“Former Star Supreme Court Lawyer Convicted of Tax Violations; Prosecutors alleged Thomas Goldstein, co-founder of SCOTUSblog, evaded taxes from his double life in high-stakes poker”: C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump unlikely to win bid to shut down consumer financial watchdog; ‘Why can’t Humpty Dumpty be put back together?’ U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Wilkins asked the employee union’s counsel, who warned there would be no adequate replacement for years”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the audio of yesterday’s D.C. Circuit en banc oral argument at this link.

“We’re About To Find Out Whether Trump’s Judicial Confirmation Machine Is Going Boom or Bust; As the 2026 midterms approach, three conservative appeals court judges just decided to give Trump and this GOP-controlled Senate the chance to confirm their successors”: JP Collins has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Prominent Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein convicted at tax trial”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman of The National Law Journal reports that “Jury Convicts SCOTUSblog Founder Tom Goldstein in Criminal Tax Fraud Trial; Tom Goldstein, 55, faces a potential years-long prison sentence after a jury returned a verdict finding him guilty on 12 of the 16 counts in the operative indictment.”

And Connor Richards of PokerNews reports that “Tom Goldstein Found Guilty on 12 Counts in Poker-Related Tax Trial.”

“Goldstein Convicted on 12 of 16 Criminal Counts in Jury Trial”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“A Fairly Cordial Encounter for the President and ‘Barely Invited’ Justices; Members of the Supreme Court attended Trump’s annual speech, days after ruling against the legality of his tariffs; The president was restrained and tempered his criticism”: Ann E. Marimow and Erica L. Green of The New York Times have this report.

“From SOTU to SCOTUS; The Chief Justice granted my motion”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Trump Softens Criticism of Supreme Court Over Tariff Ruling”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Class Action Workaround Undermines Universal Injunction Decision”: Law professor Brian Fitzpatrick has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“Are Trump’s ‘Fallback’ Tariffs Legal? After his loss at the Supreme Court, President Trump turned to other statutes to recreate his tariffs. Will they fare any better in court?” Peter E. Harrell has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Justice Samuel Alito Won’t Hang Up His Robes Anytime Soon”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.

Judge Scirica to be the first recipient of the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica Judicial Service Award: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently issued this news release.

In related news, the inaugural winner of the FIFA Judicial Service Award has yet to be determined.