“Judge orders Trump admin to offer relief to men deported under Alien Enemies Act; But the judge, James Boasberg, stopped short of ordering the Trump administration to facilitate the immediate return of the men to the U.S.” Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

And David Voreacos of Bloomberg News reports that “US Must Arrange Return of Deported Venezuelans, Judge Rules.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

“Court watchers give SCOTUS poor marks as Trump bulldozes judiciary in 2025; Trump’s return to office served as a stress test for high court’s beleaguered shadow docket, highlighting the careful balance of power between the judiciary and the executive”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Mentions of Justice Scalia Surge at Conservative-Dominated Court”: Jordan Fischer and Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“A paralyzed New Hope man’s $1 billion verdict against Mitsubishi was erased by an appeals court; The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Sierra Thomas-Street did not instruct jurors correctly in a car-crash case brought by Francis Amagasu against Mitsubishi”: Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

You can access today’s unanimous, unpublished, non-precedential decision of a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

“Is the Dictionary Done For? The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a revolution.” Louis Menand has this “A Critic at Large” essay in the December 29, 2025 issue of The New Yorker.

“198. Progressive Judicial Institutionalism: There’s important daylight between those who are critical of the present degree of judicial power in the United States in general and those who are critical of the current Supreme Court, specifically.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.