“Nobody wants to live near nuclear waste. The Supreme Court mulls where to put it.” Davis Winkie of USA Today has this report.

“Claiming ‘Reverse Discrimination’ Could Get Easier; Supreme Court justices appear likely to side with a straight woman who alleges she was discriminated against at work because of her sexual orientation”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Arkansans ‘can rely on’ state Supreme Court to be nonpartisan, chief justice says after oaths”: Josh Snyder of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has this report.

“Did The Supreme Court Already Accept Donald Trump’s Autocratic Vision Of The Presidency? Trump Thinks So. The disastrous consequences of the Supreme Court’s immunity decision in Trump v. United States may only just now be fully coming to light.” Paul Blumenthal of HuffPost has this report.

“Trump administration accused of sidestepping court rulings amid spree of legal losses; Trump’s efforts to drastically shrink the federal government are running into legal roadblocks”: Dareh Gregorian, Gary Grumbach, and Chloe Atkins of NBC News have this report.

“Musk and Republican Lawmakers Pressure Judges with Impeachment Threats; Democrats say the calls to remove judges who block Trump administration initiatives amount to intimidation. Some senior Republicans are also skeptical of the effort”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

“In the federal court system, law clerks find little recourse for bullying and abuse”: Carrie Johnson of NPR has this report.

“Judge says Trump cannot fire head of independent watchdog agency; The federal judge’s decision blocks Trump from removing Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel and sets up a likely Supreme Court battle over the president’s powers”: Derek Hawkins of The Washington Post has this report.

Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press reports that “Judge rules head of watchdog agency must keep his job, says Trump’s bid to oust him was unlawful.”

And Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Firing of Whistleblower Agency Head Unlawful, Judge Rules.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link, while the accompanying order can be accessed here. The U.S. Department of Justice has already filed a notice of appeal to the D.C. Circuit.