“One Obstacle to Trump’s Border Wall Might Be His First Supreme Court Appointee; To get to the border, Trump may have to go through Neil Gorsuch”: Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones has this report.

“Trump Declared a Border Emergency. Here’s How It Could Be Undone in Court.” Simon Romero has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Rebecca Ballhaus has a front page article headlined “Trump Declares Emergency Over Wall, Inviting Likely Court Fight; Plan heads off another shutdown, diverts money from elsewhere in government to pay for additional barriers.”

“Don’t Let Trump’s Abortion Rhetoric Numb You to Kavanaugh’s Distortions; The president’s words are much more bombastic, but it’s the justice’s that will matter”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Trump’s National Emergency Declaration Is Likely To Face Constitutionality Challenges”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Parsing the Shadow Docket: What recent, seemingly procedural SCOTUS decisions can tell us about substance.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick with guests Risa Goluboff and Leslie Kendrick.