“Federal appeals court clears DOGE to access sensitive records at agencies; A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit allowed Department of Government Efficiency access to data held by some federal agencies”: Mark Berman of The Washington Post has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Woman sues abortion pill supplier, says ex tricked her into ending pregnancy; The case appears to be the first time a woman has filed a wrongful-death abortion suit in federal court”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.

“Court Ruling Casts Doubt on New York’s Cannabis Licensing Process; A federal appeals court said that it appeared to be unconstitutional for New York to prioritize some of its own residents for licenses to open cannabis businesses”: Ashley Southall of The New York Times has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Trump’s Doomsday Tariff Letter; He says judges must bless his ‘emergency’ or we’ll have a depression”: This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“US appeals court upholds Arkansas law banning youth transgender care”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“How the White House wriggled out of contempt of court; The risk of the D.C. Circuit ruling is that Trump is emboldened to defy future judicial orders”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“US appeals court revives challenge to Maine town’s cruise passenger limits”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued today.

“Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System; Federal officials are scrambling to assess the damage and address flaws in a sprawling, heavily used computer system long known to have vulnerabilities”: Adam Goldman, Glenn Thrush, and Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times have this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen, Justin Wise, Suzanne Monyak, and Jake Bleiberg of Bloomberg Law report that “Foreign Hackers Said to Access Sealed National Security Cases.”

“Alabama’s LaCour Returns as US Judge Pick Following Failed Bid”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.