“New Trump Banner Hung on Justice Department Headquarters; Other federal buildings across Washington, D.C., are also adorned with huge banners of President Trump”: Ashley Ahn of The New York Times has this report.

And Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law reports that “In-Your-Face DOJ Aide Rides Prosecutors for ‘Chief Client’ Trump.”

“New numbers hurt Trump’s case at the Supreme Court; The real goods trade deficit increased despite new tariffs”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.

And Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “The Embarrassing Truth About Tariffs: Why is Trump so upset about Federal Reserve economic research into his trade policies?“

“A Press Freedom Case in Peril, From a Lawyer Who Helped Write It; Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan; Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or destroy it”: You can access today’s installment of the “The Docket” newsletter from Adam Liptak of The New York Times at this link.

“Top Lawyers’ Fees Have Skyrocketed. Be Prepared to Pay $3,400 an Hour. Expertise and ego are pushing up hourly rates to once-unthinkable levels in an escalating race among firms.” Erin Mulvaney of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“The FCC Is Using ‘Equal Time’ to Silence Late Night”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Lawyer in abortion pill battles joins conservative law firm Lex Politica”: David Thomas of Reuters has this report.

“Trump Plans to Nominate Personal Lawyer Smith to Eighth Circuit”: Seth Stern and Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Jasper Ward of Reuters reports that “Trump nominates lawyer from his legal team for appeals court position.”

“David Souter Gives Barack Obama a Supreme Court Vacancy; George H.W. Bush’s biggest mistake”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Bonus 210: Federal Judges Speaking Out; A new advisory opinion from the Judicial Conference’s Codes of Conduct Committee reinforces the appropriateness of federal judges speaking publicly in defense of their colleagues—and the rule of law.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Originalism’s Remarkable Triumph; On Justice Alito’s Coming Book”: Cass Sunstein has this post at his Substack site.

“Tom Goldstein’s Fate Heading to Jury Following Closing Arguments”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Mike Scarcella of Reuters reports that “Lawyer Tom Goldstein lied to ‘everyone around him,’ jurors told as US tax trial winds down.”

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