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i heard there is a ball dropping later. does anybody have the details? i am interested in that

NEW: January #SCOTUS argument calendar. Chevron cases on Jan. 17.

Farewell to a class act, lovely guy and stellar journalist.

R. I.P. Joe Lelyveld, a towering giant of American journalism whose ascent in the face of a famously awkward mien was, as The New Yorker put it, “a triumph of merit.” nytimes.com/2024/01/05/bus…

Justice Breyer writes a letter to The Times reflecting on the life of Robert Badinter, formerly president of France’s Constitutional Council and minister of justice (scroll down in link). nytimes.com/2024/02/16/opi…

Failure to scrub metadata exposes liberals' Trump case concurrence as formerly a partial dissent written by Justice Sotomayor. This is gift that has been giving to journalists like me for decades. This oldie but goodie via my #SCOTUS colleague Adam Liptak: nytimes.com/2006/06/22/was…

Apropos OJ, my Johnnie Cochran obit nytimes.com/2005/03/30/us/…

Announcing our new members! The Academy is honoring excellence in an array of disciplines and professions, and inviting these new members to join our work to advance the common good. The first members were elected in 1781. Learn who was elected in 2024: amacad.org/news

A reader wrote to me suggesting a connection between the Manhattan hush-money trial and Thursday’s immunity argument at the Supreme Court. In slow-walking the immunity case, the reader wrote, the justices are engaged in their own catch-and-kill operation.

Devastated to hear of the death of Fred Schauer, one of the greatest First Amendment scholars, with massive contributions in many domains (including the debate over rules & standards, and over formalism). A huge loss (plus a reminder: If you admire and love people, tell them so.)

We're excited to share that Rebecca Corbett will be motivating a new generation of reporters in The Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship program. nytco.com/press/new-role…

New: online lottery for seats for Supreme Court arguments supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/pre…

R.I.P. George Priest, a great scholar with a fine sense of humor who did what he could to teach me antitrust and products liability law.

We stand with the The Associated Press which is resisting government pressure attempting to dictate how it writes about the news. This is exactly what the founders had in mind when they crafted the First Amendment.

NEWS: Ruth Marcus has resigned from the Washington Post as columnist and associate editor, citing publisher Will Lewis' decision to kill her column over owner Jeff Bezos's plans to overhaul the opinion pages to focus on his libertarian priorities. Coverage forthcoming.

The tragic self-destruction of a great newspaper continues. I had the privilege of working with Ruth Marcus for years and she is the best of the best. Whether you agree with her or not, she is the model of journalistic excellence and integrity. apnews.com/article/washin…

Just out: "Mad House," the wild, this-can't-possibly-be-true-and-yet-it-is inside account of an off-its-rocker Congress by two of our absolute best, Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater☀️. You won't want to put it down. politics-prose.com/book/978059373… amazon.com/Mad-House-Sale…

"Better Call Paul," a brilliant alternative headline from Ruth Marcus for her look at Paul Clement's representation of WilmerHale newyorker.com/news/persons-o…

In the law firm executive order cases, DOJ says an injunction barring implementation will only be enforceable against the govt agencies named in the complaint. So Perkins Coie just amended its complaint to name all the relevant fed agencies. The case caption is now 40 pages long.