“Remembering David Souter: Recollections of a true gentleman.” Mark Movsesian has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it. Wong has assumed the role of living testament to the multigenerational fight for American citizenship at a time when fundamental values are again under threat.” David Nakamura of The Washington Post has this report.

“Boy Scouts Beat Bankruptcy Plan Appeal Over Liability Shield; Boy Scouts’ historic abuse settlement survives court appeal; Controversial bankruptcy plan unaffected by Purdue case”: Alex Wolf of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Alexandra Jones of Courthouse News Service reports that “Third Circuit rejects sex abuse victims appeal of Boy Scouts bankruptcy deal; Lamenting that no amount of money could ever outweigh ‘the abuse claimants have suffered,’ the court shot down the appeal of a small fraction of sexual abuse victims who appealed the plan’s terms.”

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

“Trump’s Habeas Corpus Threat: No president, even Lincoln, has ever suspended the writ without Congress.” Columnist William A. Galston will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump’s First Judicial Nomination Would Replace a Union-Side Labor Lawyer with a Baby Alito; That ‘deal’ Senate Democrats made during the lame-duck session is looking worse by the day”: Jenny Hunter has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“The Universal Injunction Cases, Part 4: The Court’s Options.” Samuel Bray has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“The Next Phase of Trump’s Retribution: What the replacement of Ed Martin, who punished his own prosecutors for bringing cases against January 6th rioters, signals about the President’s signature campaign promise.” Antonia Hitchens has this post online at The New Yorker.

And Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law reports that “Ed Martin Takes DOJ Pardon Job as Trump Upends Clemency Process; New role combines Trump pardon, ‘weaponization’ priorities; Takes new job as clemency applications spike under Trump.”

“Halkbank Files New Cert Petition”: William S. Dodge has this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”

“In birthright citizenship case, US Supreme Court gets two controversies in one”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

And Tierney Sneed and Paula Reid of CNN have an article headlined “Why Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship may be a legal loser but still give the president a major boost.”

“The Astonishing Threat to Suspend Habeas Corpus: The Trump Administration is stepping up its war on the rule of law; Is this bluster aimed at intimidating judges, or the start of something worse?” Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“‘No More Souters’ Degrades a Non-Blinking, Honest Judicial Style”: Law professor Kermit Roosevelt has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“Judiciary officials cite threats against judges as they make case to Congress for more security funding; The U.S. Judicial Conference is set to ask lawmakers to hike spending nearly 20% for programs to counter the rising risks facing federal judges and courthouses”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “US Marshals’ Duty to Protect Judges Faces Test in Trump DOJ; Marshals in Justice Department with mission to protect courts; Conflict fears raised amid concern over DOJ politicization.”

“Trump grows impatient with Supreme Court delay on deportations; The Trump administration claimed that almost 200 migrants would have been deported if not for the Supreme Court’s delay”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times reports that “Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Venezuelan Deportations to Resume; The solicitor general contended that a group of migrants had barricaded themselves inside a Texas detention center and threatened to take hostages.”

And Laura Romero of ABC News reports that “Trump administration asks SCOTUS for permission to deport nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants; The solicitor general called the migrants ‘especially dangerous to maintain.’”

You can access the federal government’s filing at this link.

“Florida’s Drag Show Ban for Minors Blocked by Eleventh Circuit; ‘Scalpel’ was needed instead of ‘shotgun’ law, court said; Vague language covering too much speech doomed restrictions”: Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s 127-page ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Substack Live with Leah Litman, Author of ‘Lawless’”: Steve Vladeck has posted this video at his “One First” Substack site.

“SCOTUS, Meet The Broligarchs: Kara Swisher with the briefing constitutional lawyers need to understand big tech’s federal government takeover.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“How much will Trump’s second-term judicial appointments shift court balance?” Russell Wheeler has this post online at the Brookings Institution.