“Deportees sent by Trump to Salvadoran prison are still stuck a year later; Little is known about the status or whereabouts of the Salvadorans deported by President Donald Trump to CECOT, an infamous megaprison”: Samantha Schmidt, Karen DeYoung, and David Nakamura of The Washington Post have this report.

“The Court Ruling in the Fed Chair’s Favor Is a Double-Edged Sword; The decision was a vindication for Jerome Powell, but shows that Fed independence now depends on judges”: Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“We Have Reached End-Stage Polarization”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

Therein, French writes, “On Thursday, a federal appellate judge, Lawrence VanDyke, issued a truly remarkable dissent — a textbook example of how not to handle disagreement on profoundly important constitutional issues.”

“The Obscure Judge Presiding Over $166 Billion in Tariff Refunds; Judge Richard Eaton, on a little-known trade court, is pushing the administration to pay back illegally collected tariffs — and quickly”: Lydia Wheeler of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“These Voting Rights Groups Say It’s a ‘Critical Moment’ for the South; The groups are working to educate voters in the South about how they would be affected if the court strikes down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act”: Audra D.S. Burch and Emily Cochrane of The New York Times have this report.

“Some musings on the SAVE America Act”: Derek Muller has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

“Liberals aim to extend their Wisconsin Supreme Court race winning streak; In next month’s election, liberals could further expand their edge on the battleground-state court and put the majority out of reach for conservatives for years”: Adam Edelman of NBC News has this report.

“Trump’s latest tariffs face a fresh set of legal hurdles; Here are the key issues in the court fight over Trump’s newest tariffs after the Supreme Court’s ruling”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“Ted Frank’s turnaround: Driving a class action for motorists ‘imprisoned’ by a protest.” Jenna Greene’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

“Clearing the Path for Sotomayor’s Supreme Court Nomination; Two decades of confirmation battles”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.