“Big Law Stands Up: After an initial shock, signs of big firms fighting back against Trump; Will it be enough?” You can access yesterday’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Judicial Notice (03.16.25): Stop The Insanity; A new Ninth Circuit opening, Trump’s ongoing war with Biglaw, two circuit-court wins for academic freedom, and a pair of major M&A hires.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“White House Denies Violating Judge’s Order in Deporting Venezuelans; Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, also asserted that the federal courts ‘have no jurisdiction’ over President Trump’s conduct of foreign affairs or his power to expel foreign enemies”: Devlin Barrett, Annie Correal, and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.

And Megan Lebowitz, Julia Ainsley, Gary Grumbach, and Nnamdi Egwuonwu of NBC News report that “Trump administration touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after a judge temporarily blocked its use; Administration officials said they expect the fight over using the wartime act to ultimately head to the Supreme Court.”

“Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Columbia”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Alaska Supreme Court says North Slope principal’s insult not protected by free speech; Former Point Lay school principal R. Brett Stirling was fired in 2022 for incompetence but challenged that decision”: James Brooks of Alaska Beacon has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Alaska issued Friday.

“With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch; ‘Oopsie . . . Too late,’ El Salvador’s president said, mocking a court order that deportation flights to his country turn back to the United States; Top administration officials thanked him”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

“Change the channel from Trump to the WI Supreme Court race. You can’t miss it. This race will determine the ideological balance of Wisconsin’s highest court and decide issues like abortion access, voting rights, and the state’s congressional maps.” Columnist Kristin Brey has this essay online at The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“A still-unresolved North Carolina court election is back before judges next week”: Gary D. Robertson of The Associated Press has this report.

“Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks”: Nick Riccardi of The Associated Press has this report.

“Louisiana’s nitrogen gas execution back on for next week, federal appeals court rules”: Andrea Gallo, Meghan Friedmann, John Simerman, and Joseph Cranney of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

And Greg LaRose of Louisiana Illuminator reports that “5th Circuit Court gives go-ahead for Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution; Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to die Tuesday for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of Mary ‘Molly’ Elliot in St. Tammany Parish.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Disabled Maple Grove teen takes school district discrimination case to U.S. Supreme Court; The Twin Cities family says the school district backed out of giving their daughter a later school day to accommodate her disability”: James Walsh of The Minnesota Star Tribune has this report.

“Trump’s Grievance-Filled Speech Makes Clear His Quest for Vengeance Is Personal; The sole offense of those President Trump singled out in remarks at the Justice Department appeared to have been trying to hold him accountable for his actions”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Judges Become Targets in Combative Political Environment; Early court rulings against Trump provoke fury from some of president’s supporters”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump Sends Hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador in Face of Judge’s Order; President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador announced that his country had taken in more than 200 prisoners whom the U.S. has accused of being part of the Tren de Aragua gang”: Devlin Barrett, Annie Correal, and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.

And Maria Sacchetti, Marianne LeVine, and Tobi Raji of The Washington Post report that “After judge blocks Alien Enemies Act, White House claims nearly 300 already deported; Trump quietly invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 on Friday for the first time since World War II to speed the deportation of alleged gang members; A federal judge stopped him on Saturday.”