“Trump’s first judicial nominee Hermandorfer moves ahead to final confirmation vote in Senate; The president’s pick to fill a Sixth Circuit vacancy is headed to a final ballot as the first judicial nominee in years not to have been formally vetted by the American Bar Association”: Benjamin S. Weis of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Federal judge places new block on Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship; Judge Joseph Laplante issued the temporary injunction after agreeing to certify a class-action lawsuit against the administration on behalf of U.S.-born children or future children”: David Nakamura of The Washington Post has this report.

Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Judge Places New Block on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order; Decision finds an alternate route for nationwide halt weeks after Supreme Court limited use of far-reaching district court injunctions.”

And in commentary, Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “The Birthright Citizenship Order Is Halted — Again; Now it’s a class action of babies Trump wants to deny U.S. citizenship.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire at this link.

“Firings without explanation create culture of fear at Justice Dept., FBI; Widespread, abrupt terminations have left Justice Department and FBI employees wondering if they will be next, people familiar with the matter say”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report.

“Justice Dept. Promised to Prosecute Abrego Garcia. Now It’s Not So Clear. In the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the administration appears primarily concerned with ensuring that a man it has described as a ‘dangerous illegal alien’ never walks free on U.S. soil.” Alan Feuer and Minho Kim of The New York Times have this news analysis.

“Superior Court Upholds $207.6M Birth Injury Judgment Against Penn Hospital”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on a decision that a unanimous three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued today in a case in which I am appellate co-counsel for plaintiff-appellee.

“Justice Jackson Says ‘the State of Our Democracy’ Keeps Her Up at Night; At a bar association event in Indiana, the justice told those gathered that she is focused on drawing attention to what is happening to the government”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she fears for U.S. democracy; The justice has emerged as one of the court’s sharpest critics, issuing more dissents than any colleague during the Supreme Court term that ended last month.”

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says ‘state of our democracy’ keeps her up at night.”

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “An Emboldened Justice Jackson Warns About State of Democracy; Jackson has been critical of the Trump administration; ‘I’m not afraid to use my voice,’ she says.”

Forbes Breaking News has posted on YouTube a video titled “Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Speaks At Indianapolis Bar Association Event.”

“Why a Devoted Justice Department Lawyer Became a Whistle-Blower; In the first Trump Administration, ‘they didn’t say “Fuck you” to the courts,’ Erez Reuveni said”: Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Tillis says he’ll ‘probably’ vote in support of Trump’s controversial judge pick; The North Carolina Republican previously doomed another nominee pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee”: Hailey Fuchs of Politico has this report.

“Justice Dept. Whistle-Blower Warns of Trump Administration’s Assault on the Law; In an interview with The New York Times, a former Justice Department lawyer, Erez Reuveni, said officials pressed subordinates to mislead judges, and dared the courts to stop it”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.

Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post report that “Texts, emails bolster whistleblower account of DOJ defying court order; A fired Justice Department employee has given Congress a cache of internal communications related to Emil Bove, a top Trump official now nominated as a judge.”

Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico report that “Internal DOJ messages bolster claim that Trump judicial nominee spoke of defying court orders; Emil Bove, a top DOJ official who has been nominated to be an appellate judge, is the subject of whistleblower allegations.”

Katelyn Polantz and Annie Grayer of CNN report that “Documents back up DOJ whistleblower’s claim that top official intended to ignore court orders, top Judiciary Democrat says.”

Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “Documents Back Up Whistleblower Claims That Emil Bove Wanted To Disobey Court Orders; Newly released emails and texts support allegations that Bove, Trump’s court pick, told DOJ attorneys to say ‘f**k you’ to judges who ruled against them.”

Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law reports that “DOJ Whistleblower Reinforces Claim Bove Defied Court Order; Documents may help rebut credibility attacks against fired supervisor; Durbin calls evidence a ‘declaration of defiance’ against courts.”

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “New evidence supports claim that Emil Bove suggested defying court orders; A Justice Department whistleblower previously accused Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove of advising the Trump administration that it may need to tell a federal court ‘fuck you’ to carry out mass deportations.”