“Jeanine Pirro’s office shelves pursuit of Democrats over social video, sources say; A federal grand jury in D.C. unanimously rejected the attempt to indict six lawmakers who told military and intelligence community members on social media not to obey unlawful orders”: Ryan J. Reilly of NBC News has this report.

“Supreme Court to consider whether states can sue over greenhouse gas emissions; Dozens of municipalities are seeking billions in damages from oil and gas companies, often accusing them of misleading the public about the links between greenhouse gases and climate risks”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump Administration Scrambles to Pick Up the Pieces of Broken Tariffs; President Trump is already working to piece his tariff program back together, after a Supreme Court ruling ruptured a centerpiece of his economic agenda”: Ana Swanson of The New York Times has this report.

Gavin Bade of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Considers New National Security Tariffs After Supreme Court Ruling; New levies on a half-dozen industries would be issued separately from a new global 15% levy.”

Katherine Hamilton of The Wall Street Journal reports that “FedEx Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Seeking Refund of Tariffs; Complaint follows Supreme Court’s rejection of Trump’s trade initiative.”

In commentary, Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “The Unending Trump Tariff Mess; Section 122, the basis for his new tax plan, is a relic of a bygone age.”

And in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, columnist Walter Russell Mead will have an op-ed titled “The Tariff Battles Are Far From Over; Limits on Mr. Trump will inspire a search to increase his leverage at home and abroad.”

“Judge Bars Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump’s Mishandling of Documents; Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida, slammed the former special counsel, Jack Smith, for drafting the report even after she had dismissed the case”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post reports that “Judge Cannon orders secrecy for report on Trump classified-documents case; A federal judge in Florida blocked public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s extensive report into the classified-documents case against President Donald Trump.”

Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Judge Cannon permanently blocks release of Jack Smith report; The Trump-appointed judge said releasing the classified docs report now would ‘contravene basic notions of fairness and justice.’”

And in commentary, Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Jack Smith’s Second Report Stays Buried; Judge Cannon says Trump and the rest are still presumed innocent.”

“Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders; At least 35 times since August, federal judges have ordered the administration to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases”: Mattathias Schwartz, Zach Montague, and Ernesto Londoño of The New York Times have this report.

“The Supreme Court Hears a Tax Forfeiture Horror Story; The Justices can rule against an excessive fine and property seizure in Pung v. Isabella County”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Bomb cyclone snowstorm cancels jury deliberations today in United States v. Goldstein: The next opportunity for a verdict in the case will be tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24, 2026. The district court’s website is hosting these stipulations entered into earlier in the case.

“Let’s Talk Tariffs: A Closer Look At The SCOTUS Opinions; Turning from the big picture to the finer points, here are assorted observations about specific parts of the decisions.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The Epstein Files Should Never Have Been Released”: Law professor Daniel Richman has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Two chief US appellate judges to leave active service, handing Trump vacancies”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“SCOTUS Again Takes on the 2nd Amendment — What Could Go Wrong?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“The Decaying Legal Culture in the Defense Department; Trump and Hegseth will leave the uniformed military damaged by illegality, and Congress will be complicit”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“The Roberts Court Invokes Congress and the Constitution; Constitutional understandings aside, in over two hundred years, Congress had never used the word ‘regulate’ to delegate a taxing power to the executive branch”: Jonathan H. Adler has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“The Supreme Court’s Complicated Takedown of Trump’s Tariffs; There are seven separate opinions — and even the Justices who agree with one another are in some ways at odds”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“212. The Gorsuch-Kagan Tariffs Exchange: Justice Gorsuch’s charge that the Democratic appointees are being inconsistent in how they interpret broad statutory delegations depends upon remarkably superficial analyses of numerous earlier cases.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.