“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.