U.S. Executes Brandon Bernard After Supreme Court Denies Stay Bernard, convicted for his role in a 1999 kidnapping and killing, is the ninth federal inmate to be executed this year and the first in 130 years to be put to death during a lame-duck presidency. Jaclyn Diaz
Will there be repercussions for frivolous Trump election lawsuits? UW law professor says yes ‘In about 10 minutes, I identified at least eight separate sections of those rules that one or the other, or all of these lawyers have violated.’ Kim Malcolm
Supreme Court Says Muslim Men Can Sue FBI Agents In No-Fly List Case The case – Tanzin v Tanvir — involved three Muslim men who said their religious-freedom rights were violated when FBI agents tried to use the no-fly list to force them into becoming informants. Nina Totenberg
Morning News Brief The FDA will vote on whether to clear Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. Two lawsuits question how Facebook got so big. Plus, lawmakers on Capitol Hill debate a COVID-19 relief package. Noel King
Arizona Man Sentenced For Role In Neo-Nazi Plot Targeting Journalists Johnny Roman Garza, 21, pleaded guilty in September to conspiring with three other members of a group called the Atomwaffen Division to identify and threaten journalists and activists. Laurel Wamsley
Trump Asks Supreme Court To Let Him Join Widely Scorned Texas Election Lawsuit The suit, viewed as a baseless hail Mary attempt to get the justices to invalidate Joe Biden's election, has little to no chance of success. Nina Totenberg
Seattle Police Ruled In Contempt For Firing Less Lethal Weapons At BLM Protesters A federal judge said "the court cannot ignore the clear violations" of an injunction limiting the police department's use of the weapons, but added some instances were in compliance. Vanessa Romo
Supreme Court Rejects GOP Bid To Reverse Pennsylvania Election Results The lawsuit argued a 2019 state law authorizing universal mail-in voting was unconstitutional and that all ballots cast by mail in the general election in Pennsylvania should be thrown out. Barbara Sprunt
U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, The 2nd Court To Fully Block The Action A federal judge in Washington found that the administration's proposed ban was "arbitrary and capricious" and the president overstepped his authority in using emergency economic powers. Bobby Allyn
Looted Nazi Art Again Before Supreme Court In 2004 it was the famous "Woman In Gold" painting by Gustav Klimt. Now it is the Guelph Treasure. Both were owned by Jews and expropriated by the Nazis. Nina Totenberg