been met with overwhelming pushback from a remarkably large number of district courts.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
“Luigi Mangione returns to court for pretrial hearing; He faces a second-degree murder charge in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing”: Josh Margolin, Peter Charalambous, and Aaron Katersky of ABC News have this report.
“Anti-abortion center’s fight with N.J. over donor records to be heard by U.S. Supreme Court”: Jackie Roman of NJ Advance Media has this report.
“Appeals Court Says Alina Habba Is Unlawful U.S. Attorney; The judges wrote that the Trump Administration appeared to have become frustrated by legal and political barriers that have prevented its preferred U.S. attorneys from leading federal prosecutors’ offices”: Jonah E. Bromwich and Tracey Tully of The New York Times have this report.
Perry Stein of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court rules Trump prosecutor appointment violates law; First appeals court to rule goes against President Donald Trump and Alina Habba in a case with national implications.”
Andrew Goudsward of Reuters reports that “Court disqualifies Trump ally Habba as top New Jersey federal prosecutor.”
And David Voreacos and Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg News report that “Habba Blocked as New Jersey US Attorney by Appeals Court.”
“Appeals court upholds disqualification of Alina Habba as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor; The ruling further stymies the Trump administration’s use of unusual tactics meant to quickly put or keep largely unqualified U.S. attorneys in place without Senate confirmation”: Erica Orden of Politico has this report.
And Mike Catalini of The Associated Press reports that “Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules.”
You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.
“In the Line of Fire: During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem; Elected officials from both parties are struggling to respond.” Benjamin Wallace-Wells has this American Chronicles article in the December 8, 2025 issue of The New Yorker.
“The Real Heroes of the Assault on the Constitution”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Despite Supreme Court Wins, Elite D.O.J. Unit Has Seen Mass Turnover; Even with an exodus of lawyers, the Office of the Solicitor General has had remarkable success; But fiery rhetoric and close White House ties have raised concerns”: Abbie VanSickle and Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times have this report.
