“Impeach Judges, Say the Right’s AOCs; Articles of impeachment against judges who rule against Trump are a corrosive stunt”: This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Lawyer Appointed in Adams Case Says Charges Should Be Dropped; Paul D. Clement also said a judge should not allow the Trump administration to use the court’s authority to compel Mr. Adams’s support in the White House’s mass deportation efforts”: Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times has this report.

You can view the amicus brief at this link.

“Veteran legal conservatives rush to Justice Barrett’s defense amid MAGA backlash”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“The One Question That Really Matters: If Trump Defies the Courts, Then What?” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Anti-DEI Attacks on Georgetown Law Violate the First Amendment; Interim DC US Attorney Ed Martin’s threats to the school also smack of McCarthyism”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Justice from Fox News: Samuel Alito too often ventures into the trenches of the culture wars.” Reynolds Holding has this post at his “Better Judgment” Substack site.

“MAGA world turns against Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett; The Trump-appointed justice has shifted the court to the right, but she has angered some in MAGA world by voting against some of President Donald Trump’s priorities”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“Wyoming GOP mandates ultrasounds for pill abortions, overriding veto; Republican Gov. Mark Gordon had vetoed the bill, saying it would be traumatizing for victims of rape and incest, but GOP state legislators voted to override him”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting Perkins Coie; The order against the firm, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign, represents an escalation of efforts to punish groups the president sees as aiding his enemies”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.

Perry Stein and Michael Birnbaum of The Washington Post reports that “Trump expands retribution campaign against law firms that aided his foes; Trump hit another major law firm that worked for his political rivals with an executive order seeking to limit its ability to work for the U.S. government.”

And Megan Messerly of Politico reports that “Trump targets prominent Democratic-linked law firm; One of the firm’s then-attorneys was central to the creation of the Steele dossier.”

“Senate Judiciary Democrats seek probe of D.C. U.S. attorney Ed Martin; Sen. Dick Durbin alleges the Trump loyalist abused power; Martin says Durbin ‘weaponized’ D.C.’s legal disciplinary system against Trump’s lawyers”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has this report.

“New State Hurdles to Standing Threaten Abortion Ban Challenges; Georgia’s Supreme Court sent a challenge to the state’s abortion ban back to the trial court to consider if the plaintiffs, including medical providers, had standing to bring the suit”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this essay online at State Court Report.

“Judge reduces Adnan Syed’s sentence, allowing him to stay out of prison; The judge wrote that the subject of the ‘Serial’ podcast was ‘not a danger to the public and that the interests of justice will be better served by a reduced sentence’”: Omari Daniels and Dan Morse of The Washington Post have this report.

Joseph Pisani of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Adnan Syed Has Served His Time in Murder Case, Maryland Judge Says; The death of Hae Min Lee and Syed’s conviction were the subjects of the 2014 ‘Serial’ podcast.”

And Simon J. Levien, Christina Morales, and Amanda Holpuch of The New York Times report that “Adnan Syed Will Not Return to Prison, Judge Rules; A judge reduced his sentence to time served in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, ending a case that drew widespread attention when it was dissected in the ‘Serial’ podcast.”

“Justice Amy Coney Barrett ignites anger on the right after ruling against Trump; Conservative allies of President Donald Trump called Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett ‘evil,’ a ‘closet Democrat’ and a ‘DEI hire’”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

And Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “Justice Barrett May Have the Crucial Vote in Trump Cases; She was the only member of the court appointed by the president to vote against his emergency request to freeze foreign aid.”

“Bonus 129: What Really Happened in Worcester v. Georgia? President Jackson’s famous quote about Chief Justice Marshall is almost certainly apocryphal; Understanding the specific context in which it (allegedly) arose helps to underscore why.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP”: President Donald J. Trump today signed this Executive Order, section four of which concerns “large, influential, or industry leading law firms” in general.

Update: In early news coverage, Justin Henry of Bloomberg Law reports that “Trump Targets Top Law Firms Over Steele Dossier, Diversity Moves.”

And Trevor Hunnicutt of Reuters reports that “Trump axes security clearances for law firm Perkins Coie.”

“Kim Davis loses. Again. Unanimously. (But, this still might not be the end.) The Sixth Circuit rejected the appeal of the former Kentucky county clerk who was sued after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.” Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Impeachment Threats to Judges Don’t Meet Historical Standard”: Paul Grimm has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“Supreme Court’s USAID Ruling Sends an Important Message; The court sides with the rule of law and hands President Trump a big defeat in one of their first confrontations”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

At his “One First” Substack site, Steve Vladeck has a post titled “129. Untangling the Foreign Aid Ruling: There’s a lot going on in the Court’s cryptic, 5-4 ruling in the foreign aid funding cases; Here’s my (very) quick attempt to unpack some of the most important takeaways.”

At the “Executive Functions” Substack site, Jack Goldsmith has a post titled “Supreme Court Temporizing Over Trump 2.0 Emergency Orders: A theory based on two cases.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Article III Inverted: The Supreme Court Surrenders to Inferior Court Supremacy; Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett are engaging in alternative dispute resolution, rather than constitutional adjudication.”

“Whistleblower Chief Trump Fired Ends Fight After Court Loss”: Zoe Tillman and Erik Larson of Bloomberg News have this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “US watchdog agency chief fired by Trump ends lawsuit over removal.”

“Judges face rise in threats as Musk blasts them over rulings”: Peter Eisler, Mike Spector, Ned Parker, and Nate Raymond of Reuters have this report.

“Don’t Give Up on the Courts; No matter what MAGA says”: Reynolds Holding has this post at his “Better Judgment” Substack site.

“Why Harvard Law Is Losing Black Students: A year after the Supreme Court banned race-based admissions, the law school’s first-year Black student enrollment plummeted — with repercussions way beyond the classroom.” Janet Lorin of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Mexico Deserves Its Day in Court Against US Gunmakers; The Supreme Court should let the country’s lawsuit proceed because, in this case, firearm manufacturers fall outside the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act”: Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Most Important Election of 2025: The April 1 race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court could tilt the U.S. House to Democrats.” Collin Levy will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump Cleared to Oust Head of Whistleblower Office for Now”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report on an order that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

Programming note: I will be arguing the final case scheduled for oral argument today before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and there are five argued cases ahead of mine. As a result, additional posts will not appear here until tonight.

The audio of today’s oral arguments will be streamed live on YouTube.

“Philadelphia Bar Association Issues Statement In Memory of Honorable Phyllis W. Beck”: You can access the statement at this link.

“The Presidency After Trump v. United States“: Law professor Jack Landman Goldsmith has posted this paper at SSRN.

“DOJ: The Trump administration is reviewing ‘mifepristone-related’ cases; After seeking a two-month deadline extension, DOJ now has until May 5 to say whether it is changing position in three states’ challenge to mifepristone access.” Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“Trump Must Shut Out the American Bar Association; The administration should remove the increasingly left-wing organization from the judicial-nominating process”: Michael A. Fragoso has this post online at City Journal.

“Stand With Trans Americans; You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous”: Marc Solomon has this post online at The Bulwark.

“Judge denies Donna Adelson request for bond in Dan Markel murder-for-hire case”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“U.S. Attorney Rebuffed by Justice Dept. in Push to Escalate Inquiry Into Schumer; Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in Washington, has been blocked so far in seeking a grand jury investigation into remarks made by Senator Chuck Schumer about Supreme Court justices”: Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump Administration Curbs Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act; Treasury Department said it won’t take enforcement action against Americans or American companies who fail to file ownership information under the law”: Mengqi Sun of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“A Lawsuit Targeting Gun Makers Would Hit Us All; The Supreme Court case of Smith & Wesson v. Mexico targets the age-old legal doctrine of ‘proximate cause’”: William P. Barr has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.