“Remarkable Things in the Government’s Alien Enemies Act Briefs to the Supreme Court”: Marty Lederman has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“Trump’s Pick to Argue at Supreme Court Made His Career in Culture Wars; President Trump’s choice for solicitor general, D. John Sauer, has long pushed for restrictions on abortion and access to contraception”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

“‘Fair Likelihood’ Trump Administration Violated Court Order, Judge Says; The judge, James E. Boasberg, said he was likely to wait until next week to rule on whether the White House was in contempt of court for having ignored his order”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

And Jan Wolfe, Mariah Timms, and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump Officials Could Be Held in Contempt for Deportation Flights, Judge Says; Judge says administration ‘acted in bad faith’ in removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members under wartime law.”

“The Supreme Court Precedent That Should Free Mahmoud Khalil”: Law professor Brad Snyder has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Law Firm Kirkland & Ellis in Talks With White House to Avoid Executive Order; The largest U.S. law firm by revenue tries to avoid being the next Trump target”: Erin Mulvaney, Josh Dawsey, and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Judge considering whether to hold Trump officials in contempt for violating court orders on deportation flights”: Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed of CNN have this report.

And David Voreacos of Bloomberg News reports that “Judge Weighs Contempt Order for Trump Officials Over Deportations.”

“Bonus 136: Nationwide Injunctions vs. Nationwide Class Actions; If those who oppose non-plaintiff-specific relief are doing so on principle and not just politics, they should support more robust nationwide class action suits against the federal government.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Appeals court: Trump pardon ‘plainly’ did not cover Jan. 6 defendants’ unrelated crimes; The mass pardon has resulted in confusion in the courts.” Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.

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

“Trump Lawyer Dean John Sauer Confirmed as US Solicitor General; John Sauer represented Trump in Supreme Court immunity case; Flood of Trump policy litigation reaching high court”: John Crawley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“US judicial panel votes to scrap key part of amicus disclosure rule”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Senate Democrats Quickly Sour on Gang of 14 Agreement; Agreement smooths confirmation path for Samuel Alito”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“The Senate and the Edward Martin Nomination; The case for non-confirmation”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.