“Justice Department Accuses A.C.L.U. of Misconduct in Abortion Case”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Trump administration suggests possibility of disciplinary action against ACLU lawyers in abortion case.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Trump administration asks Supreme Court to punish ACLU lawyers who helped teen migrant get abortion.”

Kevin Johnson of USA Today has an article headlined “DOJ: ACLU ‘misled’ government in immigrant abortion case.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “DOJ petitions Supreme Court, accuses ACLU of lying in illegal minor’s abortion case.”

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Justice Department Wants To Get Rid Of Court Orders That Allowed An Undocumented Teen To Get An Abortion.”

You can access the federal government’s petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Trump Judicial Nominees Oppose the Trump Administration on Civil Asset Forfeiture and Birthright Citizenship; In the 5th Circuit, it’s shaping up to be Trump vs. Trump’s judicial picks”: Damon Root has this post at Reason.com’s “Hit & Run” blog.

“At current pace, Democrats can draw out debate for 8 weeks on Trump’s circuit court nominees”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “The Senate spent this entire week confirming just five of President Trump’s circuit court picks. At that rate, it would take nearly eight weeks of working every day and doing nothing else — no tax overhaul, no year-end spending bills, no debt increase, no Children’s Health Insurance Program extension — to confirm the 47 other judicial nominees the president has pending.”

“Senate confirms Penn professor for Third Circuit appeals court”: Robert Moran of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Jesse Paul of The Denver Post reports that “Senate confirms Allison Eid to replace Neil Gorsuch on powerful Denver federal appeals court; The vote was 56-41, with just four Democrats — including Michael Bennet — in support.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Senate confirms two more federal judges, bringing total to five this week.”

“Delaware Supreme Court mulls allowing do-over derivative suits”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Free speech v. same-sex marriage case floods high court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“The Supreme Court Has An Ethics Problem: Justices on the high court don’t have to follow the same code of conduct as they do in lower courts; That needs to change.” U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has this essay online at Politico Magazine.