“How the modern Supreme Court might view the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Corporate Transparency Act Still Blocked Despite Supreme Court Decision; A separate national injunction blocking implementation remains in place”: Mengqi Sun of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“To gain a court seat, Republicans seek to throw out thousands of votes; The North Carolina Supreme Court may rule in a case that will determine which party gains control of a key seat on its own bench”: Patrick Marley of The Washington Post has this report.

“Teddy Roosevelt Quickly Regrets Appointing Justice Holmes; ‘I could carve out of a banana a judge with more backbone’”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Justice Dept. revokes job offers to young lawyers in elite honors program; Students or graduates from Harvard, Duke, Georgetown, Stanford and other top law schools lost job offers from the Attorney General’s Honors Program”: Perry Stein and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

“Trump Loses on Birthright Citizenship; A federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan calls the executive order ‘blatantly unconstitutional’”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Announcing Final Decisions PLLC”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“The Justice Department’s Defense of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Is Vapid and Embarrassing; In a judiciary dominated by conservatives, the Trump administration’s worst legal arguments stand a better chance than ever of carrying the day”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Who Wins at the Supreme Court? Exploring the Patterns of Victory in Major Case Areas; An in-depth look at the dominant players, key issue areas, and repeat victors shaping the outcomes of Supreme Court rulings.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Legalytics” Substack site.

“The Next Trump Judges Will Be So Much Worse; The Federalist Society’s waning influence in the Trump White House means that his next nominees will be considerably further to the right, and personally committed to the work of protecting Donald Trump”: Molly Coleman has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Prosecution Seeks Pause in Sept. 11 Case Until Trump Administration Is in Place; The new administration does not yet have a confirmed defense secretary, attorney general or solicitor general in place”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

“New Research Finds Potential Alternative to Abortion Pill Mifepristone; The research could further complicate the polarized politics of abortion because the drug in the study is the key ingredient in a pill used for emergency contraception”: Pam Belluck and Emily Bazelon of The New York Times have this report.

“Bonus 118: On the Credibility of the Department of Justice; Three days into the second Trump administration, there are already reasons to be gravely concerned about the extent to which government lawyers will turn square corners with (and in) the Supreme Court.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Trust the ichthyologists; But verify”: Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

“Trump Must Pick Judges Who Have Publicly Demonstrated Their Courage; The most important predictor of behavior on the bench is judicial courage”: Josh Blackman has this post at the Civitas Outlook site.