“Tribes want Congress to allow criminal justice compacts with Oklahoma in wake of landmark McGirt ruling”: Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World has an article that begins, “Some tribal representatives want Congress to allow them to compact with the state to deal with the implementation of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case regarding criminal jurisdiction.”

“Federal prisons on lockdown in run-up to Biden inauguration”: Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo of The Associated Press have this report.

“Merrick Garland may be the attorney general America needs; It is essential that the next attorney general be respected for his experience, intelligence, integrity, and impartiality”: Senior U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf (D. Mass.) has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“U.S. urges immunity for Trump from rape accuser’s lawsuit”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Asks Appeals Court to Let Him Dodge Rape Accuser Suit.”

Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press reports that “US lawyers ask 2nd Circuit to nix Trump from defamation suit.”

And Tal Axelrod of The Hill reports that “Justice Dept. argues Trump should get immunity from rape accuser’s lawsuit.”

“Harris to be sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor at inauguration; Justice Sonia Sotomayor is another historic female first”: Averi Harper and Beatrice Peterson of ABC News have this report.

“Trump Targeted the Mentally Ill With His Lame Duck Execution Spree”: Austin Sarat has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Also online there, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Sonia Sotomayor Condemns Trump’s Execution Spree: ‘This Is Not Justice.’“

“Census due to count all immigrants”: Lyle Denniston has a blog post that begins, “A part of government anti-immigrant policy that President Trump and his aides pursued throughout their four years in office reached its end on Friday in a federal courthouse in California.”

“Business as usual for high court, despite riot, impeachment”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“U.S. Carries Out Last Execution of Trump’s Term; Dustin Higgs, the 13th and final federal inmate to die before President Trump leaves office, was executed after the Supreme Court gave its approval”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Heather Yakin of The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that “Dustin Higgs, Poughkeepsie native, becomes 13th Trump execution after Supreme Court ruling.”

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court’s liberal justices lash out at unprecedented ‘rush’ of executions as Trump leaves office.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissents therefrom, at this link.

“Crow man who won tribal hunting rights case at U.S. Supreme Court denies child porn charges”: Phoebe Tollefson of The Billings Gazette has this report.

Update: I updated this post on January 18, 2021 to reflect the publication’s revision of the article’s headline.

“Boston Marathon Bomber Appeal Is Early Biden Death-Penalty Test”: Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law has this report.