“How a supplier of nuts and bolts could curb Trump’s tariff overreach; A new lawsuit reveals how businesses are forced to navigate an opaque and arbitrary system”: Scott Lincicome and Inu Manak have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“On Trump’s Tariffs, Supreme Court Hurries Up and Waits; The justices put the case on a fast track at the administration’s urging; But they don’t seem in a rush to rule on the president’s signature economic program”: You can access the first installment of Adam Liptak’s weekly “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times at this link.

“Americans Are Paying the Bill for Tariffs, Despite Trump’s Claims; Research from the New York Fed confirms that U.S. companies and consumers are bearing tariff costs, despite the president’s assertions otherwise”: Ana Swanson and Sydney Ember of The New York Times have this report.

“Samuel Alito Is a Great Man, According to a Former Alito Clerk Arguing Cases at the Supreme Court; Ben Aguiñaga, Louisiana’s solicitor general, has argued before the justices three times this term; In a possibly related story, he just wrote an op-ed describing his old boss as ‘kind, humble, thoughtful and selfless’”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Judge halts transfer of former federal death row inmates to ‘supermax’ prison; Attorney General Pam Bondi had vowed to transfer the prisoners”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

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

“‘If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country’; Donald Trump’s attempt to criminalize political expression is crossing a line that’s held since 1798”: Susan B. Glasser has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Red-state senators must pick up the pace to get Trump judges confirmed; Nearly two dozen district court vacancies remain unfilled in red states including Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas”: Mike Davis has this essay online at Fox News.

“Pam Bondi’s Contempt for Congress; The Attorney General treats oversight like roller derby”: Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Goldstein Grilled on Past Lies, Accused of Playing the Victim”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Mike Scarcella of Reuters reports that “Lawyer Tom Goldstein admits ‘mistakes’ but denies tax crimes at US trial.”

“Barack Obama’s Supreme Court Confirmation Battles vs. Bill Clinton’s; What a difference 16 years makes”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Even Trump’s own appointees are ruling against ICE’s mass detention strategy; A POLITICO review shows more than 350 judges have rejected the administration’s approach”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

And in commentary, online at The New York Times, columnist David French has an essay titled “A Very Dangerous Ruling in New Orleans.”

“Study Reveals the Elite Lawyers Dominating the Supreme Court Docket; A group of law professors have tabulated the most successful Supreme Court lawyers when it comes to getting the justices to agree to hear their cases”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

“A Justice Alito-Authored Majority Opinion in Callais Effectively Killing Off the Voting Rights Act Might Not Get 5 Votes; What Choices Do the Court’s Conservatives Have?” Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

“Lincoln’s Struggle With the Constitution; He respected the law, though it didn’t yet recognize that all men are created equal”: Allen C. Guelzo has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.