“An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren’t having it.” Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press has this report.

“The right is cooking up a surprising legal fight against Trump’s tariffs; At least some GOP legal elites are lining up against Trump’s trade policy; That could be enough to sway the justices”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

And Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Trump’s Tariffs Get a Legal Challenge; A Florida company says the President is violating the Supreme Court’s major questions doctrine; It’s a strong case.”

“Trump Sidelines Justice Dept. Legal Office, Eroding Another Check on His Power; As President Trump claims expansive and disputed powers, his administration has curbed the influential Office of Legal Counsel”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

“Electing Judges Is Good for Democracy”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Big Law Firms Struck a Truce With Trump — and Set Off a Clash With Recruits; Law students at top schools reconsider offers at Skadden and other firms while associates cancel interviews in protest”: Lindsay Ellis of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says”: Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press has this report.

Aishvarya Kavi and Alan Feuer of The New York Times report that “Trump Administration Is Ordered to Return Migrant Deported to El Salvador; A federal judge said officials had acted without ‘legal basis’ last month when they arrested the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, and put him on a plane to a notorious Salvadoran prison.”

Katie Mettler and Maria Sacchetti of The Washington Post report that “Judge orders Trump administration to bring back Md. man mistakenly deported; U.S. officials have argued in court records that the United States is powerless to effectuate his return because he is now in Salvadoran custody, and that Kilmar Abrego García’s lawyers have ‘not clearly shown’ that he would face harm in the prison.”

And Joseph De Avila and Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump Administration Must Return Man Sent to El Salvador Prison in Error, Judge Rules; Immigration officials deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia last month.”

“Trump’s top prosecutor in Washington compares Jan. 6 charges to Japanese internment; Ed Martin says he is expanding a review of obstruction charges against Jan. 6 defendants, which began during the first Trump administration”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“Trump’s War on Big Law”: Elie Honig has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

Will Doran of WRAL reports that “Republican Jefferson Griffin wins NC appeals court challenge in case contesting 65K ballots; A Republican judge’s effort to throw out 65,000 voters’ ballots from the 2024 NC Supreme Court election is valid, his Republican colleagues on the state Court of Appeals ruled in a decision split down party lines.”

And The Carolina Journal reports that “Appeals Court orders new vote calculations in NC Supreme Court election dispute.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals at this link.