“Trying To Undo A Coup, In The Courts; This week saw an unbroken string of legal losses for Trump and Musk; But will losing in court slow their roll?” You can access the new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Advocate of Jan. 6 Rioters Now Runs Office That Investigated Them; Ed Martin, a loyal Trump soldier, oversees the U.S. attorney’s office, which is likely to help turn the investigative powers of the government on several of the president’s perceived enemies”: Eileen Sullivan, Alan Feuer, and Alexandra Berzon of The New York Times have this report.

“At Justice Dept., Trump’s Former Criminal Defender Emerges as His Enforcer; As the acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove has overseen the forced transfers of senior officials and an effort to collect the names of F.B.I. agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases”: Glenn Thrush, Adam Goldman, Jonah E. Bromwich, and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this report.

“Judge Halts Access to Treasury Payment Systems by Elon Musk’s Team; The order came in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 attorneys general accusing the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let DOGE comb through federal computer systems”: Hurubie Meko and Qasim Nauman of The New York Times have this report on an order that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued yesterday.

“‘A dreamer, a builder, a tech bro’: Aaron Swartz gets immortalized in marble; Hundreds gathered at the Internet Archive for the unveiling of a statue honoring the late programmer, who’s been embraced as an open-access hero.” Zara Stone of The San Francisco Standard has this report.

“Why Federal Courts May Be the Last Bulwark Against Trump: With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, the president’s opponents are turning to the judicial branch with a flurry of legal actions; But can the courts keep up?” Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

“DOGE Emails Went Out to Federal Judges by Mistake”: Gabe Whisnant and Sonam Sheth of Newsweek have this report.