“Wisconsin attorney general sues Elon Musk over payments to voters; The lawsuit comes during the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history as liberals and conservatives fight for control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court”: Patrick Marley and Trisha Thadani of The Washington Post have this report.

“Federal judge refuses to recuse himself from Boston Marathon bomber’s bid to overthrow death sentence”: Tonya Alanez of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Trump blocked from deporting migrants to countries where they’re not citizens; A federal judge said deportees must first have a ‘meaningful opportunity’ to seek humanitarian protection in the United States”: Maria Sacchetti of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump Deportation Fight Reaches Supreme Court; The Trump administration asked the justices to allow it to use a wartime law to continue deportations of Venezuelans with little or no due process”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Trump lawyers ask Supreme Court to allow Alien Enemies Act deportations; It was the third time this week the administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene after one of its initiatives was blocked in court.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court for Power to Resume Deportation Flights; Lower courts temporarily blocked government’s use of wartime law to send Venezuelans to El Salvador prison.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has reports headlined “Trump asks Supreme Court to restart deportation of Venezuelan gang suspects” and “Judge extends blockade on Venezuelan gang deportations.”

“Will Trump’s Gulf of America Power Trip Break the White House Press Corps? The Associated Press had its day in court on Thursday, but free speech in this Presidency is already a big loser.” Susan B. Glasser has this essay online at The New Yorker.

And online at The Washington Post, columnist Erik Wemple has an essay titled “AP photojournalist steals the show at court hearing on Trump exclusion; Staffer Evan Vucci put an exclamation point on the argument for access to the White House press pool.”

“Naval Academy no longer considers race in admissions, court filing says; The U.S. Naval Academy changed its admissions policy last month in response to directives from President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth”: Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff of The Washington Post has this report.

“How John Roberts Has Empowered a Lawless Presidency: The Chief Justice’s rebuke of Donald Trump over his calls to impeach judges obscures Roberts’s own role in fostering the destruction in Washington.” Cristian Farias has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“If Trump Defies the Courts, It Will Backfire Badly; It’s not in his own self-interest”: Ankush Khardori has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Justice Sonia Sotomayor Says Judges Must Be ‘Fearlessly Independent’; The justice made remarks at once cautious and forceful at Georgetown University Law Center, which has called attacks by the Trump administration a threat to academic freedom”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Justice Sotomayor warns about `arbitrary power’ as she defends the rule of law.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Justice Sonia Sotomayor dunks on Trump — without naming him once; And she had words for Trump allies with JDs who have amplified the president’s attacks on the judiciary.”

Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Justice Sonia Sotomayor defends ‘fearlessly independent’ judiciary amid Trump attacks; Remarks by the liberal justice came as President Donald Trump and his allies have harshly criticized judges for blocking his agenda.”

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she’s worried about declining standards and broken norms.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Says Judges Must Be ‘Fiercely Independent.’”

C-SPAN has posted online a video titled “Justice Sotomayor Discusses Courts & Rule of Law.” And on YouTube, PBS NewsHour has posted online a video titled “Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor speaks at Georgetown University about rule of law.”

“Appeals Court Allows Trump to Fire Heads of 2 Independent Boards; The ruling, in a case seen as a test of the president’s push for expansive executive authority, cripples the operations of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the National Labor Relations Board”: Eileen Sullivan of The New York Times has this report.

Tom Jackman and Lauren Kaori Gurley of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court allows Trump’s removal of independent agency leaders for now; A lower court had blocked the president from firing leaders at the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board, in a case that could land before the Supreme Court.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court allows Trump firings of Democratic appointees.”

Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Appeals court clears way for Trump to fire leaders of ‘independent’ federal agencies; The ruling is a victory for Trump’s effort to control regulatory bodies that Congress intended to operate with some independence.”

And Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit allows Trump to remove Labor Board heads; The 2-1 decision lifts a pair of orders that froze Trump’s sudden terminations of Merit Systems Protection Board Chair Cathy Harris and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox.”

“Judge in Donna Adelson case indicates he won’t block questions about Wendi Adelson book”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Trump Can Fire Independent Agency Heads, Appeals Court Says”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg Law has this report on an order, accompanied by concurring and dissenting opinions, that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.