“Trump visits Justice Department for speech that breaks all norms; Donald Trump railed against the federal prosecutions he once faced during a rare presidential visit to the Justice Department”: Perry Stein, Jeremy Roebuck, and Derek Hawkins of The Washington Post have this report.

“Was Integration the Wrong Goal? Why some mainstream Black intellectuals are giving up on Brown v. Board of Education.” Law professor Justin Driver has this Books article in the April 2025 issue of The Atlantic.

“The Competition to Get Into Law School Is Brutal This Year; Applications are surging as students seek stability in a difficult job market”: Sara Randazzo of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump Escalates Fight With Big Law Firms, Targeting Paul Weiss; Executive order comes days after judge said such retaliation was likely unconstitutional”: Erin Mulvaney of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

The White House has posted online an Executive Order titled “Addressing Risks from Paul Weiss.”

“Democrats’ Anti-Musk Strategy Gets First Test in Wisconsin Election; Billionaires from both sides of political spectrum pouring money into race that is poised to break record for most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history”: John McCormick of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial titled “‘Elon’ for Wisconsin Supreme Court? Democrats want a referendum on Musk, not abortion or Act 10.”

“Appeals court allows Trump to reinstate two executive orders targeting DEI; The three-member appeals panel lifted a lower court’s injunction that had put the policy on hold”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on an order accompanied by three concurring opinions that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Trump Expands Attacks on Law Firms, Singling Out Paul, Weiss; Experts have warned that the president’s efforts threaten the ability of lawyers to do their jobs and private citizens to obtain legal counsel”: Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager of The New York Times have this report.

“Judge rejects DOJ’s effort to expand reach of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon; U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, called the Justice Department’s position irrational”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued Thursday.

“Pam Bondi reshapes the DOJ around Trump’s priorities; Some people thought Attorney General Pam Bondi would resist efforts to politicize the DOJ; Instead, critics say, she has embraced them”: Ken Dilanian of NBC News has this report.

“Courts could be last hope to thwart Trump impoundment; President Trump’s slash-and burn overhaul of federal funding should have ignited an existential crisis for lawmakers, since they alone hold the power of the purse; Instead, it may be up to the courts to mend the constitutional wounds”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Iowa Supreme Court dismisses alleged UIHC illicit insemination case; A case alleging a former University of Iowa OB-GYN chair non-consensually inseminated patients with his own sperm in the 1950s cannot go to trial”: Jami Martin-Trainor of The Daily Iowan has this report.

“The Detention of Mahmoud Khalil Is a Flagrant Assault on Free Speech; Whatever legal rationale the Trump Administration cooks up, deporting protesters for things they say is wildly un-American — and possibly unpopular, too”: Jay Caspian Kang has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Legal experts pan Trump’s Supreme Court appeal on birthright citizenship”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“The judge who contributed to Judge Griffin’s legal fund won’t hear his election case”: Lynn Bonner of NC Newsline has this report.

And The Carolina Journal reports that “Appellate judges reject full court hearing of Griffin-Riggs election dispute.”

“Supreme Court Revives Long-Running Nazi Art Restitution Case; The case involving a Pissarro is being sent back to federal court in California for review in light of a new state law, in a dispute between heirs and a Spanish museum”: Christopher Kuo of The New York Times has this report.

“Ninth Circuit dismisses sanctions against Alan Dershowitz for Kari Lake election suit; The panel agreed that the trial judge followed the law by imposing sanctions for bringing false claims into court but reversed the order due to a lack of precedent”: Joe Duhownik of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Full 11th Circuit upholds Florida age limit for gun buys, rejecting NRA challenge; Although the appeals court ruled the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act constitutional, Florida’s attorney general announced his office would not defend the law if the case is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court”: Kayla Goggin of Courthouse News Service has this report on an 8-to-4 decision that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

“Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Florida Case Over Gender Identity in Schools; The mother at the center of the case, January Littlejohn, was a guest of the first lady Melania Trump at President Trump’s speech to Congress last week”: Emily Cochrane of The New York Times has this report.

My earlier coverage of Wednesday’s Eleventh Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“The Unraveling of Trump’s Plan to Detain Thousands of Migrants at Guantanamo; The U.S. military has started making plans to draw down personnel deployed to the naval base in the coming weeks”: Shelby Holliday, Tarini Parti, and Nancy A. Youssef of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Trump Uses Speech at Justice Dept. to Air Bitter Grievances Against His Enemies; Mr. Trump veered from his prepared remarks to launch into a bitter spiel in which he lashed out at lawyers and former prosecutors by name in a venue dedicated to the impartial administration of justice”: Glenn Thrush, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, and Tyler Pager of The New York Times have this report.

“James Ho Supreme Court Audition Watch, Week 8: Working Hovertime; The Fifth Circuit’s thirstiest culture warrior is running out of ways to debase himself in public.” Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Trump’s Attack On Perkins Coie Sends Chills Down My Spine; That’s what one federal judge said about the executive order targeting Perkins Coie — and I agree with her wholeheartedly”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Don’t Condemn Lawyers Because You Don’t Like Their Clients; Law firm Perkins Coie looks likely to win at least part of its suit against President Trump but there’s a larger principle at stake”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Judges threatened with impeachment, bombs for ruling against Trump agenda”: Carrie Johnson has this audio segment on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“A Conservative Lawyer Was Asked to Fix the Eric Adams Mess. Instead, He Made It Worse.” Law professor Bennett Capers has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches the Supreme Court; Trump administration lawyers asked the justices to limit the sweep of decisions by three lower courts that issued nationwide pauses on the policy”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow and David Nakamura of The Washington Post report that “Trump asks Supreme Court to allow birthright citizenship ban in some states; Lower-court judges have blocked Trump’s initiative nationwide, saying it violates the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Makes Emergency Plea to Supreme Court on Birthright Citizenship; High court is asked to limit nationwide injunctions that blocked president’s bid to restrict who is entitled to citizenship.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let birthright citizenship changes proceed.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to curb judges’ power to block policies nationwide; The emergency appeal comes in the battle over birthright citizenship — but it could have ripple effects in cases challenging many aspects of Trump’s agenda.”

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Trump pulls Supreme Court into birthright citizenship brawl; President Donald Trump wants the justices to enforce his unilateral effort to end birthright citizenship while lower courts review the constitutionality of the executive order.”

You can access the Acting Solicitor General’s filings here, here, and here.

“Supreme Court gets ready to decide if abortion providers can be denied Medicaid dollars”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Sister of US Supreme Court justice receives pipe bomb threat at Charleston residence”: Alan Hovorka and Caitlin Bell of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina have this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Sister of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was target of bomb threat at home.”

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Sister of US Supreme Court’s Barrett target of bomb threat, police say.”

And Megan Forrester of ABC News has a report headlined “Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s sister receives bomb threat: Police; The email said a bomb had been placed in Amanda Coney Williams’ mailbox.”

“New Justice Megan Shanahan says Ohio Supreme Court is ‘where laws meet lives’”: Kevin Grasha of The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report.

“Arkansas Supreme Court chief justice harassed court staff, per human resources report; Report led court administrator in January to inform Chief Justice Baker she was no longer allowed near certain offices”: Tess Vrbin of Arkansas Advocate has this report.

“Who Is Elon Musk Helping Now? A Judicial Candidate Who’s a Big Trump Fan. Brad Schimel, a judge who is so supportive of the president that he dressed up as him for Halloween, is hoping to flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court for conservatives.” Reid J. Epstein and Steve Eder of The New York Times have this report.

“Cavanagh selected as Michigan Supreme Court’s next chief justice”: Kyle Davidson of Michigan Advance has this report.

“Idaho will be only state with firing squad as main execution method, after governor signs bill; Idaho’s firing squad method will be ‘mechanized,’ Rep. Bruce Skaug says; Idaho Department of Correction won’t confirm plans”: Kyle Pfannenstiel of Idaho Capital Sun has this report.

“Donald Trump Is Tearing Up The First Amendment; The president is waging an across-the-board war against the First Amendment and its legal interpretations from the mid-20th century to today”: Paul Blumenthal of HuffPost has this report.

“Conservatives Single Out Judges Over DEI Courtroom Policies; Groups, litigants targeting judges’ pronoun, oral argument policies; Ethics complaints, recusal motions top strategy”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.