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Monday, January 19, 2026

“Fueled by pills, the rate of abortions nationwide keeps rising after Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision”: Sean Salai of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 10:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Search of Reporter’s Home Tests Law With Roots in a Campus Paper’s Suit; The Stanford Daily lost a 1978 Supreme Court case over the search of its newsroom; But a bipartisan backlash prompted a federal law protecting journalists”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.

Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Trade Negotiator Says Response to Court Loss Would Be Immediate; If the Supreme Court rules against its tariffs, the Trump administration would begin replacing them immediately, said Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative”: Ana Swanson of The New York Times has this report.

And in commentary, Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Why the Supreme Court Tariff Case Is Such a Big Deal; President Trump’s weekend spree shows how unlimited his claim of power is.”

Posted at 9:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Reserve Inquiry Clouds Trump’s Supreme Court Bid to Oust Lisa Cook; The court is set to hear Ms. Cook’s case challenging her firing as the Justice Department investigates Jerome H. Powell, the central bank chair”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this news analysis.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hawaii Tries to Evade the Second Amendment; The Supreme Court should strike down a law that effectively bans firearms on most private property”: John R. Lott Jr. will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (01.19.26): Minnesota (Not So) Nice; The funniest justice, more DOJ drama, a Biglaw firm with big plans, and a ‘constitutional crisis’ at the National Constitution Center.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 6:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“203. Legislative Standing and/After Bost; The theory on which five justices concluded that candidates for office have standing to challenge election rules is difficult — at best — to reconcile with the Court’s hostility to legislative standing.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 4:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fourth Circuit Nominee Reflects on Same Obstruction that Merrick Garland Would Encounter; ‘I’ll take that tradeoff eight days a week’”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

Posted at 4:17 PM by Howard Bashman