“The Supreme Court Ruled in Favor of Trump. And That Is OK.” Law professor William Baude has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Appeals court allows Texas library to remove books that triggered sex, race concerns”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“Phila. Law Firm Evades Disqualification Over ‘Questionable’ Document Procurement; Toll Brothers sought Horn Williamson’s disqualification from the litigation after discovering that the firm had improperly obtained information about confidential settlements the defendants had entered in similar cases in the past”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on a unanimous, non-precedential decision that a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday.

I briefed and argued this appeal on behalf of the Horn Williamson law firm.

Update: In other coverage, Ryan Boysen of Law360 reports that “Philly Firm Dodges DQ Despite ‘Troubling’ Discovery Conduct” (subscription required for full access).

“SCOTUS Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2025 And Beyond; Will Justices Thomas or Alito retire under Trump? I’m betting against it.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“How To Save The Federal Reserve: investigating the caveat in Trump v. Wilcox.” William Baude has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

And at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site, Jay Willis has a post titled “The Supreme Court Really Expects You to Take This Craven Horseshit Seriously; The conservative justices looked at the most embarrassing line in Bush v. Gore and thought, ‘Yeah, let’s do that again.’”

“James Ho Understands What Trump Wants In a Supreme Court Justice; Getting on this White House’s Supreme Court shortlist is a matter of showing that you will be loyal to the president above all else”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Julia Grant ’23 To Clerk at U.S. Supreme Court; Former Clinic Student Will Work for Justice Brett Kavanaugh”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“Ed Martin’s failed bid for U.S. attorney revealed the limits of Trump’s power; The unsuccessful nomination revealed a shifting relationship between the president and GOP senators — and Trump’s willingness to walk away from a protracted fight”: Martine Powers and Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post have this report.

“Bonus 152: Judge Ho, Due Process, and ‘Disrespect’; Some thoughts on Judge Ho’s rather galling claim that the Supreme Court ‘disrespect[ed]’ the district court and the President in Friday’s ruling in the ‘A.A.R.P. II’ Alien Enemies Act case.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Supreme Court Lets Trump, for Now, Remove Agency Leaders; An appeals court previously ruled that a key 1935 precedent, long in the cross hairs of the conservative legal movement, meant the officials could keep their jobs”: Adam Liptak and Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times have this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court allows Trump to fire independent regulators for now; The order, which drew a sharp dissent from the three liberal justices, powerfully endorsed President Donald Trump’s authority over the federal bureaucracy.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court upholds for now Trump’s firing of two independent agency officials.”

Jess Bravin and Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Agency Officials, but Moves to Protect Fed; Order suggests justices will soon eliminate congressional power to insulate agencies from the White House.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court grants Trump broad powers to fire agency leaders.”

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

“Republican Bill Would Limit Judges’ Contempt Power; Democrats have argued that House Republicans’ measure would rob courts of their power by stripping away any consequences for officials who ignore judges’ rulings”: Michael Gold of The New York Times has this report.

“Deadlocked Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma; In a 4-to-4 decision, the court upheld a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that blocked the school”: Abbie VanSickle and Sarah Mervosh of The New York Times have this report.

Justin Jouvenal, Laura Meckler, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court deadlocks, blocking creation of first religious public school; With only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that a public religious charter school would violate the separation of church and state.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court splits 4-4, blocking first religious charter school in Oklahoma.”

Jess Bravin and Matt Barnum of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Deadlock Blocks State Funding for Religious Charter Schools; The 4-4 vote, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett recusing herself, delivers an unexpected setback for social conservatives.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court blocks Catholic charter school in big setback for religion advocates.”

Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Divided Supreme Court affirms Oklahoma decision to block nation’s first religious charter school.”

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Religious Charter School Blocked After Supreme Court Deadlock.”

You can access today’s per curiam decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Pa. Justices To Mull State DOT Liability For Hanging Branches”: Matthew Santoni of Law360 has this report (subscription required for full access).

My recent earlier post about this case can be accessed here.

“How Trump Officials Debated Handling of the Abrego Garcia Case: ‘Keep Him Where He Is’; A Maryland man’s deportation to El Salvador set off a fierce debate among officials in three cabinet agencies, despite agreement there had been a mistake.” Hamed Aleaziz and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

“Fifth Circuit Assigns A.A.R.P. v. Trump To New Panel For Reargument, Judge Ho Concurs”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” about a published order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Trump 2.0 and the Supreme Court Reform Debate; Does the left’s turn to the courts in response to the Second Trump Administration’s excesses show advocates of structural reform of the Supreme Court were wrong?” Dan Epps has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“SCOTUS Is About to Suffer Buyers Remorse, Again: They decided to tackle the very messy question of nationwide injunctions instead of answering the easy, obviously unconstitutional issue.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Will the Courts Let Trump End Birthright Citizenship?” You can access the new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Friends with Oprah Winfrey”: You can access the new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“Classes May Be the Surprise Answer to Universal Injunctions”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.

“Reasonable Minds in AARP v. Trump; In defense of Wes Hendrix — and the U.S. Supreme Court”: William Baude has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

The Pa. Supreme Court today granted review to decide “Whether the Commonwealth’s waiver of sovereign immunity under the real estate exception allows recovery against PennDOT where the defective, rotted, and diseased portion of a tree that failed, fatally injuring a motorist traveling below, was located directly above PennDOT’s roadway and within PennDOT’s right-of-way”: You can access the order granting review at this link.

And you can access the Petition for Allowance of Appeal that I filed in this case, on behalf of the plaintiff, at this link.

Programming note: On Wednesday, I am scheduled to argue an appeal before a nine-judge en banc panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. This will be my second en banc oral argument before that court, but the first one in-person, as the previous one occurred via video during the Covid lockdown.

I originally argued this case before a three-judge Pa. Superior Court panel on June 26, 2024. That three-judge panel never issued a ruling. Instead, the Pa. Superior Court issued an order granting en banc review of the case on November 15, 2024.

As a result, additional posts will appear here on Wednesday night.

“Gov. Kay Ivey appoints Bill Lewis to the Alabama Supreme Court”: Anna Barrett of Alabama Reflector has this report.

And the Alabama Governor’s Office today issued a news release titled “Governor Ivey Appoints Judge Bill Lewis to Serve on Supreme Court of Alabama.”

“A Charge on Gettysburg”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link.

“Former Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter ’61 Remembered as ‘the Model of a Justice’”: Caroline G. Hennigan and Bradford D. Kimball of The Harvard Crimson have this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Charles Barzun has a post titled “The quiet radicalism of Justice Souter.”

“Rep. Laurel Libby regains right to vote in House from Supreme Court; The nation’s highest court sides with the Republican lawmaker who was blocked from voting after she identified a transgender student athlete in a critical social media post”: Randy Billings of The Portland (Me.) Press Herald has this report.

Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court Orders Maine House to Restore Voting Power to Censured Lawmaker, for Now; State Representative Laurel Libby, a Republican, had been banned from voting over comments opposing transgender athletes in girls’ sports.”

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court for now overturns Maine official’s censure on trans sports; Maine lawmakers stripped voting rights from state Rep. Laurel D. Libby (R) after her online post about a transgender high school pole vaulter.”

Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Backs Maine Republican Censured for Transgender-Athlete Post; Justices grant emergency reprieve to state Rep. Laurel Libby, who was prohibited from voting while the punishment was in place.”

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Supreme Court Gives Relief to Maine Legislator in Transgender Sports Controversy.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“A Supreme Court Injustice to a District Judge; Justice Alito’s dissent gets it right: James Hendrix handled the Alien Enemies Act case commendably.” Law professor Paul G. Cassell will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Supreme Court’s Last Chance to Rein in Universal Injunctions; The measures block the enforcement of laws nationwide, making it increasingly difficult for presidents to govern”: Michael A. Fragoso has this essay online at City Journal.

“Supreme Court ruling on TPS stuns South Florida, leaves Venezuelan families in fear”: Verónica Egui Brito, Sonia Osorio, Grethel Aguila, Nora Gámez Torres, and Syra Ortiz Blanes of The Miami Herald have this report.

And Christine Armario of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court ruling on Venezuelans ripples through Miami’s ‘Doralzuela’; Venezuelans have long considered the Miami suburb of Doral their refuge. Trump’s immigration crackdown is calling that into question.”

“Five years after George Floyd’s death, calls to reform qualified immunity mostly fall silent; Police officers continue to benefit from the legal defense that helps them fend off civil rights claims, including allegations of using excessive force”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“Justice Jay Mitchell resigns from Alabama Supreme Court to run for Attorney General in 2026”: Grayson Everett of Yellowhammer has this report.

“Liberal Chris Taylor to challenge conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley in 2026”: Alison Dirr and Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

“Who Gets to Be an American? Since the earliest days of the Republic, American citizenship has been contested, subject to the anti-democratic impulses of racism, suspicion, and paranoia.” Michael Luo has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Justices Give Alternative Path to Block Trump Orders Nationwide; ‘Quiet bombshell’ dropped on fight over nationwide injunctions; Relief available to parties in proposed class actions”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.