“Will SCOTUS Keep Trans Kids Out of Sports?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Supreme Court Roundup and Preview”: Stanford Law School has posted this video on YouTube.

“Supreme Court tests limits of Trump’s power over the economy in fight over Fed’s Lisa Cook”: John Kruzel of Reuters has this report.

Maureen Groppe of USA Today has an article headlined “Will the Supreme Court let Trump take control of the Fed? President Trump’s attempt to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve board is part of his effort to assert unprecedented control of the economy.”

And Paul Blumenthal of HuffPost has an article headlined “Trump’s Autocratic Power Is At Stake In Supreme Court Case Over Federal Reserve Firing; And he may have just shown his hand.”

“Trump tests a cunning workaround on executive power; Does using force outside U.S. borders legitimize claiming emergency power within them?” Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Islamic Scholar’s Post-Sept. 11 Convictions Are Tossed on Free Speech Grounds; Federal judges ruled that an Islamic teacher’s statements goading men in Virginia to join an overseas militant group were protected by the First Amendment”: Adeel Hassan of The New York Times has this report.

“An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Invoking the Insurrection Act: President Trump’s been itching to invoke this 200-year-old law unleashing the military against American civilians; But what can the troops actually do in Minnesota?” You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“The gaping hole in the transgender sports case; Avoiding the definition of a woman is hurting the trans rights movement”: Columnist Megan McArdle has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Leadership Dispute Said to Spur Abrupt Exit at the National Constitution Center; The congressionally chartered museum and national town hall has not explained the sudden departure of Jeffrey Rosen as its president and chief executive”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

Earlier, Robert Moran of The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that “Jeffrey Rosen steps down as head of National Constitution Center; Rosen led the center for 12 years; He was replaced by Vincent Stango, who is now the interim president and CEO.”

“Why Is It So Hard to Set a 9/11 Trial Date? Here’s What to Know. Prosecutors want jury selection to start in January 2027. That would be a quarter century after the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.” Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

“Supreme Court to Hear Bayer’s Challenge to Roundup Weedkiller Cases; High court gives company hope in its effort to mitigate long-running litigation that has cost it billions of dollars”: Patrick Thomas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Amudalat Ajasa of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court will review Monsanto’s bid for immunity in Roundup lawsuits; The case could sharply limit suits in state court over allegations of harm from the widely used herbicide.”

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Bayer nabs high court look at Roundup cancer warning labels; The Supreme Court’s ruling could decide whether Monsanto must face thousands of lawsuits for not warning users about the cancer risks of its weedkiller.”

“Can Hawaii Ban Guns by Default? The Supreme Court will consider whether the Second Amendment permits a law that bars firearms in many stores.” This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump Backs Down on Insurrection Act as Democrats Take the Offensive; Officials denounced the Trump immigration crackdown in Minneapolis at an unofficial congressional hearing, while the president said he no longer saw a need to send in military forces”: Jazmine Ulloa of The New York Times has this report.

Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has an article headlined “What could happen if Trump invokes the Insurrection Act in Minnesota; Protesters have clashed with federal immigration officers in Minneapolis since Jan. 7, when an officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renée Good.”

And Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News has a report headlined “What to Know about the Insurrection Act Trump Wants to Invoke.”

“Hawaii takes on Second Amendment history test at SCOTUS; A challenge to the Aloha State’s ‘Vampire Rule’ asks the justices whether gun owners need permission to bring weapons onto private property”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations; A Reagan appointee pointedly rebuked decisions by Trump, Rubio and Noem.” Kyle Cheney, Hassan Ali Kanu, and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

“‘The Technology Is There’: Supreme Court Practitioners Quietly Embracing AI; ‘People are gonna start being being embarrassed by not doing it if they feel that their legal services can be enhanced with the assistance of AI,’ said Supreme Court lawyer Adam Unikowsky.” Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

And the new episode of law.com’s “Supreme Court Brief” podcast is titled “Supreme Court Debates Trans Athlete Laws, SCOTUS Lawyers Embracing AI.”

“Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump; The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House”: John Cassidy has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Bayer Gets Supreme Court Hearing in Challenge to Roundup Suits”: Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“The Supreme Court Just Decided a Major Issue in Cases Like Renee Good’s Shooting — and Not How You Might Expect”: Law professor Cynthia Lee has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Texas Abortion Bounty Law Challenge Can Proceed, Court Says”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access today’s ruling of the Third Court of Appeals of Texas at this link.

“Why the Supreme Court Should Side With the SEC Fraudster”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Supreme Court System”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg News has this report.

“How the Trump administration erased centuries of Justice Department experience”: Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press have this report.

“When Does the Contempt Clock Begin to Run? Clarifying two questions in J.G.G.” Samuel Bray has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“Lake Shrimp”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“Did a Supreme Court Loss Embolden Trump on the Insurrection Act? In refusing to let the president deploy National Guard troops in Illinois under an obscure law, the justices may have made him more apt to invoke greater powers.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Goldstein’s Tax Trial Kicks Off with Two Very Different Tales”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Bonus 202: Searching Reporters’ Homes; Wednesday’s search of a Washington Post reporter’s home implicates a series of open questions about when, and to what extent, journalists can themselves be targets or suspects in leak investigations.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“When is a Corporation Also New Jersey? A few thoughts on the oral argument in Galette v. N.J. Transit Corp.” William Baude and Stephen E. Sachs have this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“Conservatives On X Are Pretty Sure Amy Coney Barrett Is Woke Now; The author of the perhaps the most aggressively anti-trans Supreme Court opinion in recent memory is getting branded as an ideological traitor who ignores ‘biological truth’”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

In related commentary, online at Balls and Strikes, Willis has an essay titled “How the Conservative Movement’s Anti-Trans Crusade Brought the Supreme Court to Heel; Six years ago, the Court issued a landmark decision protecting the civil rights of trans people; Republicans set about making sure that that would never happen again.”

And Madiba K. Dennie has an essay titled “John Roberts Wouldn’t Recognize an Anti-Trans Law If It Slapped Him in the Face; Last year, the chief justice wrote that banning healthcare for trans kids doesn’t discriminate against trans people; In the trans sports ban cases, he’s ready to look the other way again.”

“SCOTUSblog Publisher Tom Goldstein’s Criminal Jury Trial Begins in Maryland Federal Court; Tom Goldstein, the heavyweight appellate attorney who argued more than 40 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, denies all charges in his criminal jury trial in Maryland federal court alleging he committed tax crimes and mortgage fraud while amassing large gambling debts”: Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Why Is Congress Funding the Judiciary’s Support for Climate Plaintiffs?” Michael A. Fragoso has this post at the “Bench Memos” blog of National Review.

“US Congress Covid Proxy Vote Gets Full Fifth Circuit Review”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Why Stop at Level Three? Discretion to pose the question in Trump v. Illinois and elsewhere.” William Baude has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“7 Predictions For The Legal World In 2026: SCOTUS retirements, $10 million in profits per partner, Trump v. Biglaw, Kirkland v. Wachtell — whatever it ends up being, the year ahead won’t be boring.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.