“David Souter Set an Example for the Supreme Court; A former clerk of the justice writes that his career stands as a model for the court to emulate to survive the dangers it is facing”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Judges warn Trump’s mass deportations could lay groundwork to ensnare Americans; Judges across the country continue to note that if courts don’t protect the rights of the least popular and most vulnerable, everyone is at risk”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“Birthright citizenship tests Supreme Court’s willingness to let courts block Trump; President Trump is counting on the Supreme Court to limit the ability of judges to put his policies on hold while they’re being challenged”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Supreme Court confronts Trump power grab; The Supreme Court’s review of Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship for some immigrants could become a broader referendum on judicial authority.”

“US court picks ex-judge Costa to defend Texas limits on guns in bars”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

“Britain tries to make sense of landmark ruling on transgender people; The Supreme Court ruled that only biological women are women; Now British institutions are trying to figure out what that means”: William Booth of The Washington Post has this report.

“UM law professor: Supreme Court is ‘running on conservative grievance, bad vibes and fringe theories.’” Matthew Miller of MLive has this report.

And Pema Levy of Mother Jones has an article headlined “The Supreme Court Is Really ‘Just Vibes’; In a new book, legal podcaster Leah Litman describes how the GOP and its jurists are ‘just not that into democracy.’”

“Friends reflect on Souter’s role in civic fabric of the state: ‘He loved New Hampshire deeply.’” Todd Bookman and Kate Dario of New Hampshire Public Radio have this report.

“Former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht Joins Jackson Walker”: That law firm has issued this news release.

“Riggs won NC’s Supreme Court battle, but elections will face long-term consequences”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

And that newspaper has also published an editorial titled “These six judges brought shame to our state in the NC Supreme Court race.”

“Republicans are attempting to boot three Democratic justices from the Pa. Supreme Court — and for the first time, Dems are worried; Will Elon Musk get involved with Pennsylvania’s November election? These usually sleepy judicial races have Democrats worried.” Gillian McGoldrick of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.