“Trump’s Order Targeting Law Firm Perkins Coie Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules; The decision marked the first time a federal judge permanently blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an order to punish law firms he opposes politically”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.

Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Judge strikes down Trump executive order punishing law firm Perkins Coie; The judge said Trump’s actions were unconstitutional.”

And Erin Mulvaney and Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal report that “Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting Law Firm Perkins Coie; The ruling declares the president’s action unconstitutional, in a decisive win for one of several firms targeted by the president.”

You can access today’s 102-page ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

“Trump’s Solid First Judicial Nominee; Whitney Hermandorfer for the Sixth Circuit is a good sign”: This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Harvard’s Trick for Fighting Trump? A Deep Bench of Conservative Lawyers. Harvard has hired lawyers connected to conservative Supreme Court justices and President Trump himself to fight its case against the government.” Stephanie Saul and Alan Blinder of The New York Times have this report.

“A judge’s portrait unveiled, and a defense of judicial independence; With the Trump administration attacking judges and skirting some court orders, Judge John D. Bates emphasized the fragile nature of judicial independence”: Ann E. Marimow and Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post have this report.

“These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack.” Ned Parker, Mike Spector, Peter Eisler, Linda So, and Nate Raymond of Reuters have this report.

“How Mahmoud Khalil First Glimpsed His Son: One heartbreaking afternoon inside an ICE facility in a remote corner of Louisiana.” Alexander Sammon has this report online at Slate.

“Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply condemns Trump’s attacks on judges; The Supreme Court justice said it was time to address ‘the elephant in the room’: the ‘threats and harassment’ that judges have received from Trump and his allies. Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

Laura N. Pérez Sánchez of The New York Times reports that “Attacks on Judges Undermine Democracy, Warns Justice Jackson; Speaking to a judicial conference, the Supreme Court justice said attacks were designed to intimidate and influence.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court’s Jackson Rips ‘Relentless Attacks’ on Judges.”

Update: The U.S. Supreme Court has posted the prepared text of the remarks at this link.

“Trump announces Tennessee attorney as first judicial nomination of second term”: Kirsten Fiscus of The Tennessean has this report.

Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “Trump Plans to Nominate Tennessee Litigator to Sixth Circuit; Whitney Hermandorfer is Trump’s first judicial pick of new term; Hermandorfer defended Tennessee’s near abortion ban.”

Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Trump taps Tennessee state attorney for Sixth Circuit in first judicial appointment; The president announced late Thursday night that he had selected Whitney Hermandorfer, currently working in the office of the Tennessee attorney general, for a vacancy on the Sixth Circuit.”

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Trump makes first judicial nomination since returning to White House.”

And Kaelan Deese of Washington Examiner reports that “Trump nominates first federal judge of his second term.”