“The Most Indefensible Aspects of DOJ’s Briefs in the Birthright Citizenship Cases”: Marty Lederman has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“Senate Democrats Still Haven’t Learned What Mitch McConnell Always Knew; In a recent interview, the longtime Senate Republican leader reflects on how he used his power to build a judiciary that would further the conservative agenda”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Trump’s Lightning-Speed Rollback of Transgender Rights Sparks Lawsuits; New stances on military service, medical care and school sports teams set up court battles”: Mariah Timms and Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Eighteen ‘Pro-Life’ States Demand the Freedom to Persecute American Babies”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Fired NLRB Member Sues Trump, Setting Up Clash Over Presidential Power; The dismissal tests limits on president’s ability to remove members of independent agencies”: Erin Mulvaney and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Lawyer who backed Trump on Jan. 6 helped push birthright citizenship ban; John C. Eastman is among the most prominent voices who helped propel the idea of curbing automatic citizenship into President Donald Trump’s orbit”: David Nakamura of The Washington Post has this report.

“Louisiana’s Prosecution of a New York Abortion Provider Will Test the Entire Country”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab; In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Delaware Supreme Court eases path for some companies to leave state”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Delaware issued Tuesday.

“Is Colorado’s Supreme Court about to hold oral arguments in secret? The parties to a civil case are asking the court to seal its courtroom next week, but the justices have signaled their discomfort with that request.” Michael Karlik of Colorado Politics has this report.

“Indicted Poker-Playing Lawyer Tom Goldstein Says He is More Than $3.3M in Debt”: Connor Richards of PokerNews has this report.

And John Woolley of Bloomberg Law reports that “SCOTUSblog’s Tom Goldstein Fights Release Terms for Tax Charges; Magistrate judge order limits choice of attorney, motion says; US accused Goldstein of misusing his law firm to evade taxes.”

You can view the defendant’s motion at this link.