“Law firm Quinn Emanuel hires Justice Dept. lawyer to co-head appellate team”: Andrew Goudsward of Reuters has this report.

Today, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP issued a news release titled “Partner Christopher G. Michel joins Washington, D.C. office; Former U.S. Supreme Court clerk and chief presidential speechwriter joins from Solicitor General’s Office; becomes Co-Chair of firm’s National Appellate Practice.”

“What’s Wrong (and One Thing That’s Right) with an 11th Circuit Ruling Allowing a Florida School District’s ‘Biological Sex’ Restroom Policy”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Biden, Senate Democrats gear up to prioritize judges in 2023”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“On Title 42, the Supreme Court throws out common sense for a partisan agenda”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Hundreds of Oregon criminal convictions overturned due to nonunanimous jury verdicts, Supreme Court decides”: Zane Sparling of The Oregonian has this report.

And Ryan Haas and Conrad Wilson of Oregon Public Broadcasting report that “Oregon Supreme Court finds hundreds convicted by nonunanimous juries deserve new trial.”

You can access last Friday’s rulings of the Supreme Court of Oregon via this link.

“At the Supreme Court, it’s taking longer to hear cases”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.

“Ginni Thomas says she regrets post-election texts to Meadows”: Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro of The Associated Press have this report.

“Abortion ruling sends law schools scrambling, constitutional law teachings now out-of-step”: Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times have this report.

“In Year-End Report, Chief Justice Roberts Addresses Threats to Judges’ Safety; The report, an annual tradition, shed no light on the investigation into the leak of a draft opinion in May or on calls for more rigorous ethics rules for the justices”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Chief justice ignores controversial Supreme Court term in annual report.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts Says Justices Shouldn’t ‘Live in Fear’; Annual year-end report on the high court stresses importance of rule of law.”

Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Chief justice: Judges’ safety ‘essential’ to court system.”

Richard Cowan of Reuters reports that “Judicial security focus of U.S. Chief Justice Roberts’ annual report.”

Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg News reports that “Chief Justice Roberts Emphasizes Judges’ Safety in Annual Report.”

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Supreme Court to Highlight Little Rock, Desegregation History in Exhibit to Open Next Fall.”

You can access Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.’s “2022 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary” at this link.

“Appeals Court Upholds Florida School Board’s Transgender Bathroom Policy; Decision rejects legal challenge by transgender student and potentially sets stage for Supreme Court review”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court upholds Florida high school’s transgender bathroom ban.”

Patrick Dorrian of Bloomberg Law reports that “Transgender Bathroom Ban Doesn’t Discriminate, Court Holds.”

Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida reports that “Appeals court backs Florida school district in transgender bathroom fight.”

And Brad Kutner and Michael A. Mora have a report headlined “US Courts Divided: 11th Circuit Breaks Precedent on Transgender Bathroom Access; The 150-page opinion stands in contrast to the U.S. Second, Fourth, Seventh, and Ninth circuits, which all found transgender students can access restrooms in line with their gender identity.”

You can access yesterday’s 7-to-4 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“A Charity Tied to the Supreme Court Offers Donors Access to the Justices; The Supreme Court Historical Society has raised more than $23 million in the last two decades, much of it from lawyers, corporations and special interests”: Jo Becker and Julie Tate of The New York Times have this report.

“Jackson Leaves Her Mark in Historic Year for US Supreme Court”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Boy Scouts, Catholic dioceses find haven from sex abuse suits in bankruptcy”: Kristina Cooke, Mike Spector, Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, and Disha Raychaudhuri of Reuters have this report.

“MAGA hat is free speech, says court in reviving threatened teacher’s lawsuit”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“The Supreme Court is manipulating its own calendar to lock GOP policies in place; Arizona v. Mayorkas, the Court’s new Title 42 decision, appears to be the latest act of gamesmanship by a Republican Supreme Court”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

And The Washington Post has published an editorial titled “With latest Title 42 ruling, Supreme Court majority makes a mockery of the law.”

“How Justice Kagan lost her battle as a consensus builder: ‘She’s clearly not very happy,’ one associate says.” Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“New Jersey vs. the Supreme Court on Gun Rights; Gov. Murphy signs a law that defies this year’s ruling in Bruen”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Texas Abortion Law Still Faces Questions After Roe v. Wade’s Demise; Allowing private parties to sue abortion providers for monetary damages upended judicial review”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Gorsuch Immigration Dissent Echoes Views on Covid Curbs”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Philly DA Larry Krasner argues that the courts should step in to block his impeachment trial; Krasner’s lawyers urged Commonwealth Court judges to declare the ongoing impeachment drive legally baseless; Attorneys for the legislature said the process was constitutionally sound”: Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And Brooke Schultz of The Associated Press reports that “Judges wary about separation of powers in impeachment case.”

“Biden outpacing Trump, Obama with diverse judicial nominees”: Seung Min Kim and Colleen Long of The Associated Press have this report.

“Harvard students anxious about forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action”: Max Larkin had this audio segment on yesterday’s broadcast of WBUR’s “Here & Now.”

“Gov. Kate Brown appoints 5 judges, including 2 to Oregon Supreme Court”: Catalina Gaitán of The Oregonian has this report.

Whitney Woodworth of The Salem Statesman Journal has an article headlined “Ahead of leaving office, Gov. Kate Brown appoints five new judges.”

And Lauren Dake of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that “Brown appoints 2 Oregon Supreme Court judges in her final days as governor.”

“Conservative Supreme Court once again looms as threat to Biden agenda in 2023; The court is set to rule in a series of high-profile cases in the next six months, including Biden’s bid to revive his student loan forgiveness plan”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“State lawsuits defend abortion access with religious freedom”: Arleigh Rodgers of The Associated Press has this report.

“Another legacy for Tom Girardi: Tighter regulation of California lawyers.” Matt Hamilton and Harriet Ryan have this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Bill to impeach Kansas Supreme Court justices is just a new attack on abortion rights”: The Kansas City Star has published this editorial.

“The Trumpiest court in America: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is where law goes to die.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Migrant Expulsion Policy Must Stay in Place for Now, Supreme Court Says; The temporary stay in lifting the pandemic rule known as Title 42 is a provisional victory for 19 states, led mostly by Republicans, that had sought to keep it in place on the border”: Adam Liptak, Miriam Jordan, and Eileen Sullivan have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times about a 5-to-4 order, accompanied by a dissent, that the U.S. Supreme Court issued yesterday.

And in commentary, today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial titled “The Supreme Court Keeps Title 42 Alive, for Now; But Justice Gorsuch gets the better of the legal argument.”

“A Mexican Supreme Court justice fights a plagiarism scandal”: Leila Miller of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Supreme Court asked to bar punishment for acquitted conduct”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“The abortion battle has moved to your local court”: Jill Habig has this essay online at The Hill.

“Supreme Court’s ‘Nostalgia Doctrine’ Is Trump’s Biggest Legacy; In 2022, the conservative justices made it clear that they were guided by self-serving pseudo-history, not principle or precedent”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Texas Lawmakers Plan to Further Decimate Abortion Rights in Upcoming Legislative Session; All Texas clinics have halted abortion care, but the anti-abortion movement says its work isn’t over”: Mary Tuma has this report online at The Intercept.

“The case of the Supreme Court that just can’t seem to stop talking”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”