“The Supreme Court Gives Three Cheers to the Rule of Law”: Richard Bernstein has this post online at the Society for the Rule of Law.

“Will Trump Nominate DOJ Henchman Emil Bove to Appellate Seat?” Ed Whelan has this post at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog.

“Trump admin must seek return of wrongly deported man to El Salvador, appeals court rules; It’s the second time the Virginia-based court declined to intervene after lower courts ordered the administration to facilitate the return of improperly deported immigrants”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.

And David Voreacos of Bloomberg News reports that “US Court Orders Return of Another Deportee From El Salvador.”

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

“Why the Supreme Court quashed Trump’s due-process-free deportations; After a late-night intervention, the court shut down the administration’s legal bait-and-switch”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Alito and Roberts take stock as they near their third decade on the bench”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Supreme Court recusals in book publisher case affect quorum; The recusals left the court in the rare position of not having six judges available to make a decision on considering the lawsuit against Ta-Nehisi Coates”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“Supreme Court Lets Trump Lift Deportation Protections for Venezuelans; A federal judge had blocked the administration’s plan to remove the temporary protected status of more than 300,000 immigrants”: Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report on an order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued today.

“Milbank Lawyer Wins Supreme Court Case After Switching Firms; Standard for evaluating use of deadly force questioned; Government’s continued support unclear after inauguration”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Indicted Supreme Court lawyer Goldstein asks judge to toss US tax charges”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

“Bove, Top Justice Dept. Official, Is Considered for Circuit Court Nomination; Emil Bove III has emerged as a top contender to fill a vacancy on the appeals court covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, people familiar with the matter said”: Glenn Thrush and Charlie Savage of The New York Times have this report.

“152. Non-Party Relief and Judicial Supremacy: Thursday’s birthright citizenship oral argument hits at least somewhat different after and in light of Friday’s Alien Enemies Act ruling — in which the Court . . . provided relief to non-parties.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Judicial Notice (05.18.25): The Other ‘Ninth Circus’; A Biglaw AI ‘debacle,’ young(ish) stars of the SCOTUS bar, a Florida judge behaving badly, and Wachtell Lipton’s latest billion-dollar deals.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Trump Has His Law Firms Right Where He Wants Them”: Jeffrey Toobin has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“The Stakes of the Birthright-Citizenship Case: The Trump Administration is trying to use the case to stop lower-court judges from issuing ‘nationwide injunctions’ against its unconstitutional executive orders.” Ruth Marcus has this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the May 26, 2025 issue of The New Yorker.