“Ohio appeals court tosses out ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors”: Haley BeMiller of The Columbus Dispatch has this report.

Jim Provance of The Toledo Blade reports that “Appeals court strikes down Ohio ban on gender-affirming medications for minors.”

Anumita Kaur of The Washington Post reports that “Ohio court overturns state ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth; Families of transgender children will be able to access gender-affirming medical treatments, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, within the state.”

Valerie Richardson of The Washington Times reports that “Ohio law banning gender-transition drugs for youth overturned by state appellate court.”

Morgan Trau of Ohio Capital Journal reports that “Ohio court partially overturns ban on gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ youth.”

Eric Heisig and Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law report that “Ohio Appeals Court Strikes Down Trans Care Ban for Minors; Ohio’s ban on minors’ gender-affirming care unconstitutional; Violates state constitution’s health-care freedom amendment.”

David Wells of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ohio appeals court finds ban on gender-affirming care for minors unconstitutional; The panel left a ban on surgical care for trans minors untouched, noting it did not affect the plaintiffs in this case.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Tenth Appellate District at this link.

“Trump Fires Democrats on Federal Trade Commission; The decision to fire the two members of the traditionally independent regulatory body is likely to face a legal challenge”: David McCabe and Cecilia Kang of The New York Times have this report.

Julian Mark, Cat Zakrzewski and Will Oremus of The Washington Post report that “Two Democratic commissioners fired from FTC; President Trump’s dismissals of Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter leave Republicans alone at the top of an agency meant to be independent of the White House.”

And Dana Mattioli and Dave Michaels of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump Fires Two Democratic FTC Commissioners; Terminations are part of the president’s effort to expand his legal control over independent agencies.”

“Louisiana conducts its first nitrogen gas execution, ending 15-year death penalty hiatus”: Greg LaRose of Louisiana Illuminator has this report.

And Rick Rojas and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs of The New York Times report that “Louisiana Resumes Capital Punishment With First Nitrogen Execution; Jessie Hoffman was put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene; It was the state’s first execution since 2010.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court denying a stay of execution by a vote of 5-to-4 at this link.

“Judge Blocks Policy That Would Expel Transgender Troops; The order allows soldiers to keep serving in the military under rules established by the Biden administration”: Dave Philipps of The New York Times has this report.

Casey Parks of The Washington Post reports that “Judge blocks Trump’s order banning transgender troops from military service; A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from banning transgender people from serving in the military, ruling that the plan violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause.”

Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Federal Judge Blocks Trump Ban on Transgender People Serving in Military; Indefinite halt is another setback for the president on one of his key policy priorities.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Judge orders Pentagon to allow transgender troops, calls Trump ban ‘unabashedly demeaning.’”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

“Trump Bills of Attainder Target Law Firms; His executive orders test a constitutional limit on government’s power of punishment”: Law professor James Huffman will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And today’s episode of “The Daily” podcast from The New York Times is titled “How Trump Is Scaring Big Law Firms Into Submission: The president’s campaign of retribution is having an impact on the entire legal profession.”

“Shackles on a Free Society: The left is outraged over the Trump administration’s withholding of federal funds from Columbia University; But where did that power come from?” George Liebmann has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Chief Justice Roberts Speaks Up for the Judiciary; The Chief rejects Republican calls to impeach judges, including from President Trump”: This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Musk’s Role in Dismantling Aid Agency Likely Violated Constitution, Judge Finds; It appears to be the first time a federal judge has acted to constrain Elon Musk, a top adviser to President Trump; The judge also ordered agency functions be partially restored, though that relief could be temporary”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued today.

“Judge in Deportation Case Draws Ire of Republicans as White House Pushes Back; The attacks on the judge, James E. Boasberg, elicited a rare public rebuke by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who essentially told critics to knock it off”: Alan Feuer, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.

“Judiciary Official Warns Federal Layoffs Could Impact Courts; Court official addresses layoffs at agency managing federal buildings; Memo previews possible effects on court operations”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Roberts Leaves His Comfort Zone to Rebuke Trump Impeachment Call; Roberts previously rebuked Trump during his first term; Chief justice prefers to speak through judicial rulings”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judge Boasberg’s Deportation Ruling Makes Him Top Trump Target; Ruling sparked Trump, Roberts impeachment statements; Former prosecutor led surveillance court.”

“Texas Illegal Abortion Investigation Results in Third Arrest; Nurse practitioner charged with practicing without license; Arrests are first under Texas’ post-Roe anti-abortion laws”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“In Defense of Amy Coney Barrett: Why She Was Nominated to the Supreme Court; Republicans couldn’t have filled the seat without Justice Barrett; Mitch McConnell knew this, and for that reason insisted that she needed to be the nominee.” Michael A. Fragoso has this post at Public Discourse.

And in response, at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “The Best Defense of Justice Amy Coney Barrett: No One Else Could Have Been Confirmed To Replace RBG Before The Election.”

“Chief Justice rejects calls by Trump and allies to impeach judges; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. took issue with calls from President Donald Trump and his allies to impeach judges who block the administration’s initiatives”: Ann E. Marimow, Patrick Svitek, Justin Jouvenal, and Natalie Allison of The Washington Post have this report.

Joey Garrison and Maureen Groppe of USA Today report that “Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Trump after president calls for US judge’s impeachment.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Chief Justice Roberts shames judicial impeachment talk, rebukes Trump stance.”

And Karoun Demirjian of The New York Times reports that “Judge Draws Trump’s Ire Over Ruling to Stop Deportation Flights; President Trump has called for Judge Boasberg to be impeached after he ruled against the administration over the president’s efforts to use a law from 1798 to speed deportations.”

“Courts Defer to Executive Branch Factual Claims. Trump Complicates That. The litigation unleashed by President Trump’s second term, combined with his distortions and lies, is testing the judicial system’s practice of deferring to the executive branch’s determinations about what is true.” Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“The alarmingly high stakes in an easy Supreme Court voting rights case; The Court decided an identical case two years ago; But every voting rights case that reaches this Court is dangerous”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“The Alien Enemies Act Is a Weak Argument for Deportation; The US isn’t at war with Venezuela, a gang isn’t a government and it’s not threatening invasion or incursion”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Trump Administration Questions Law Firms Over D.E.I. Employment Practices; The move by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission comes as the administration is taking aggressive steps to intimidate law firms”: Madeleine Ngo of The New York Times has this report.

“The Alien Enemies Act and Trump’s Power Struggle With Courts; Hazardous new moves in and out of court”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“Chief Justice Roberts Criticizes Trump’s Call to Impeach Judges; Rare public statement comes hours after president called for removal of judge who sought to temporarily block some deportations”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Alan Feuer of The New York Times reports that “Trump Administration Pushes Back Against Judge’s Orders on Deportations; In asking the judge to dissolve a temporary restraining order on deportation flights, the Justice Department opened another front in its aggressive pushback to his decisions.”

Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Who is the judge Trump wants impeached over Venezuelan deportations? Judge James E. Boasberg halted the administration from using an 18th-century law to deport migrants. Does a constitutional crisis loom between Trump and the courts?”

And Megan Messerly and Kyle Cheney of Politico report that “Trump calls for impeachment of judge who tried to halt deportations; It represents a significant escalation of the president’s attempts to push the boundaries of the separation of powers with the courts.”