“Justice Dept., Under Pressure From Trump, Fails to Build Autopen Case Against Biden; Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department’s increasing inability to follow through on the president’s desire to indict his rivals”: Michael S. Schmidt, Devlin Barrett, and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.
Update: In other coverage, Ryan J. Reilly and Kyla Guilfoil of NBC News report that “DOJ quietly shelves Biden autopen investigation that Trump demanded; President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed former President Joe Biden used an autopen without knowing the contents of what he signed.”
“Man held at gunpoint after officers entered wrong home challenges qualified immunity rulings; Tyler Harrington is asking the Fifth Circuit to breathe new life into his civil rights lawsuit after a federal judge found the officers did not act unreasonably”: Christina van Waasbergen of Courthouse News Service has this report.
You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“Judge Orders Government to Begin Refunding More Than $130 Billion in Tariffs; More than 2,000 lawsuits have been filed by companies in the court seeking to recoup their money after Supreme Court invalidated tariffs last month”: Lydia Wheeler, James Fanelli, and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
And Tony Romm and Ana Swanson of The New York Times report that “U.S. Court Takes First Steps Toward Ordering Tariff Refunds; The Trump administration is likely to appeal the move, as it ramps up its attempt to slow or potentially block the repayment of billions in past duties.”
“DOJ to appeal judge’s order barring search of Post reporter’s devices; The Justice Department said it plans to appeal a judge’s decision that blocked the government from searching Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s electronic devices”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report.
“Supreme Court Weighs State Tort Liability for Freight Brokers”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.
And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Trump crackdown on immigrant truck drivers gets airtime at Supreme Court; Some of the justices’ concerns over state regulations on shipping industry mirrored the White House’s campaign to purge immigrant truckers from America’s highways.”
“The Supreme Court Has a Marijuana Problem”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Supreme Court rules NJ Transit can be sued over injuries in out-of-state courts”: Samuel Chamberlain and Ryan King of The New York Post have this report.
David Wildstein of New Jersey Globe reports that “U.S. Supreme Court says N.J. Transit doesn’t get state’s sovereign immunity; Unanimous decision says transit agency can be sued in courts outside New Jersey.”
Nikita Biryukov of New Jersey Monitor reports that “NJ Transit not immunized from out-of-state lawsuits, U.S. Supreme Court rules.”
Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Supreme Court gives bus victims green light against New Jersey transit; The high court said that if states expected corporate entities like NJ Transit to retain all the privileges of their sovereign protections, they must also assume their liabilities.”
And Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law reports that “NJ Transit Can Be Sued in Other States, Supreme Court Says.”
You can access today’s unanimous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Justice In Balance: The Courts, Civil Rights, and Our Democracy.” The National Civil Rights Museum has posted this video on YouTube.
“The Tiny Court at the Center of a Massive Scramble to Get Tariff Money Back; The Court of International Trade, a specialty court that settles technical trade disputes, will determine whether and how refunds are issued”: Lydia Wheeler and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal have this report.