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Monday, January 12, 2026

“Panel: Originalism, Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment.” The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

Posted at 10:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump officials fire high-ranking prosecutor in Virginia amid turmoil; Robert K. McBride, recently appointed as the second-highest-ranking official in the Eastern District of Virginia, was abruptly dismissed”: Salvador Rizzo, Perry Stein, and Steve Thompson of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Luigi Mangione Gets New Hearing in US Court on Backpack Search”: David Voreacos and Patricia Hurtado of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Louisiana residents, Big Oil spar over coastal damage at Supreme Court; Oil giant Chevron and a small Louisiana parish squared off at the Supreme Court in a case with big implications for how localities handle environmental damage”: Julian Mark and Brady Dennis of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pro-Lifers Push Back on the President; What did Trump mean when he called for ‘flexibility’ on the Hyde Amendment?” Columnist William McGurn will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition; DOJ’s criminal subpoena to Fed Chair Jerome Powell is a self-defeating fiasco”: Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial that begins, “In the annals of political lawfare there’s dumb, and then there’s the criminal subpoena federal prosecutors delivered Friday to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. President Trump would do himself and the country a big favor by firing those responsible for this fiasco.”

Posted at 9:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Has Complained About Pam Bondi Repeatedly to Aides; The president has privately criticized his attorney general as weak and ineffective in recent weeks”: Josh Dawsey, Sadie Gurman, and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 5:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Prisoners of Fortune: When your money owns you.” Hamilton Nolan has this post at his “How Things Work” Substack site.

Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“202. The Timing of Rulings in Argued Cases: Except in highly unusual circumstances or at the very end of each June, the Supreme Court’s internal norms make it hard to be confident about which decisions in argued cases will be handed down when.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 8:40 AM by Howard Bashman