“Objections overruled — Utah to expand its Supreme Court, with approval from Legislature, Cox; Utah Gov. Spencer Cox quickly signed the bill into law; After filling the new seats, Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices”: Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

And Hannah Schoenbaum and Morgan Lee of The Associated Press report that “Utah governor signs bill adding justices to state Supreme Court as redistricting appeal looms.”

“Does the Constitution protect begging? Supreme Court asked to decide; In Alabama’s pending appeal, the state argues begging was widely criminalized at the start of the nation so should not be protected speech under the First Amendment.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Federal Courts Undercut Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign; A policy intended to keep immigrants detained indefinitely has led to a deluge of lawsuits, overwhelming some federal courts and resulting in many releases”: Miriam Jordan and Devlin Barrett of The New York Times have this report.

“Trump tries humor, gets some silence at black-tie dinner with ‘people I hate’; In a frenetic presidency marked by jarring contrasts, he added another Saturday night: suiting up in black-tie regalia amid mass immigration protests and telling jokes about invading Greenland.” Matt Viser of The Washington Post has this report.

From the article:

“I had the nastiest, most vicious joke about John Roberts,” he said of the Supreme Court chief justice. “If you think I’m going to tell that joke you can forget it.”

“I’m going to kiss his ass for a long time,” he added, an apparent reference to the role Roberts could play in deciding current and future cases involving Trump and his administration.

“Trump Lawsuit Against IRS Puts Him on Both Sides of the Same Case; The president is the plaintiff, but he also oversees the people who could decide on a payout”: Richard Rubin, C. Ryan Barber, and Annie Linskey of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“A mysterious delay in the Supreme Court tariffs case; The Trump administration, though the underdog, will find each passing week an encouraging sign”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Robert Pratt, Federal Judge Who Derided Trump Pardons, Dies at 78; He was chastised for remarks ridiculing the pardons of two congressional campaign aides who had been convicted in a bribery plot”: Richard Sandomir of The New York Times has this report.

“Ethics Complaint Against Obama Judge Was Not Properly Investigated, Watchdog Alleges”: Katelynn Richardson of Daily Caller has this report.

You can access the request for further review at this link.

“The Right’s Gun Obsession Is Catching On With the Left”: Erika D. Smith has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Judge Who Ruled Against Trump Administration Cleared of Justice Dept. Complaint; Trump allies have called for Judge James E. Boasberg to be investigated and impeached after decisions that questioned the administration’s respect for the rule of law”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post reports that “DOJ misconduct complaint against D.C. federal judge dismissed; The unusual complaint against Chief Judge James Boasberg, tossed out for lack of evidence, illustrated how Trump officials have ramped up attacks against federal judges.”

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “US Justice Department’s misconduct complaint against Judge Boasberg gets tossed.”

You can access the Memorandum and Order that Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued at this link.