“Federal judges block NC Supreme Court election ‘cure’ process — for now”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “4th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Halts Likely Unconstitutional ‘Cure’ Order in North Carolina Supreme Court Election Contest. What’s Next?”

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

“The Situation: Contracting Detention to a Lawless State; What law lets the Trump administration store Venezuelans in El Salvadoran prisons?” Benjamin Wittes has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Justices Seem Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories in Schools; In a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to storybooks with gay and transgender characters”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court seems likely to let religious families opt out of LGBTQ storybooks; The lawsuit over public school story time with titles like ‘Uncle Bobby’s Wedding’ and ‘Love, Violet’ is one of three major religious rights cases on the high court’s docket.”

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Supreme Court Leans Toward Parents on Opt-Outs for LGBTQ+ Lessons.”

“What to Know About the Legal Battle Over a North Carolina Supreme Court Race; The Republican challenger has embarked on an extraordinary effort to reverse his election loss that critics say is testing the boundaries of post-election litigation”: Eduardo Medina and Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times have this report.

“Justice Dept. says ‘appropriate’ diplomatic talks held about mistakenly deported man; The Trump administration assertion about conversations with the Salvadoran government regarding Kilmar Abrego García came in a court filing without elaboration on what sort of discussions had taken place”: Steve Thompson of The Washington Post has this report.

And María Luisa Paúl of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Her husband was mistakenly deported; Now she’s caught in a political frenzy; Jennifer Vasquez Sura has fought to bring her husband, Kilmar Abrego García, home from a Salvadoran prison while caring for their three children, two of whom have autism.”

“Judge Accuses Government of ‘Willful and Bad Faith’ Stonewalling in Deportation Case; The sharp rebuke by a federal judge in Maryland suggested that she had lost her patience with the Trump administration’s recalcitrance in the case”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

And Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein, and Hassan Ali Kanu of Politico report that “Judge scorches Trump admin for stonewalling in Abrego Garcia deportation case; U.S. officials engaged in ‘willful and intentional noncompliance’ with court orders, Judge Paula Xinis said.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland at this link.

“Two federal courts extend deportation block under Alien Enemies Act; One judge accused the Trump administration of drastic and un-American tactics in its removal of migrants”: Marianne LeVine and Shayna Jacobs of The Washington Post have this report.

“The judicial hubris of Chief Judge Boasberg”: Law professor Robert Luther III has this essay online at The Hill.

“Jury Rules Against Palin in Libel Case Against The New York Times; After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin’s claim that she had been defamed in the newspaper’s 2017 editorial”: Katie Robertson and David Enrich of The New York Times have this report.

“Justice Dept. Continues to Stonewall on Efforts to Return Maryland Man; In refusing to reveal much of anything about the administration’s efforts, department lawyers insisted the information constituted state secrets that needed to be protected”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“3 Adams Case Prosecutors Resign Rather Than Express Regret to Justice Dept.; They had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to abandon the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams; ‘We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,’ they wrote”: Jonah E. Bromwich and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.

“In the Trump 2.0 Era, The Courts Are Listening — And Not Just to Lawyers; What a small footnote in the Fourth Circuit’s Abrego Garcia opinion tells us about how courts might approach the Second Trump Administration”: Dan Epps has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“Are Trump Administration Officials in Criminal Contempt?” You can access the new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Alito’s Emergency Deportation Dissent Misrepresents the Most Crucial Fact in the Case”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Griffin opposes 4th Circuit intervention in NC Supreme Court election dispute”: The Carolina Journal has this report.

And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Judge Griffin Ignores Justice Scalia’s Bush v. Gore Argument About Irreparable Harm in His Brief in 4th Circuit in Due Process Challenge to Attempt to Overturn Result of North Carolina Supreme Court Election.”

You can view Griffin’s Fourth Circuit filing at this link.

“Donna Adelson’s defense lawyers try to disqualify judge presiding over Dan Markel cases”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Angst Builds Inside Federal Agency Over Trump’s Moves Against Law Firms; The Trump administration has deployed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in its effort to seek retribution against corporate law firms”: Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Matthew Goldstein, and Kenneth P. Vogel of The New York Times have this report.