“Ketanji Brown Jackson Sounds the Alarm”: You can access the new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Top Justice Department leaders and judicial nominee tried to mislead judges, whistleblower says”: Annie Grayer and Katelyn Polantz of CNN have this report. You can view the whistleblower’s letter at this link.

Joey Fox of New Jersey Globe reports that “Emil Bove, nominated for N.J.-based circuit court seat, will face Judiciary Committee hearing this week; Booker, fellow Dems demand SDNY records on Bove’s ‘unprofessional and unethical conduct.’”

And in commentary, online at Balls and Strikes, Jay Willis has an essay titled “Emil Bove Is Everything Trump Wants In a Federal Judge; A whistleblower report alleges that during his time at the Justice Department, Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove suggested telling a federal judge ‘fuck you’ in response to a court order he did not like.”

“Returning to Supreme Court, Trump Accuses Judge of Lawless Defiance; After the justices let the administration deport migrants to countries with which they had no connection, a federal judge blocked the removal of eight men”: Adam Liptak and Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times have this report.

You can access the court filing at this link.

“Judge says government ‘failed’ to prove Kilmar Abrego García poses a danger; U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara D. Holmes ruled that Abrego García is eligible for release from criminal custody and raised questions about the government’s allegation that he is a threat to society”: Maria Sacchetti and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post have this report.

“Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says; Emil Bove III, a Trump judicial nominee, voiced his intent to disobey court orders as others stonewalled and misled judges, according to a complaint”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.