“Trump comes close to the red line of openly defying judges, experts say; Faced with judges’ orders to block certain initiatives, the Trump administration has found ways to tell courts it still has the authority to act”: Justin Jouvenal, Leo Sands, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

“On Constitutional Crisis And The Current ‘Precarious’ Moment: Vince Chhabria; Judge Chhabria speaks candidly about judicial activism, judge shopping, dismissing a criminal case under Rule 48, and other timely topics.” David Lat has posted online this new episode of his “Original Jurisdiction” podcast.

“Bonus 125: The Federal Reserve and the Unitary Executive; The Supreme Court’s apparent unwillingness to jeopardize the central bank’s independence is entirely understandable (and good); it also undermines the persuasive force of the unitary executive theory.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“In Trump’s first month, a relentless effort to remake the presidency; In the initial stretch of his second term, Trump has pursued a different vision than virtually any of his 44 predecessors”: Naftali Bendavid of The Washington Post has this report.

“Judge asks if ‘unadulterated animus’ is driving Trump’s trans troop ban; In a sometimes-fiery hearing, a federal judge said that the Trump administration’s assertion that troops’ pronouns are harming military readiness is ‘frankly ridiculous’”: Casey Parks of The Washington Post has this report.

“D.C. U.S. attorney probing Democrats over alleged threats, documents show; Analysts say Ed Martin’s ‘Operation Whirlwind,’ which targets statements by Democrats and others about Elon Musk, justices and government workers, is meant to stifle criticism”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump’s FBI Pick Stands to Make Millions From Fashion Brand Shein; Kash Patel is in line for Senate confirmation; Critics question potential conflicts of interest in owning shares of foreign company with China ties”: Dave Michaels, Corrie Driebusch, and Shen Lu of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“When Your Last Name Is Null, Nothing Works; The word, used by computer scientists to mean ‘no value,’ has created long-running challenges”: Oyin Adedoyin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“US appeals court rejects Trump’s emergency bid to curtail birthright citizenship”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Leo Sands of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court denies Trump’s bid to reinstate birthright citizenship order; A federal appeals court declined to set aside a nationwide injunction against Trump’s order, paving the way for a potential Supreme Court showdown.”

Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News reports that “Appeals Court Hands Trump a Loss in Birthright Citizenship Clash; 9th Circuit panel refused to narrow injunction of Trump action; US Justice Department appealing decisions in lower courts.”

And Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Appeals court deals setback to Trump efforts to immediately end birthright citizenship; The issue is likely headed to the Supreme Court.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.