* A look at the unequal justice highlighted by the execution of Ronald Smith. [The Hill]
* Cherokee Nation says marriage is a fundamental right, opening the door to same-sex marriage. [Turtle Talk]
* The Los Angeles Times takes an interesting tack on Japanese internment. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]
* A look at the faithless elector lawsuit. [Salon]
* An easy way for out-of-work lawyers to pick up additional job skills. [Law and More]
* Loretta Lynch comes out swinging against Trumpism. [Slate]
* President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of labor, fast-food executive Andrew Puzder, is a critic of the Obama Administration's regulation in this area (and he's a former litigator, interestingly enough). [Washington Post]
* Judge Bill Pryor (11th Cir.), a top SCOTUS contender in a Trump Administration, is beloved by conservatives -- but confirming him could be a battle. [Bloomberg BNA via How Appealing]
* The Arkansas Supreme Court rules that married lesbian couples can't put the names of both spouses on their children's birth certificates. [WSJ Law Blog]
* SEC enforcement chief Andrew Ceresney will leave the agency by the end of this year; where might he wind up? [Law.com]
* Governor Andrew Cuomo met with the feds in connection with the corruption case brought against some of his former aides. [New York Times]
* Michael Jordan's latest court victory -- in an IP case in China. [Bloomberg]
* Alabama prisoner Ronald Smith is executed after the Supreme Court denies a stay, leaving SCOTUS review of the state's unique "judicial override" system for another day. [New York Times via How Appealing]
Legal teams ask a practical question. If large language models are so capable, why does legal AI still depend on curated content, and why does surfacing that content matter so much?
