Divided three-judge Fifth Circuit panel affirms entry of preliminary injunction prohibiting Texas from enforcing S.B.4: You can access the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Paul Clement to Defend Maryland Judges From DOJ Lawsuit; Conservative attorney moved to enter case for judges; Lawsuit is over order blocking immediate deportations”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And in related coverage, Thomsen also reports that “Trump Appointee and Ex-Prosecutor to Hear DOJ’s Judges Lawsuit; Prosecuted cases over deadly Charlottesville rally; To hear lawsuit over Maryland federal court standing order.”

“SCOTUSBlog Founder Goldstein Renews Fight Against Tax Charges; Motions seek to dismiss some charges, further detail others; Government called previous round of motions meritless”: Tristan Navera of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can freely access many of the court filings in the case via this link.

“Votes Suggest Chief Justice Regains Control of ‘Roberts Court’; Roberts in the majority more often than any other justice; Chief Justice didn’t write any separate concurrences, dissents”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“An Authority To License Illegal Conduct; Bondi’s Logic for Ignoring the TikTok Ban”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“‘There’s Just Too Much Lawlessness’: Three Legal Experts on an Embattled Supreme Court.” The New York Times has posted online this written discussion among law professors Kate Shaw, William Baude, and Stephen I. Vladeck.