“America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers; He did the right thing in North Carolina’s Supreme Court fight, and he deserves praise”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Trump’s Law Firm Deals Aren’t Working Out How He Hoped; Law firms that caved to Donald Trump are revealing they have ways to wriggle out of the deals”: Edith Olmsted has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Courts Must ‘Check the Excesses’ of Congress and the President, Roberts Says; The chief justice, in rare public remarks, defended judicial independence before a crowd of lawyers and judges”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Chief justice touts judicial independence, rejects impeaching judges; The court system, which is facing attacks from Trump, must be able to ‘check the excesses of Congress or the executive,’ Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. says.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today has an article headlined “Called out by Trump for how he leads the Supreme Court, John Roberts is fine keeping a low profile; Chief Justice John Roberts sidestepped a chance to draw more attention to himself by not going beyond his previous comments about Trump’s attacks on the judiciary.”

Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Chief Justice John Roberts defends independent judiciary as Trump officials criticize courts; Speaking in Buffalo, the Supreme Court justice said judges sometimes have to ‘check the excesses’ of the president and Congress.”

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Chief Justice John Roberts stresses judicial independence amid tensions with Trump.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “US Chief Justice Roberts underscores defense of judiciary amid Trump’s attacks.”

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Chief Justice Roberts Says Judge’s Job Is Checking Other Branches; Roberts again denounced calls to impeach judges over decisions; Has no plans to retire, will leave ‘feet first.’”

C-SPAN has posted online a video titled “Chief Justice Roberts Participates in Fireside Chat in Buffalo, NY.”

“Thom Tillis Says No to U.S. Attorney Ed Martin; This is a good exercise of the Senate’s advise and consent power”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“New date set for Donna Adelson murder trial as judge warns against more delays”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Whose ‘Emergencies’ Does the Supreme Court Care About? Trump argued that not being able to immediately fire transgender servicemembers would inflict ‘irreparable harm’ on democracy. The Court decided he is right.” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls & Strikes.

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a Jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court Approved Trump’s Trans Military Purge in the Most Shameful Way Possible.”

“The Universal Injunction Cases, Part 1: The Origins Debate; What should we call these things and when did they begin?” Samuel Bray has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“Trump military border charges sow confusion in federal courts; The administration is adding charges against migrants caught in its new ‘national defense areas’ along the border”: Reyes Mata III, Maria Sacchetti, and Dan Lamothe of The Washington Post have this report.

“Griffin concedes NC Supreme Court race, ending unprecedented effort to overturn election”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

Rob Schofield of NC Newsline reports that “Jefferson Griffin concedes in Supreme Court election.”

The Carolina Journal reports that “Griffin concedes NC Supreme Court election loss to Riggs.”

Eduardo Medina of The New York Times reports that “Republican Gives Up Fight to Overturn Defeat in N.C. Judicial Race; Three counts showed that the incumbent, a Democrat, won the State Supreme Court election last fall. But Judge Jefferson Griffin tried for months to reverse his loss through the courts.”

Patrick Marley of The Washington Post reports that “Republican concedes in N.C., ending effort to change election rules after the fact; Justice Allison Riggs’s victory — by 734 votes out of 5.5 million cast — can be certified after Jefferson Griffin ended his legal challenge to thousands of votes.”

And Adam Edelman of NBC News reports that “Republican Jefferson Griffin concedes N.C. Supreme Court race after months of legal battles; The announcement, which comes six months after the final votes were cast, brings an end to the final unresolved contest from the 2024 election.”