“Appeals Court Weighs Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act for Deportations; The case is likely to be the first to reach the Supreme Court on the substantive issue of the president’s invocation of a rarely used wartime law”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.
And Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court seems likely to back Trump’s deportations under wartime law; The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit heard arguments Monday on the president’s use of the Alien Enemies Act in a case probably bound for the Supreme Court.”
“Trump Is Wrong About Birthright Citizenship. History Proves It. Lawmakers knew the Fourteenth Amendment would apply to the children of immigrants.” Joshua Zeitz has this essay online at Politico.
“Trump Appeals Ruling Blocking Executive Order Against Perkins Coie; The administration appears to have decided to press forward with its fight against top law firms despite numerous defeats”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.
And Erin Mulvaney of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Administration Presses On With Fight to Enforce Law-Firm Sanctions; The Justice Department is appealing the first of four rulings that struck down executive orders targeting firms.”
“Seven Chaotic Months in the Life of a New Federal Judge; Amir Ali joined the D.C. Federal District Court just weeks before Trump took office; It’s been tumultuous ever since”: Emily Bazelon and Mattathias Schwartz have this article online at The New York Times Magazine.
“Justice Kagan Won 70% of the Time; Thomas and Alito had the majority in only 62% of non-unanimous cases”: This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“5th Circuit Hears Case on Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act”: C-SPAN has posted this audio of this afternoon’s oral argument at this link.
“After criticism from MAGA world, Amy Coney Barrett delivers for Trump; The conservative Supreme Court justice had faced vitriol for sporadic votes against Trump, but then she authored a major win for his administration on birthright citizenship”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.
“When Liberals Hated National Injunctions; Biden and Democrats griped when conservative judges blocked their plans; Their views have changed now that Trump is President”: Columnist Allysia Finley will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Anti-Trump groups seek new legal strategies after Supreme Court limits injunctions”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.
“At Supreme Court, steady wins for conservative states and Trump’s claims of executive power”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“How Trump’s emergencies and wins dominated the Supreme Court term; The justices’ regular caseload was overshadowed by requests from the president to allow some of his most controversial policies to go forward”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.
“How the Supreme Court Dipped Its Toes in Trump 2.0; The president has only begun to add to the court’s workload; its summer break might be short-lived”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Judicial Notice (06.29.25): Unleashed; The end of the SCOTUS Term, Justice Barrett v. Justice Jackson, Emil Bove’s latest controversy, a promising Biglaw merger, and two new litigation boutiques.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“‘No Right Is Safe’: The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v CASA sent American democracy over a cliff.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.
“Beyond Triumphalism and Despair: On Reacting to the Supreme Court of the United States.” Cass Sunstein has this post at his Substack site.
At his “Better Judgment” Substack site, Reynolds Holding has a post titled “Tin-Eared Justice; How the Supreme Court sounds to people matters.”
And at his “How Things Work” Substack site, Hamilton Nolan has a post titled “Cross the Courts Off the List; We have enough information to conclude that the law won’t save us.”
“The Clear Winner in Trump v. CASA: The Supreme Court; Lower courts lost, and the executive branch got mixed results.” Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.
And at the “Just Security” blog, Samuel Issacharoff and Derek T. Muller have a post titled “Relocating Nationwide Injunctions.”
“Inside the fallout at Paul, Weiss after the firm’s deal with Trump; Firm chair Brad Karp said he struck a deal with the White House to save his business; But in the weeks since, the firm has lost some high-profile talent”: Daniel Barnes of Politico has this report.
“A Reckless Judicial Nomination Puts the Senate to the Test”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Why Trump’s birthright citizenship ban still faces an uphill battle in court; The Supreme Court’s ruling narrowed the authority of federal judges but still left open several channels to challenge the president’s executive order”: Marianne LeVine, Arelis R. Hernández, and Silvia Foster-Frau of The Washington Post have this report.
“Chief Justice Urges Political Leaders to Tone Down Rhetoric; At a conference with federal judges, the chief justice did not mention the court’s decision sharply limiting their power, focusing instead on the danger of threats to the judiciary”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.
“Trump says he will move aggressively to undo nationwide blocks on his agenda; Emboldened by Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the administration will flex its authority on issues ranging from immigration to education”: Justin Jouvenal, Cat Zakrzewski, and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post have this report.
Josh Gerstein of Politico is reporting: He has articles headlined “Chief Justice John Roberts warns anti-judge rhetoric can lead to violence; ‘Threatening the judges for doing their job is totally unacceptable,’ Roberts said at a judicial conference” and “Justices’ nerves fray in Supreme Court’s final stretch; Liberal and conservative justices exchanged zingers that undermine claims of a courteous and cordial court.”
“Initially wary of Trump, Roberts and Barrett offer the president his biggest win of the Supreme Court term”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.
“Justice Kavanaugh explains what the injunctions ruling won’t change; The Supreme Court will continue to police executive overreach on its emergency docket”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“The Supreme Court Kills ‘Universal’ Injunctions; Justice Barrett’s powerful opinion for a 6-3 majority reins in willful judges who try to dictate national policy”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“With Supreme Court Ruling, Another Check on Trump’s Power Fades; The court tied the hands of judges at a time when Congress has been cowed and internal executive branch constraints have been steamrolled”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this news analysis.
“The Supreme Court Is Watching Out for the Courts, Not for Trump”: Law professor Samuel Bray has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“A Triumphant Supreme Court Term for Trump, Fueled by Emergency Rulings; Using truncated procedures, the six-justice conservative majority gave a green light to many of the president’s most assertive initiatives”: Adam Liptak and Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times have this report.
“162. What Does the Birthright Citizenship Ruling Portend? Friday’s ruling in Trump v. CASA will fundamentally alter the relationship between federal courts and other government institutions; How much depends upon three questions the decision left unanswered.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
Online at The New Yorker, Ruth Marcus has an essay titled “The Supreme Court Sides with Trump Against the Judiciary; Its ruling lets the President temporarily revoke birthright citizenship — and enforce other unconstitutional executive orders without fear of being blocked by ‘rogue judges.’”
Online at Slate, Robyn Nicole Sanders has a Jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Gets History Achingly Wrong.”
Also online at Slate, Shirin Ali has a Jurisprudence essay titled “Sonia Sotomayor Puts It Clearly: None of Our Rights Are Safe.”
And also online at Slate, Matt Watkins has a Jurisprudence essay titled “The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness.”
“Why Are We Here?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.
“Closing the book on the term”: Mark Walsh has this View from the Court post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“In Birthright Citizenship Case, Supreme Court Limits Power of Judges to Block Trump Policies; The ruling clears a major hurdle to President Trump’s agenda and could reshape American citizenship, at least temporarily, as lower court challenges proceed”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.
Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court limits nationwide orders that have blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship ban; The ruling keeps President Donald Trump’s citizenship ban on hold for at least 30 days and sends cases back to lower courts to determine next steps.”
David G. Savage and Andrea Castillo of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court limits judges’ ability to block Trump’s birthright citizenship ban.”
Jess Bravin and Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Limits Rulings Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship; Decision imposes new restrictions on the power of individual judges to issue orders with nationwide effect.”
Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “In win for Trump, Supreme Court orders courts to reconsider limits on birthright citizenship and other policies.”
And Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times report that “Justices back Trump on nationwide injunctions, clear way for limits on birthright citizenship.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Behind the Scenes at Harvard Law Review: There’s a lot to unpack with over 2,200 pages of internal memos from the decision-making process now released; Here are details on what they show.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Legalytics” Substack site.
“Former Supreme Court Justice Kennedy says ‘democracy is at risk’; The retired Reagan appointee joined a forum on threats to judges and the rule of law”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.
“Justice Department Says the Trump Administration Plans to Re-Deport Abrego Garcia; The assertion raised questions about how seriously the administration takes the criminal charges filed against the migrant; A White House official reiterated support for prosecuting him in America”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.
