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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

“Trump appeals to the Supreme Court to preserve his sweeping tariffs; A federal appeals court ruled last week the president doesn’t have the authority to set sweeping tariffs under the emergency powers law he invoked”: Lawrence Hurley and Steve Kopack of NBC News have this report.

You can access online the cert. petition and motion to expedite.

Posted at 10:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court asked to hear case of Alaska taking plane from man for transporting beer; State had seized $95K aircraft over three cases hidden in passenger’s luggage”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

You can view the cert. petition at this link.

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amy Coney Barrett headlines justices’ blitz to promote books”: Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee of The Hill have this report.

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“First Circuit takes aim in showdown over migrants’ Second Amendment rights; When the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant stance conflicted with its pro-gun stance, it chose the former — though judges didn’t indicate if the argument carried the day”: Thomas F. Harrison of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link.

Posted at 9:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Republicans Hatch Plan to Speed Up Trump’s Stalled Nominees”: Steven T. Dennis and Erik Wasson of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Democrats grill Third Circuit nominee Mascott on qualifications; Jennifer Mascott, a law professor and White House counsel nominated to an appellate vacancy in Delaware, faced sharp questions from lawmakers about her lack of legal experience in the First State”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 9:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chief Justice John Roberts is wary of entering political fray, his top adviser says; But Roberts has on occasion responded to partisan criticism of federal judges”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

Posted at 8:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas moves to allow anyone to sue abortion pill prescribers, distributors; The measure aims to stop the flow of pills into Texas from blue states; It could open package-delivery services up to fines, along with doctors and drug-distribution firms”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats Criticize 3rd Circuit Pick’s Lack of Ties to Her State’s Legal Community”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

You can access the video of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for judicial nominees via this link.

Posted at 4:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Donna Adelson won’t testify in her own defense in Dan Markel murder trial”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Posted at 3:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Donna Adelson trial: Defense tries to undercut motive, downplays bitter Markel divorce.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Posted at 2:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans; The case appears set to return to the Supreme Court in a decisive battle over President Trump’s use of the 18th-century law to deport migrants”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post reports that “Federal appellate panel rejects Trump’s deportations under wartime law; The 2-1 decision from the panel, made up of judges from one of the nation’s most conservative appellate courts, follows a string of similar rulings from lower courts across the country.”

Gareth Vipers of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Court Blocks Trump From Using Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans; Court rejects White House claims that Venezuela is attempting ‘predatory incursion’ of U.S. territory.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court rules Trump misused Alien Enemies Act against Venezuelan deportees.”

And Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to deport Venezuelan immigrants he deems ‘alien enemies’; It’s the latest legal setback for Trump’s invocation of the rarely used 1798 wartime law.”

You can access last night’s 185-page ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in which each of the three judges wrote separately, at this link.

Posted at 1:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Courts Slow to Fix Vulnerable System After Repeated Hacking; After a 2020 breach thought to be Russia’s work, the courts told Congress that they would harden a system storing sealed documents; Five years later, the system was hacked again”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman