“El Salvador refuses to allow senator to meet with mistakenly deported man; The U.S. senator from Maryland tried to visit Abrego García in El Salvador”: Theodoric Meyer of The Washington Post has this report.
And Robert Jimison of The New York Times reports that “Maryland Senator Unable to Secure Meeting With Deported Immigrant in El Salvador; Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, said he had not yet been allowed to see Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration and imprisoned.”
“El Salvador’s Bukele Plans to Double the Size of Giant Prison Holding U.S. Deportees; World’s largest prison already holds hundreds of alleged gang members from the U.S.” Vera Bergengruen and Michelle Hackman of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“Elections Officials Narrow Jefferson Griffin’s Path to Victory; The State Board of Elections said a key part of the state Supreme Court’s ruling last week will only apply to Guilford County; The Republican has appealed, but if the decision stands, he probably won’t have enough votes to win”: Jeffrey Billman of The Assembly has this report.
And Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has an article headlined “Which voters must ‘cure’ ballots in NC Supreme Court race? We now have an answer.”
“Bassett to retire from NH Supreme Court, opening a seat for Ayotte to fill”: Todd Bookman of New Hampshire Public Radio has this report.
“Gov. Kevin Stitt wants sole power to appoint Oklahoma Supreme Court justices”: Alexia Aston of The Oklahoman has this report.
“How the Supreme Court Misunderstands Donald Trump: A legal scholar argues that the judiciary’s ‘passive-aggressive approach’ to the Trump Administration is doomed to fail.” Isaac Chotiner has this “Q. & A.” with law professor Steve Vladeck online at The New Yorker.
“Trump again makes John Roberts and the court look weak”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.
“How a Supreme Court Ruling Could Weaken Fed Independence, Shake Markets; Justices are revisiting ‘Humphrey’s Executor,’ a decision barring presidents from firing certain federal officials for purely political reasons”: Columnist Greg Ip will have this essay in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “A major Trump power grab just reached the Supreme Court; The Court is likely to give Trump broad, unchecked authority over the federal workforce.”
“Facing Confirmation Fight, Trump-Allied Prosecutor Hires ‘Smashmouth Politician’; Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney in Washington criticized for using his office to target President Trump’s critics, has enlisted the longtime Trump ally Michael R. Caputo as an adviser”: Kenneth P. Vogel of The New York Times has this report.
“Elon Musk focuses donations on GOP lawmakers targeting judges; The off-year spending pattern reflects the billionaire’s own increasing criticism of judges who rule against the Trump administration”: Clara Ence Morse and Trisha Thadani of The Washington Post have this report.
“Vaxxed and Relaxed”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.
“Judge finds ‘probable cause’ the Trump admin is in contempt over March 15 flights; In Chief Judge James Boasberg’s opinion in the Alien Enemies Act case, his next steps include possible prosecution of Trump officials by a court-appointed attorney”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.
“‘Fight With Everything You Have’: David Oscar Markus; A celebrated criminal-defense lawyer takes us behind the scenes of his latest big win, shares trial tips, and describes his approach to dealing with the media.” You can access today’s new episode of David Lat’s “Original Jurisdiction” podcast, in which both I and this blog are mentioned, via this link.
“Rights groups celebrate Supreme Court ruling on trans women; Activists and campaigners welcome the judgment that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex”: Sanchez Manning of The Times of London has this report.
Daniel Sanderson and Geraldine Scott of The Times of London have a news analysis headlined “What does the Supreme Court ruling on trans people mean in practice? Wednesday’s judgment on sex and gender is likely to have implications for women, trans people, politics and organisations ranging from the NHS to the police.”
Lizzie Dearden of The New York Times reports that “U.K. Top Court Says Trans Women Are Not Legally Women Under Equality Act; Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” refers to biological sex under the country’s anti-discrimination law, in a blow to trans rights activists.”
Annabelle Timsit of The Washington Post reports that “U.K. Supreme Court defines ‘woman’ by biology under equality law; The ruling was a blow to trans rights advocates and cheered by For Women Scotland, which filed the case; The government said it ‘brings clarity and confidence.’”
And Gareth Vipers of The Wall Street Journal reports that “U.K. Supreme Court Rules Trans Women Can’t Be Defined as Women; Decision follows a yearslong legal battle over protections for women and female-only spaces.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom at this link. The court also issued this press summary of the decision.
“Maryland Senator Arrives in El Salvador to Check on Man Deported From His State; Senator Chris Van Hollen said he would press for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration and imprisoned”: Robert Jimison of The New York Times has this report.
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing of Politico reports that “Van Hollen travels to El Salvador as Trump officials ramp up defense of illegal deportation; Vice President JD Vance and other senior administration officials have defended the Trump administration’s actions amid an escalating legal battle.”
Annie Correal of The New York Times has a news analysis headlined “El Salvador’s Hard-Line Leader Is Linchpin in Trump’s Deportation Plans; Experts say President Nayib Bukele has the power but not the interest to return a man deported from Maryland to El Salvador in error.”
And in commentary, online at The New York Times, columnist Jamelle Bouie has an essay titled “America, This Is an Old and Brutal Tyranny.”
“No, the President Cannot Issue Bills of Attainder”: Harold Hongju Koh, Fred Halbhuber, and Inbar Pe’er recently had this post at the “Just Security” blog.
“Judge Boasberg to launch contempt proceedings for Trump administration; Federal judge will weigh whether the administration defied his order not to remove Venezuelan migrants from the country based on the wartime Alien Enemies Act”: Marianne LeVine, Spencer S. Hsu, and Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post have this report.
And Hassan Ali Kanu, Erica Orden, and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Boasberg finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in criminal contempt over deportation flights; U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found that the government last month rushed to fly two planes carrying hundreds of passengers to the Salvadoran prison in the hours after the judge barred the government from doing so.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.
Update: In other coverage, Mariah Timms and Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal report that “Judge Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Administration in Criminal Contempt; Court order says Trump officials willfully defied court order.”
“Trump’s D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times; Nominee Ed Martin did not initially disclose his RT and Sputnik appearances from 2016 to 2024 to the Senate; The State Department has said the networks act like arms of Russian intelligence”: Spencer S. Hsu and Aaron Schaffer of The Washington Post have this report.
“Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them. To avoid retribution, big firms agreed to provide free legal services for uncontroversial causes. To the White House, that could mean negotiating trade deals — or even defending the president and his allies.” Michael S. Schmidt, Maggie Haberman, Matthew Goldstein, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Ben Protess, and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.
