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Thursday, February 26, 2026

“Judge Vows to End Trump Administration’s Noncompliance ‘One Way or Another’; The federal judge identified 210 orders issued in 143 cases in Minnesota in which he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had not complied with court orders”: Mitch Smith, Ernesto Londoño, and Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times have this report.

Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota issued this supplemental order with two attachments (one and two).

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Bonus 212: The Supreme Court is Not ‘Reining in’ Executive Power; The Court’s defenders claim the tariffs ruling is part of a trend in which the justices are reining in President Trump and (re-)empowering Congress; The full dataset is overwhelmingly to the contrary.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s next tariff fight: Keeping the money; After Trump’s Supreme Court tariff defeat, administration officials are devising legal strategies that would let the president keep some — or maybe even most — of the revenue, five people familiar with the conversations told POLITICO.” Megan Messerly and Daniel Desrochers of Politico have this report.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Limbo on Filling Souter Seat Invites Conflict; Criticism of Sotomayor’s intellect ignites anger and infighting”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Testimony Offers New Details on Justice Dept. Role in Abrego Garcia Prosecution”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Full house to big house? Poker-playing Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax fraud.” Marc Ramirez of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“You Guys Look Miserable: The Supreme Court’s silliest tradition is sending a handful of justices to sit through a two-hour State of the Union without changing their facial expressions.” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Phila. Developer Can’t Escape Liability for Nearly $40M Award Following Construction Worker’s Death, Pa. Appeals Court Rules; OCF had challenged the Philadelphia court’s decision denying its request for post-trial relief following a $68.5 million jury verdict in favor of the decedent’s estate, where the jury found the developer had acted as general contractor and was therefore liable for 50% of the unsafe conditions that led to the fall”: Riley Brennan of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

You can access yesterday’s unanimous, unpublished, non-precedential decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

Posted at 4:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court clears way for Texas drag ban to take effect in March; The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday reaffirmed a November ruling removing a block on Senate Bill 12 and denied a request by plaintiffs for a rehearing”: Alex Nguyen of The Texas Tribune has this report on a decision that a two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

Posted at 4:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Gorsuch’s Tariffs Warning; Granting a president new power is easy, he said; But taking it back is almost impossible”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

Posted at 2:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court litigator convicted of tax evasion over income from high-stakes poker”: Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press has this report.

Posted at 12:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tom Goldstein Just Lost the Case of His Life”: Matt Stieb has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

Posted at 10:35 AM by Howard Bashman