“Feeding the Limitless Maine Lobster Roll Boom, Seafloor to Summer Table; At one of the most renowned lobster shacks — and across the country — the star dish just keeps getting more popular”: Pete Wells of The New York Times has this report.

Alternate headline: “Imagine if your favorite appellate blogger were grabbing lunch at his favorite lobster shack in Maine on the same day The New York Times happened to be doing a photo shoot.”

“The Rough Day in Court for Trump’s Tariffs; Here is how judges questioned president’s claim of emergency power to junk the tariff schedule Congress enacted”: Jess Bravin and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Justice Brett Kavanaugh is probably reading this; The Supreme Court justice discussed a wide variety of topics during an onstage conversation at a judicial conference — including his media consumption habits”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“Trump appellate court nominee defends comments on ‘gender roles’”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

You can view the video of yesterday’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing via this link.

“Taking Stock of the Birthright Citizenship Cases, Part I: Unpacking Trump v. CASA, Inc.” Marty Lederman has this blog post at “Just Security.”

“Google Loses Appeal in App Store Fight With Fortnite Maker Epic”: Leah Nylen and Josh Sisco of Bloomberg News have this report.

Mike Scarcella of Reuters reports that “Google loses US appeal over app store reforms in Epic Games case.”

And Sean Hollister of The Verge reports that “Epic just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again; Google will appeal to the Supreme Court.”

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

“Justice Kavanaugh defends Supreme Court’s handling of emergency Trump cases; The conservative justice pushed back against criticism that the court is not explaining its decisions in cases that arise on the ‘shadow docket’”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law reports that “Kavanaugh Backs Lack of Reasoning in Emergency Trump Rulings.”

“Senate Flip Dooms D.C. Circuit Nominee Peter Keisler; Republicans fail to expedite confirmation to key seat”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Appeals Court Hears Legal Challenge to Trump Tariffs as Trade War Widens; The arguments underscored the financial stakes for U.S. importers as the Trump administration prepares to impose higher rates without the explicit approval of Congress”: Tony Romm of The New York Times has this report.

Rachel Lerman of The Washington Post reports that “Trump’s tariffs face challenge, while administration rushes to finish trade deals; The president’s prominent economic policy was argued in court. Meanwhile, Mexico got a 90-day reprieve from higher tariff rates to allow more time for talks.”

Louise Radnofsky, Jess Bravin, and Brian Schwartz of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump’s Tariffs Questioned by Appeals Court; Judges voice skepticism that president can use emergency powers to replace import schedule Congress adopted.”

Ed Pilkington and Callum Jones of The Guardian report that “Trump’s tariffs face skepticism in court hours before latest round is set to kick in; Federal appeals court mulls whether US president exceeded authority in imposing ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on trading partners.”

Peter Charalambous, Katherine Faulders, and Nicholas Kerr of ABC News report that “Appeals court judges voice skepticism about legal basis for Trump’s sweeping tariffs; A coalition of states is asking a court to invalidate most of Trump’s tariffs.”

Elisabeth Buchwald of CNN has a report headlined “Are Trump’s tariffs unlawful? A major court case could reshape his trade strategy.”

Jan Wolfe, Dietrich Knauth, and Luc Cohen of Reuters report that “US appeals court scrutinizes Trump’s use of tariffs as trade deadline looms.”

Paul Wiseman of The Associated Press reports that “Appellate judges question Trump’s authority to impose tariffs without Congress.”

And Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee of The Hill report that “Appeals court scrutinizes Trump’s emergency tariffs as deadline looms.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has posted the audio of today’s en banc oral argument on YouTube.

“Someone Is Defying the Supreme Court, but It Isn’t Trump”: Law professor Adrian Vermeule has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Bonus 170: Whose Judicial Overreach? Debunking the unpersuasive (and also rather unprovable) claim that the Supreme Court’s behavior on Trump-related emergency applications is largely a response to lower courts abusing their own powers.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Republican US Senator Grassley clashes with Trump over nominations”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Grassley ‘Offended’ by Trump Call to End Nominations Custom.”

“The Cowardice of Senate Democrats Made Emil Bove’s Confirmation Possible; Senate Democrats could have confirmed Biden nominee Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit last year; They caved to a disgraceful right-wing smear campaign instead”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Online at The Atlantic, Quinta Jurecic has an essay titled “Emil Bove Is a Sign of the Times; He has demonstrated that total sycophancy to the president can be a fantastic career move.”

And online at The Boston Globe, columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr has an essay titled “Emil Bove and the Kavanaugh rule: Loyalty to Trump dictates judicial confirmations, not qualifications; Trump didn’t single-handedly break the Senate’s confirmation process; But a single event turned the judicial confirmation process into the kind of pure, bare-knuckled partisan cage match it is today.”

“New SCOTUS Clerk Class Has More Women, Experience Than in 2000”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.

“Why lawyers seek to try cases in Philly, even when the plaintiffs aren’t from here; Lawyers on both sides of the 27 lawsuits related to the 2023 R.M. Palmer chocolate factory explosion in West Reading fought for two years over where the cases should be litigated”: Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Trump Sees Emergencies Everywhere. Judges Are Considering Whether to Rein Him In. In a latest test, an appeals court is set to weigh the president’s claim that economic emergencies allow him to impose sweeping tariffs unilaterally.” Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Weak Ethics and Deep Politics at DOJ in the Epstein Case; The Role of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has drawn attention — but not enough”: Bob Bauer has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“Trump urges Senate GOP to end blue slip tradition for federal judges, US attorneys; The blue slip, a longstanding Senate tradition that gives lawmakers a mechanism for weighing in on White House judicial nominees, has been regarded as one of the last remaining vestiges of bipartisanship in an increasingly divided chamber”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Senate, Rejecting Whistle-Blower Alarms, Confirms Bove to Appeals Court; The Trump loyalist was narrowly approved as Republicans brushed aside concerns about his conduct as a senior Justice Department official”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report. Barrett also has a related report headlined “Grassley, a Champion of Whistle-Blowers, Spurns Them in a Fight Over Bove; The senator’s treatment of whistle-blowers detailing allegations against Emil Bove, the Trump loyalist and appeals court pick, has had a chilling effect, critics say.”

Perry Stein and Theodoric Meyer of The Washington Post report that “Senate confirms controversial Trump nominee Emil Bove as federal judge; Bove, a former lawyer for Donald Trump and current top Justice Department official, was the target of three whistleblower complaints.”

Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump’s Former Lawyer Emil Bove Confirmed to Federal Appeals Court; Justice Department official narrowly approved despite pushback from Democrats.”

And Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Emil Bove was confirmed for a lifetime seat on a Philly-based federal appeals court; The confirmation vote capped a remarkably contentious process that will secure a prominent place in the judiciary for one Trump’s fiercest defenders.”

“Abortion Ruling Emboldens State Legislators to Limit Pill Access”: Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“170. DOJ’s (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg; DOJ’s complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in ‘misconduct’ would be laughably stupid if it didn’t reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Senate Rushes to Confirm Bove as Another Whistleblower Emerges”: Suzanne Monyak and Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Trump administration files misconduct complaint against prominent judge Boasberg”: Nate Raymond and Jan Wolfe of Reuters have this report.

And Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News reports that “Justice Department Hits Judge in El Salvador Deportation Case With Ethics Complaint.”

You can view the misconduct complaint at this link.

“Trump Extends Top Nevada Prosecutor in Latest Personnel Maneuver”: Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Paul Cassell has a post titled “The Attorney General Can Put Her Own Legal Team in Place — through U.S. Attorneys in New Jersey and Elsewhere.”

“Judiciary asks Trump to skip 10th Circuit nomination, allowing court to shrink”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Involuntarily Committed People Can Be Denied Right to Bear Arms”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Trump Is Discovering the Downside of a Justice Department With No Credibility”: Daniel Richman has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judiciary Democrats demand probe after third Bove whistleblower; The top Justice Department official is set to be confirmed as a federal appeals judge this week”: Jordain Carney of Politico has this report.

And Hailey Fuchs of Politico reports that “Bove’s nomination not yet derailed by new whistleblower complaint; Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) says he’ll still vote for Emil Bove to serve on the Third Circuit.”

“N.J. Criminal Cases Screech to a Halt as Habba’s Authority Is Challenged; Federal court hearings, grand jury proceedings and plea deals were abruptly canceled in New Jersey over questions about whether Alina Habba, the acting U.S. attorney, was legally appointed”: Tracey Tully of The New York Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions”: The New York Times has published this editorial.

“Federal Circuit Panel Seeks Added Suspension of Judge Newman”: Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law has this report.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit posted online today its Report and Recommendation of the Special Committee. And you can review additional related materials via this link.

“Whistleblower evidence suggests Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove misled Senate; A third whistleblower has new information about a Justice Department official the president has nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit”: Perry Stein and Theodoric Meyer of The Washington Post have this report.

“Justice Kagan at 2025 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference”: C-SPAN recently posted this video online.

“Alina Habba’s authority as New Jersey’s top prosecutor questioned in new legal filing; A lawyer said his client is ‘facing an imminent criminal trial proceeding under questionable legal authority’ and asked for the charges to be thrown out”: Ry Rivard, Kyle Cheney, and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

“Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell urges Supreme Court to overturn her conviction”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

You can access the reply in support of petition for writ of certiorari at this link.