“Prosecutors abandon effort to reverse Adnan Syed’s conviction; The move is a sharp contrast with the decision of the former Baltimore City state’s attorney, but it doesn’t seek more prison time for Syed”: Omari Daniels and Dan Morse of The Washington Post have this report.

“Prosecutors seeking ‘retribution’ for Trump can be disbarred; State bar associations and courts can discipline — and even disbar — lawyers for unlawful conduct”: Bruce E. Yannett has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block USAID funding order; Nearly $2 billion in foreign aid has been suspended despite a lower court’s order, and the administration faced a midnight deadline for disbursing it”: Ann E. Marimow and Annie Gowen of The Washington Post have this report.

“The Supreme Court faces the absurdly difficult problem of where to put nuclear waste; America’s worst NIMBY problem comes to the Supreme Court”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Supreme Court Poised to Rule for Straight Woman in Discrimination Case; Justices across the ideological spectrum and lawyers on both sides agreed that an appeals court erred in requiring members of majority groups to meet a heightened burden”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court seems poised to lower bar for Whites to sue for job bias; Marlean Ames challenged rulings requiring members of majority groups to meet a higher bar to prove job discrimination than groups that traditionally face bias.”

And Jess Bravin and Erin Mulvaney of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Signals Minority Groups Get No Edge in Bias Suits; Amid DEI backlash, justices review the standard for groups that historically haven’t experienced discrimination.”

“Kansas Senate Republicans take up plan to rewrite constitution to elect Supreme Court justices”: Sherman Smith of Kansas Reflector has this report.

“Mexico prepares to appear before US Supreme Court in suit against gun manufacturers”: Belen Zapata and Max Saltman of CNN have this report.

“Senators ask nominees about Trump’s potential defiance of court orders; The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned D. John Sauer, Aaron Reitz and Harmeet K. Dhillon, nominees for top Justice Department positions”: Ann E. Marimow and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post have this report.

And Erica Orden of Politico reports that “Trump’s nominee for solicitor general won’t rule out ignoring court orders in ‘extreme cases’; If confirmed, D. John Sauer will be the administration’s top advocate at the Supreme Court.”

“Trump Seeks Prompt Supreme Court Review of His Power to Fire Officials; The justices ruled last week that the president could not, for now, remove a government lawyer who leads the watchdog agency that protects whistle-blowers”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Donald Trump Is Trying to Take American Law Back to 1641”: Law professor Frank Bowman has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“TN Supreme Court upholds ban on explicit license plates, not considered protected speech”: Angele Latham of The Tennessean has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Tennessee issued today.

“Supreme Court shakeup: Judicial resignations shape Georgia’s top court; A cycle of early resignations and gubernatorial appointments keeps open seats scarce and challengers at bay.” Greg Bluestein of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

“Second US judge who ruled against Trump faces Republican impeachment bid”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Where the Supreme Court’s Conservatives Might Split on Trump’s Agenda: Trump is trying to vastly expand presidential power; The court might not go along with it.” Law professor Aziz Huq has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Trump Nominees Decline to Say They’d Always Follow Court Rulings; Federal judges have halted early Trump policies; Nominees include Trump’s personal lawyers”: Suzanne Monyak and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has posted online at this link the video of today’s confirmation hearing for U.S. Solicitor General nominee D. John Sauer.

“Dan Markel murder: Donna Adelson bond hearing (Feb. 26, 2025).” The Tallahassee Democrat has posted this video on YouTube.

“Supreme Court appears likely to side with straight woman in ‘reverse discrimination’ case; The justices appeared to agree that members of a majority group don’t face an extra hurdle when alleging `reverse discrimination’ in the workplace”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Signals Backing for Straight Woman’s Job-Bias Suit.”

“NYC Mayor Adams Asks Judge to Permanently Toss Criminal Case; Adams’ lawyer says ‘leaks’ have caused prejudice to mayor; A judge has appointed a lawyer to review case for dismissal”: Chris Dolmetsch and Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News have this report.

And Erica Orden of Politico reports that “Eric Adams asks judge to prevent DOJ from reviving criminal case against him; The Department of Justice is seeking to drop the criminal case against the New York City mayor — but wants to preserve the ability to reindict him.”

“Donna Adelson in court for bond hearing as she seeks release from jail”: Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.