“Judicial Notice (03.16.25): Stop The Insanity; A new Ninth Circuit opening, Trump’s ongoing war with Biglaw, two circuit-court wins for academic freedom, and a pair of major M&A hires.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“White House Denies Violating Judge’s Order in Deporting Venezuelans; Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, also asserted that the federal courts ‘have no jurisdiction’ over President Trump’s conduct of foreign affairs or his power to expel foreign enemies”: Devlin Barrett, Annie Correal, and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.

And Megan Lebowitz, Julia Ainsley, Gary Grumbach, and Nnamdi Egwuonwu of NBC News report that “Trump administration touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after a judge temporarily blocked its use; Administration officials said they expect the fight over using the wartime act to ultimately head to the Supreme Court.”

“Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Columbia”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Alaska Supreme Court says North Slope principal’s insult not protected by free speech; Former Point Lay school principal R. Brett Stirling was fired in 2022 for incompetence but challenged that decision”: James Brooks of Alaska Beacon has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Alaska issued Friday.

“With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch; ‘Oopsie . . . Too late,’ El Salvador’s president said, mocking a court order that deportation flights to his country turn back to the United States; Top administration officials thanked him”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

“Change the channel from Trump to the WI Supreme Court race. You can’t miss it. This race will determine the ideological balance of Wisconsin’s highest court and decide issues like abortion access, voting rights, and the state’s congressional maps.” Columnist Kristin Brey has this essay online at The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“A still-unresolved North Carolina court election is back before judges next week”: Gary D. Robertson of The Associated Press has this report.

“Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks”: Nick Riccardi of The Associated Press has this report.

“Louisiana’s nitrogen gas execution back on for next week, federal appeals court rules”: Andrea Gallo, Meghan Friedmann, John Simerman, and Joseph Cranney of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

And Greg LaRose of Louisiana Illuminator reports that “5th Circuit Court gives go-ahead for Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution; Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to die Tuesday for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of Mary ‘Molly’ Elliot in St. Tammany Parish.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Disabled Maple Grove teen takes school district discrimination case to U.S. Supreme Court; The Twin Cities family says the school district backed out of giving their daughter a later school day to accommodate her disability”: James Walsh of The Minnesota Star Tribune has this report.

“Trump’s Grievance-Filled Speech Makes Clear His Quest for Vengeance Is Personal; The sole offense of those President Trump singled out in remarks at the Justice Department appeared to have been trying to hold him accountable for his actions”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Judges Become Targets in Combative Political Environment; Early court rulings against Trump provoke fury from some of president’s supporters”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump Sends Hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador in Face of Judge’s Order; President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador announced that his country had taken in more than 200 prisoners whom the U.S. has accused of being part of the Tren de Aragua gang”: Devlin Barrett, Annie Correal, and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.

And Maria Sacchetti, Marianne LeVine, and Tobi Raji of The Washington Post report that “After judge blocks Alien Enemies Act, White House claims nearly 300 already deported; Trump quietly invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 on Friday for the first time since World War II to speed the deportation of alleged gang members; A federal judge stopped him on Saturday.”

“Trump visits Justice Department for speech that breaks all norms; Donald Trump railed against the federal prosecutions he once faced during a rare presidential visit to the Justice Department”: Perry Stein, Jeremy Roebuck, and Derek Hawkins of The Washington Post have this report.

“Was Integration the Wrong Goal? Why some mainstream Black intellectuals are giving up on Brown v. Board of Education.” Law professor Justin Driver has this Books article in the April 2025 issue of The Atlantic.

“The Competition to Get Into Law School Is Brutal This Year; Applications are surging as students seek stability in a difficult job market”: Sara Randazzo of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump Escalates Fight With Big Law Firms, Targeting Paul Weiss; Executive order comes days after judge said such retaliation was likely unconstitutional”: Erin Mulvaney of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

The White House has posted online an Executive Order titled “Addressing Risks from Paul Weiss.”

“Democrats’ Anti-Musk Strategy Gets First Test in Wisconsin Election; Billionaires from both sides of political spectrum pouring money into race that is poised to break record for most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history”: John McCormick of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial titled “‘Elon’ for Wisconsin Supreme Court? Democrats want a referendum on Musk, not abortion or Act 10.”

“Appeals court allows Trump to reinstate two executive orders targeting DEI; The three-member appeals panel lifted a lower court’s injunction that had put the policy on hold”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on an order accompanied by three concurring opinions that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Trump Expands Attacks on Law Firms, Singling Out Paul, Weiss; Experts have warned that the president’s efforts threaten the ability of lawyers to do their jobs and private citizens to obtain legal counsel”: Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager of The New York Times have this report.

“Judge rejects DOJ’s effort to expand reach of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon; U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, called the Justice Department’s position irrational”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued Thursday.

“Pam Bondi reshapes the DOJ around Trump’s priorities; Some people thought Attorney General Pam Bondi would resist efforts to politicize the DOJ; Instead, critics say, she has embraced them”: Ken Dilanian of NBC News has this report.

“Courts could be last hope to thwart Trump impoundment; President Trump’s slash-and burn overhaul of federal funding should have ignited an existential crisis for lawmakers, since they alone hold the power of the purse; Instead, it may be up to the courts to mend the constitutional wounds”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Iowa Supreme Court dismisses alleged UIHC illicit insemination case; A case alleging a former University of Iowa OB-GYN chair non-consensually inseminated patients with his own sperm in the 1950s cannot go to trial”: Jami Martin-Trainor of The Daily Iowan has this report.

“The Detention of Mahmoud Khalil Is a Flagrant Assault on Free Speech; Whatever legal rationale the Trump Administration cooks up, deporting protesters for things they say is wildly un-American — and possibly unpopular, too”: Jay Caspian Kang has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Legal experts pan Trump’s Supreme Court appeal on birthright citizenship”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“The judge who contributed to Judge Griffin’s legal fund won’t hear his election case”: Lynn Bonner of NC Newsline has this report.

And The Carolina Journal reports that “Appellate judges reject full court hearing of Griffin-Riggs election dispute.”

“Supreme Court Revives Long-Running Nazi Art Restitution Case; The case involving a Pissarro is being sent back to federal court in California for review in light of a new state law, in a dispute between heirs and a Spanish museum”: Christopher Kuo of The New York Times has this report.

“Ninth Circuit dismisses sanctions against Alan Dershowitz for Kari Lake election suit; The panel agreed that the trial judge followed the law by imposing sanctions for bringing false claims into court but reversed the order due to a lack of precedent”: Joe Duhownik of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Full 11th Circuit upholds Florida age limit for gun buys, rejecting NRA challenge; Although the appeals court ruled the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act constitutional, Florida’s attorney general announced his office would not defend the law if the case is appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court”: Kayla Goggin of Courthouse News Service has this report on an 8-to-4 decision that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

“Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Florida Case Over Gender Identity in Schools; The mother at the center of the case, January Littlejohn, was a guest of the first lady Melania Trump at President Trump’s speech to Congress last week”: Emily Cochrane of The New York Times has this report.

My earlier coverage of Wednesday’s Eleventh Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“The Unraveling of Trump’s Plan to Detain Thousands of Migrants at Guantanamo; The U.S. military has started making plans to draw down personnel deployed to the naval base in the coming weeks”: Shelby Holliday, Tarini Parti, and Nancy A. Youssef of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Trump Uses Speech at Justice Dept. to Air Bitter Grievances Against His Enemies; Mr. Trump veered from his prepared remarks to launch into a bitter spiel in which he lashed out at lawyers and former prosecutors by name in a venue dedicated to the impartial administration of justice”: Glenn Thrush, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, and Tyler Pager of The New York Times have this report.

“James Ho Supreme Court Audition Watch, Week 8: Working Hovertime; The Fifth Circuit’s thirstiest culture warrior is running out of ways to debase himself in public.” Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Trump’s Attack On Perkins Coie Sends Chills Down My Spine; That’s what one federal judge said about the executive order targeting Perkins Coie — and I agree with her wholeheartedly”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.