“Trump Tariff ‘Blank Check’ Must Be Curbed, Appeals Court Told”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can access the brief at this link.

“Michigan Courts’ Anti-Bias Proposal Faces Significant Opposition; Free speech cited as a major reason to reject proposal; Proposal marks another example of wading into culture wars”: Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Federal appeals court hears challenge to New Jersey privacy law”: Sophie Nieto-Munoz of New Jersey Monitor has this report.

“Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies; The justices announced they were not ruling on the legality of the specific downsizing plans but they allowed the Trump administration to proceed for now with its restructuring efforts”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court allows Trump to launch mass layoff and restructuring plans; The justices said they were not ruling on the legality of specific firing plans but simply allowing the administration to launch such efforts while litigation continues.”

And Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Allows Trump’s Mass Government Layoffs to Move Forward; Justices lift injunction on order that told agency heads to work with DOGE on hiring and layoff plans.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“In Digital Era, Supreme Court Insists on Vast Piles of Paper; The court’s rules require many litigants to submit 40 copies of their briefs, resulting in millions of pages printed each term; Critics call the process outdated and wasteful”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.

“Judges Appointed by Republicans Could Be Refusing To Retire — To Frustrate Trump’s Ambition for a MAGA Judiciary; The nomination of a former personal lawyer, Emil Bove, for the 47th president to an appellate seat could be a bellwether”: A.R. Hoffman of The New York Sun has this report.

“Former D.C. U.S. prosecutors oppose Emil Bove appeals court nomination; The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote soon on Bove, a former Trump lawyer and senior Justice Department official”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has this report.

And Hailey Fuchs of Politico reports that “Senate Judiciary eyes next week for votes on two contentious nominees; Emil Bove and Jeanine Pirro are expected to face fierce Democratic opposition.”

“With Broken Promise on Epstein, Pam Bondi Draws the Ire of Trump’s Supporters; MAGA influencers are calling for attorney general’s resignation after she failed to produce ‘truckload’ of documents about the sex offender”: Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Glenn Thrush and Stuart A. Thompson of The New York Times report that “Confronted Over Epstein Files, Trump and Bondi Tell Supporters to Move On; A small but influential cohort of the president’s far-right political coalition spared him their ire but turned with a vengeance on the attorney general and the top officials at the F.B.I.“