“Emboldened Trump Signals Long Court Fight to Expand Power”: Erik Larson and Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News have this report.

“GOP Eyes Next Week to Move Bill to Curb Nationwide Orders; Republicans boost criticism of judges hearing challenges to Trump policies; Hearings on DC District Judge Boasberg planned”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Tom Goldstein Accused of ‘Outright Falsehoods’ in Sanctions Bid; US says Goldstein is trying to gain access to secret testimony; Attorney accused of tax crimes says government misled court”: John Woolley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the federal government’s surreply filed last Friday at this link.

“Judges Rip Trump Officials Over Deportation Flights; ‘Nazis got better treatment,’ one judge says, as an appeals court considers whether to lift order blocking mass removals under the Alien Enemies Act”: Jan Wolfe and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage of The New York Times report that “Justice Dept. Refuses to Give Judge Flight Data, Citing State Secrets; The extraordinary move by the Justice Department was an escalation of its conflict with the judge in the case and, by extension, the federal judiciary.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has an article headlined “Judge blasts Trump’s deportations: ‘Nazis got better treatment.’”

You can access the audio of today’s D.C. Circuit oral argument at this link.

“Trump Chooses His Former Lawyer as Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey; Alina Habba, who defended President Trump against E. Jean Carroll’s sexual abuse and defamation claims, will oversee the work of about 150 prosecutors”: Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times has this report.

“Will the Supreme Court Make Congress Do Its Job? The Justices take up a case on taxes and phone bills, but the big question is the Constitution’s ‘nondelegation’ doctrine.” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Foul play not suspected in top Virginia prosecutor’s death, friends say; Family friends of former U.S. attorney Jessica D. Aber, who died at age 43, said she suffered from a long-standing medical condition”: Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post have this report.

“Michael Boudin, federal judge who forged his own path, dies at 85; He and his sister, Weather Underground radical Kathy Boudin, made lives on opposite sides of the law”: Emily Langer of The Washington Post has this report.

“‘Buckle Up’: In Montana, Republican Lawmakers Target the Judiciary; Republicans in Montana and other states complain that liberal judges are tossing out the laws they pass; Now, conservative legislators are trying to change the rules, and the judges.” David W. Chen of The New York Times has this report.

“Law in Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Was Once Struck Down — by Trump’s Sister; Judge Maryanne Trump Barry ruled that the law invoked against Mr. Khalil violated the Constitution by giving unfettered discretion to the secretary of state”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.

“134. The Attempted Assassination of Justice Field: The too-strange-for-fiction story of how Justice Stephen Field was almost assassinated in 1889 and the important Supreme Court presidential power precedent that his bodyguard’s actions precipitated.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Deportations and the Death of Due Process”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“The Supreme Court Must Rescue Itself From Its Own Madness; To stand up to Trump’s lawless power grabs, the Roberts court must disavow its own mirror-image corruptions; It may yet feel obliged to do just that”: Simon Lazarus has this essay online at The New Republic.

“The Rule of Law Took A Very Dark Turn This Week: From rendition flights to El Salvador, to USAID workers left stranded in dangerous places, the courts are tackling Trump’s wildest lawless acts, but meeting with denial and defiance.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Paul Weiss’s Deal With Donald Trump: It’s bad, and important questions remain.” Bob Bauer has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

And in Franklin v. New York, No. 24-330, Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch issued statements respecting the denial of certiorari.