“New Trump memo seen as threat to lawyers, attempt to scare off lawsuits; Legal experts fear the latest move will allow the administration to make claims against litigators for defending immigrants or challenging the constitutionality of actions”: Shayna Jacobs of The Washington Post has this report.

Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has an article headlined “With New Decree, Trump Seeks to Cow the Legal Profession; A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.”

John Harney of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Asks Bondi to Scrutinize Lawyers Who Fight US in Courts.”

And Mike Scarcella, Andrew Goudsward, and Sara Merken of Reuters report that “Trump targets lawyers in immigration cases, lawsuits against administration; Trump seeks sanctions against attorneys for misconduct in immigration cases; ACLU attorney says Trump trying to ‘chill and intimidate’ lawyers; Trump administration hit with over 100 lawsuits on immigration, transgender rights and other issues.”

The White House today posted online a Presidential Memorandum titled “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”

“How a grassroots movement led Trump to call for a judge’s impeachment; Social media posts by high-profile conservatives about judicial impeachment have jumped sevenfold since last week”: Sarah Ellison and Clara Ence Morse of The Washington Post have this report.

And Meredith Lee Hill, Hailey Fuchs, and Jordain Carney of Politico have an article headlined “It’s not just impeachments. Republicans are eyeing other ways to rein in federal judges. GOP leaders are seeking a release valve for the fury building over recent court rulings.”

“Donald Trump and John Roberts: A president, a chief justice and a judiciary under pressure.” Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

In commentary, online at The Los Angeles Times, Josh Hammer has an essay titled “The chief justice is to blame for the Supreme Court’s free fall.”

At The Federalist, Ben Weingarten has a post titled “John Roberts’ Obsession With SCOTUS Legitimacy Has Severely Delegitimized It; Ending universal injunctions once and for all is the least the chief justice can do to defend not only the judiciary, but our country.”

Online at The Nation, Elie Mystal has an essay titled “How a Case From 1803 Explains John Roberts’s Approach to Donald Trump; Roberts wasn’t ‘rebuking’ Trump when he issued his statement against impeaching judges; He was bending the knee.”

And online at The New Yorker, Isaac Chotiner has a “Q. & A.” titled “Why ‘Constitutional Crisis’ Fails to Capture Trump’s Attack on the Rule of Law; The Administration’s defiance of Congress and the judiciary has both flouted and made use of the country’s legal system.”

“Trump’s Risky Reliance on the Alien Enemies Act; Creating a state of war would be a steep cost to expedite the removal of Venezuelan gangsters, who could be deported under regular immigration laws anyway”: Law professor John Yoo and Robert J. Delahunty have this essay online at National Review.

“Republicans rediscover objections to court orders; Trump and others air frustrations about judges holding up administration moves”: Michael Macagnone of Roll Call has this report.

“There are 132 lawsuits against Trump. Pay attention to these two. If you want to know if the Supreme Court is completely in the tank for MAGA, keep a close eye on these two cases.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Legal community shaken by a powerful law firm’s decision to give in to Trump’s demands; President Donald Trump rescinded his executive order targeting Paul Weiss — after the law firm agreed to certain conditions”: Ryan J. Reilly and Lawrence Hurley of NBC News have this report.

Matt Shuham of HuffPost reports that “Trump And A Powerhouse Law Firm Are Telling Different Stories About Their Shocking Agreement; Paul Weiss buckled under Trump’s threats — but the firm’s chair circulated a different version of the ‘agreement’ Trump published online.”

In commentary, online at The Bulwark, Sam Stein has a post titled “‘Disgusted’ and ‘Betrayed’ — Legal World Shaken by Trump’s Extortion; The decision by Paul Weiss to settle with the president has sent shockwaves through the firm and the broader legal community.”

Paul Blumenthal of HuffPost has an essay titled “The Law Firm Paul Weiss Chooses Cowardice In Confrontation With Trump; A great menace stalks the land; Now is the time to ask, what side are you on?”

And online at Slate, Austin Sarat has a Jurisprudence essay titled “What to Make Of Paul Weiss’ Capitulation to Donald Trump; The claims against the big law firm were absurd; The law firm’s reaction was a disaster.”

“Bush DOJ lawyer warns Trump admin against ‘terrible mistake’ in judicial standoff; Legal scholar John Yoo called the executive, judicial standoff ‘unprecedented’”: Elizabeth Elkind of Fox News has this report.

“Who Will Defend the Defenders of the Constitution?” The New York Times has published an editorial that begins, “The Domino’s pizzas arrived at the homes of federal judges without explanation. The message was clear: We know where you live.”

“US judge regrets creating bias concerns over call for women lawyers”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

You can access Thursday’s Eleventh Circuit order at this link.