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Friday, May 30, 2025

“Trump, Bashing the Federalist Society, Asserts Autonomy on Judge Picks; The president has grown increasingly angry at court rulings blocking parts of his agenda, including by judges he appointed”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this news analysis.

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Donald Trump vs. His Own Judges — His message to Justices Thomas and Alito: Don’t retire; Your replacement could be a partisan hack.” This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Women sue Kansas over law that disregards end-of-life wishes during pregnancy; The lawsuit argues that nullifying pregnant people’s advance medical directives violates their rights in what appears to be the first such case since Roe was overturned”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“President Trump Isn’t a Tariff King; A sweeping trade court ruling puts the executive in his proper constitutional place”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Online at The Atlantic, law professor Ilya Somin has an essay titled “A Victory for Separation of Powers — A court’s decision affirmed a fundamental American principle: The president is no king, and he does not have the power to impose taxes in the form of tariffs whenever he feels like it.”

And “The Volokh Conspiracy” has published a post titled “From Stanford Prof. Michael McConnell on the Tariff Decisions.”

Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“How a Small Wine Importer Took On Trump’s Tariffs; Business owner Victor Owen Schwartz teamed up with a libertarian legal group to fight in a landmark case”: Ruth Simon and James Fanelli of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Emil Bove Is Exactly the Kind of Judicial Nominee We Need in Trump 2.0”: Josh Hammer has this essay online at Townhall.

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Courts to Trump: You can’t teach old laws new tricks; The rulings against the Trump’s tariffs are the latest pushback from courts as the president seeks to harness emergency powers under seldom-used statutes.” Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Vance Courts Trouble for Trump. He takes on Chief Justice John Roberts. That’s unhelpful to the administration.” Columnist Kimberley A. Strassel has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“154. The Government’s Unclean Hands in D.V.D.; The Trump administration’s latest request for emergency relief from the Supreme Court hides the government’s deeply problematic litigation behavior behind a plausible jurisdictional objection.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 8:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Weaknesses in the Trump Tariff Rulings; The tariffs may be awful but two federal courts did not persuasively show that they are unlawful”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

Posted at 5:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Can You Do More Burpees Than Emil Bove, Trump’s Cartoonishly Unqualified Nominee to the Third Circuit? A brief investigation into Emil Bove’s illustrious CrossFit Open career.” Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

And Charles Toutant of New Jersey Law Journal has an article headlined “‘Emil Bove Has Fallen Short’: Critics Lambaste Trump’s 3rd Circuit Pick; Muting the reaction to the announcement is the fact that it’s unclear whether Bove would fill the New Jersey vacancy on the Third Circuit or the Delaware vacancy.”

Posted at 4:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Judges Increasingly Concerned That Trump Could Get Them Killed; Republicans’ threats against the judiciary have some judges trying to figure out just how unsafe they are”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 4:54 PM by Howard Bashman