“Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan”: Sarah Isgur has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Trump fired this regulator. She’s fighting him to the Supreme Court. Thrust into the spotlight, former Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter has taken on a new high-profile role: one of the primary opponents of Trump’s war on federal workers.” Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s 3 terrible reasons for allowing Texas’ racially rigged map”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“What longstanding legal precedent says about birthright citizenship and the process to restrict it: Citizenship rules are constitutional and may be altered only by an amendment.” Law professor James Sample has this news analysis online at ABC News.

“The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In; The court’s conservative majority said that Texas’ asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“George W. Bush’s Dismal Failure on Fourth Circuit Nominations; How and why the conservative court shifted left”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

Access Thomas C. Goldstein’s “Reply in Support of Defendant-Appellant’s Emergency Motion for Summary Reversal or in the Alternative for Expedited Briefing and Decision”: The pro se defendant-appellant filed this reply in the Fourth Circuit today.

“Supreme Court to Review Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Curbs”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can access this afternoon’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Judges Who ‘Unretired’ After Trump Win Didn’t Breach Ethics Code”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the rulings of the Judicial Council of the Second Circuit here, here, and here.

“Slowing Down the Internet Won’t Stop Music Piracy”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Top Lawyer Faces Rare Losses Defending Trump’s US Attorney Picks”: Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law has this report.