“Kavanaugh Navigates Obstacle Course to D.C. Circuit; A three-year odyssey”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Harvard Law Review Hunts For Leaker in Wake of Free Beacon Report”: Aaron Sibarium of The Washington Free Beacon has this report.

“Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans; The ruling, which is limited to the Southern District of Texas, prohibited the administration from using the wartime law because the president’s claims about a Venezuelan gang do not add up to an ‘invasion’”: Alan Feuer, Mattathias Schwartz, and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

Maria Sacchetti and Marianne LeVine of The Washington Post report that “Judge rules Trump’s use of wartime act for deportations is illegal; The ruling is a blow to Trump’s deportation efforts and permanently bars removals under the Alien Enemies Act in South Texas.”

And Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Judge Rules Trump’s Use of Wartime Powers to Deport Venezuelans Was Unlawful; It is the first direct ruling against the president’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to expedite the removal of alleged gang members.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas at this link.

“GOP takes over N.C. elections board, boosting chances of reversing high court race; A law giving a Republican official power to appoint the North Carolina elections board could impact a Democratic judge’s victory; Legal battles continue on both fronts”: Patrick Marley of The Washington Post has this report.

And Lynn Bonner of NC Newsline reports that “GOP takes control of the NC elections board, with implications for Riggs-Griffin Supreme Court race.”

“Microsoft Drops Law Firm That Made a Deal With Trump From a Case; The tech giant instead engaged a firm that is fighting the president’s executive orders, Jenner & Block, in a sign that those firms can still attract clients”: Noam Scheiber of The New York Times has this report.

“Dan Markel murder: Judge grants defense motion to delay Donna Adelson trial.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“He’s Held in El Salvador’s Mega-Prison, Without Any Criminal Charges; Carlos Uzcategui’s legal journey to the U.S. put the Venezuelan on a collision course with an ‘unprecedented’ deportation plan”: Belle Cushing and Emma Scott of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Leak of Wisconsin Supreme Court order remains a mystery after $165K investigation”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Scott Bauer of The Associated Press reports that “Investigators don’t know who leaked a Wisconsin Supreme Court draft abortion order.”

And WisPolitics reports that “Investigation fails to identify who leaked draft Supreme Court order in abortion suit.”

Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin issued news releases titled “Chief Justice Ziegler Statement — Investigation Report” and “Director of State Courts issues statement on internal investigation report.”

The court has posted online a redacted copy of the investigation report at this link.

“Gun advocates bring wave of challenges to state laws, capitalizing on Supreme Court ruling”: Dan Glaun of The Boston Globe has this report.

No lie: Max Marbut of The Jacksonville Daily Record reports that “Law Day speaker Roman Martinez no stranger to Supreme Court; He has prevailed in 20 of the last 23 cases he argued to a decision in federal appellate courts.”

“Supreme Court majority seems open to religious public charter schools; Liberal justices were opposed to government sponsorship of religious schools, but there was support among conservatives”: Justin Jouvenal, Ann E. Marimow, and Laura Meckler of The Washington Post have this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court may allow church-run, publicly funded charter schools across the nation.”

Jess Bravin and Matt Barnum of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Signals Willingness to Allow Religious Charter Schools; Case comes as court has lowered some barriers between church and state.”

Maureen Groppe, Bart Jansen, and Aysha Bagchi of USA Today have an article headlined “Supreme Court takeaways: Key moments in oral arguments in religious charter school case.”

Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court weighs whether Oklahoma can open nation’s first religious charter school.”

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Supreme Court Appears Open to Religious Charter School; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. may cast the deciding vote in religious charter school fight.”