“Justice Dept. attacks judge after prosecutors’ stumbles in Comey case; Interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan scolded a federal judge for using a synonym in court and is giving conflicting accounts of how a grand jury indicted the former FBI director”: Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post has this report.

“She Saved for Years for IVF, Then Had to Fight Her Ex for the Embryos; Costly and emotionally taxing efforts to have children can be jeopardized when couples split”: Dalvin Brown of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“The Federalist Society Is Torn Between Its Legal Philosophy and Trump’s Demands; Guided by Leonard Leo, the society built a pipeline for traditional conservative judges; But that might not be enough for President Trump in his second term”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

“Comey Prosecution on the Ropes After Series of Missteps; Rushed process and departure from protocol have hurt the case, former prosecutors say”: Sadie Gurman and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy in Conversation with David Rubenstein: Life, Law & Liberty.” The 92nd Street Y, New York has posted this video on YouTube.

“White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats; The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say”: Ellen Nakashima, Warren P. Strobel, and Alex Horton of The Washington Post have this report.

“Eric Holder to tear into Supreme Court as major redistricting decision looms; The court has found itself at the center of a national debate over the limits of redistricting”: Gregory Svirnovskiy of Politico has this report.

“Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S.; A Costa Rican official rebutted the Trump administration’s claim that the only possible destination to deport the undocumented Salvadoran immigrant is the West African nation of Liberia”: Maria Sacchetti of The Washington Post has this report.

“All eyes on the Manhattan US attorney’s office ahead of Epstein docs release; Prosecutors in the office are wary of the directive given to Jay Clayton”: Erica Orden of Politico has this report.

“Meet the Trump-appointed judge who could cost Republicans the House; Brown’s ruling struck down the centerpiece of a nationwide redistricting effort aimed at protecting the GOP’s narrow House majority”: Daniel Barnes of Politico has this report.

“Arizona attorney general asks state supreme court to revive case against Trump’s 2020 allies; It’s the third time in recent days that local courts or prosecutors breathed new life into criminal cases stemming from Trump’s 2020 election effort”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“NC Supreme Court’s Earls draws criticism over statement on immigration actions; Associate Justice Phil Berger Jr. and Earls’ 2026 opponent Rep. Sarah Stevens (R-Surry) weighed in”: A.P. Dillon of North State Journal has this report.

“ICE wrongfully detained a R.I. Superior Court intern, as demand grows for access to virtually appear in court; Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell said the ‘egregious incident underscores both the community’s and the Judiciary’s concerns about how ICE is conducting its operations in Rhode Island’”: Christopher Gavin of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Titus appointed to succeed Armstead on West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals”: Steven Allen Adams of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel has this report.

“Newest addition to Kansas Supreme Court promises to be the justice all Kansans deserve”: Anna Kaminski of Kansas Reflector has this report.

“Colorado Supreme Court to consider Vail Resorts’ liability waiver in case involving guest hit by snowmobile in Breckenridge; The case involving Breckenridge Ski Resort could be the latest to help define the extent to which liability waivers protect Colorado ski resorts from litigation over negligence claims”: Ryan Spencer of The Summit Daily has this report.

“Chancellor James Kent on Hamilton’s Federalist No. 77 and Modern Academic Commentary”: Seth Barrett Tillman has this guest post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The Texas Gerrymandering Case Is a Test of the Supreme Court’s Integrity; Do the justices have any rules they won’t let Republicans break?” Pema Levy has this essay online at Mother Jones.

“Victims’ Families Ask the Fifth Circuit to Overturn the Dismissal of the Criminal Case Against Boeing; My two petitions for writs of mandamus challenge the Justice Department’s violation of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act and argue for substantive ‘public interest’ review of prosecutors’ dismissal motions”: Paul Cassell recently had this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The Situation: The Inanities Continue in the Comey Case; It’s getting hard to keep up.” Benjamin Wittes has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Northern Ireland Must Change How Its Schools Teach Religion, Court Says; The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom said Northern Ireland’s public schools must include the study of faiths other than Christianity”: Esther Bintliff of The New York Times has this report.

You can access Wednesday’s decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom at this link.

“An Inside Look at Preparing for the Supreme Court”: First Liberty Live has posted this video on YouTube.

“Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Pa. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on legality of ‘skill games’”: Tom Riese of 90.5 WESA has this report.

“Antonin Scalia Was a Diversity Hire; The late justice spent his career ridiculing the notion that elite institutions had any interest in diversity; He might not have made the Supreme Court without it”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“A House Bill Abolishing Judicial Retention Elections Is Back Before Lawmakers; Pennsylvania House Republican Russ Diamond has sponsored similar bills in both 2021 and 2023”: Tristin Hoffman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

“The Question of Standing in Leaks of Non-‘Salacious’ Data: When driver’s license numbers surface online after a data breach, their owners have standing to sue — at least in the Fourth Circuit.” Irene Loewenson has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“5th Circuit Judge Ho, Once Again, Tops List of Most Prolific Writers of Dissents, Concurrences; The study looked at the number of dissents and concurrences written by each federal judge under age 55 who was active between January 2023 and December 2024”: Avalon Zoppo of Law.com has this report.

“Qaeda Convict Returns to Guantánamo Court 17 Years After Trial; The Yemeni prisoner spent nearly seven hours at the war court, displaying some of the defiance of his 2008 proceeding”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

Access the Second Superseding Indictment filed yesterday in United States v. Thomas C. Goldstein: At this link.

“DOJ Reverses Itself, Says Comey Grand Jury Saw Final Indictment”: Robert Burnson of Bloomberg News has this report.

“I worry that overuse of the certified-question procedure contravenes history and tradition, undermines federalism, diminishes the parity of state and federal courts, and patronizes our colleagues in the judicial branches of the several States”: Fifth Circuit Judge Andrew S. Oldham issued this dissenting opinion yesterday.

“Texas Gerrymandering Case Prompts Fifth Circuit Judge to Crash Out In Alarming, Antisemitic Fashion; Someone needs to take the Fox News machine away from Jerry Smith’s chambers”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Macon judge honored at U.S. Supreme Court | Here’s what he said about the honor.” 13WMAZ of Macon, Georgia has posted online this video report.

“An immigration court error 6 years ago could lead to release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; A judge said the Trump administration’s bid to deport the Salvadoran man could be tripped up by 2019 ‘mistake’”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.