“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.

“The next big battleground test: A Wisconsin race that has tortured Republicans; Republicans and Democrats have each poured tens of millions into the state’s recent Supreme Court races — and the GOP has gotten crushed.” Gregory Svirnovskiy of Politico has this report.

“Trump’s Legacy Is in the Supreme Court’s Shaky Hands”: Ed Kilgore has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Chaos Reigns as Texas Awaits Supreme Court’s Ruling on Redistricting; A decision on the state’s new congressional map will affect five House seats and could help determine control of the chamber next year”: J. David Goodman of The New York Times has this report.

“The Three Faces Of Trumpism: Has Trump ushered in an authoritarian crisis, an overdue constitutional overhaul, or merely benefitted from America’s rotten politics?” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“$1 billion Supreme Court music piracy case could affect internet users; Cox Communications was ordered to pay $1 billion for not doing enough to stop music piracy; The company says that judgment could ‘jeopardize internet access for all Americans’”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Judicial Notice (11.30.25): Dismissed; Dismissals for Trump, Jim Comey, and Tish James; two new SCOTUS opinions; rethinking the Biglaw summer program; and the latest in Latham v. Kirkland.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Billboards, Donations and 6,000 Letters: Why Luigi Mangione’s Fans Won’t Quit; As the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO heads to court this week, his support has proven surprisingly enduring.” Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Hegseth conscripts the Pentagon for Trump’s ‘retribution campaign’; In threatening to deploy the military justice system against Democrats, Hegseth has joined Trump’s norm-shattering bid to punish political foes”: Noah Robertson, Tara Copp, and Sarah Ellison of The Washington Post have this report.

“Inverse Critical Race Theory: Why did Texas redistrict?” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site.

“Trump officials and judge face off over flights to El Salvador in rare, high-stakes contempt probe”: Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press has this report.

“Tom Goldstein Identifies Funder He Used to Pay Personal Debts”: Emily R. Siegel of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

Update: You can access the pro se appellant’s motion to expedite and brief for appellant.

“North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Daniel Crothers announces retirement”: Mary Steurer of North Dakota Monitor has this report.

“Gov. Cox says it’s ‘a good idea’ to add justices to the Utah Supreme Court — and it’s not court packing; The governor acknowledged Republican lawmakers are frustrated with the court, but ‘I didn’t have that same consternation’”: Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

“ProPublica’s hit piece on NC Supreme Court gets the law wrong”: Jeanette Doran has this essay online at The Carolina Journal.

“My Interview with a Supreme Court Justice: KidScoop correspondent meets Anthony Kennedy.” Culver City News has published this report written by Quinlan Taylor.

“Frustrated by missing mail, one American took the Postal Service to court”: Susan Haigh of The Associated Press has this report.

“The Irish court”: Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“All you ever wanted to know about the Supreme Court lottery”: Nora Collins has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Copyright Piracy at the Supreme Court: In Cox v. Sony, is an internet provider liable for digital thieves?” This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“DOJ Legal Adviser Says Halligan Can Still Be Called US Attorney”: Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Supreme Court Defers Ruling on Trump’s Effort to Oust Copyright Official; An appeals court panel had said that Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, could remain in her role as an adviser to Congress”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

And Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court puts off ruling on Trump’s firing of copyright official; The Supreme Court will consider two other cases on presidential firings first.”

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

“Bove Can’t Use Judgeship to Duck Testimony On Removal Flights”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg News has this report.