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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

“Federal Court Denies Anthropic’s Motion to Lift ‘Supply Chain Risk’ Label; The ruling was a setback for the artificial intelligence start-up in its battle with the Defense Department over the use of A.I. in warfare”: Mike Isaac of The New York Times has this report.

Amrith Ramkumar and Heather Somerville of The Wall Street Journal report that “Court Denies Anthropic Request to End Defense Department Punishment; The company is involved in two separate legal actions related to being blacklisted by the Pentagon.”

And Brendan Bordelon of Politico reports that “Anthropic loses appeals court bid to pause supply chain risk label; A three-judge panel declined to temporarily block the Trump administration’s move to punish the AI startup.”

You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Wisconsin Swings to the Left; The GOP loses another court seat and the Waukesha mayor’s race”: This editorial will appear in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“A casket cartel tries to bury the competition; An Oklahoma couple has run afoul of a state law protecting funeral-home operators”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Post-Bondi Opportunity; Voters don’t reward revenge attempts, as the president knows better than anyone”: Columnist Barton Swaim will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Sotomayor to Lawrence crowd: ‘To survive longer, we have to work at it.’” Conner Mitchell of The Lawrence Times has this report.

Stacey Saldanha-Olson of The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that “Justice Sotomayor talks immigration, 2nd chances & her career.”

Anna Kaminski of Kansas Reflector reports that “U.S. Supreme Court justice warns of majority’s misuse of ‘shadow docket’ during Kansas talk.”

And Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law reports that “Sotomayor Faults Kavanaugh Over Immigration Stops Concurrence.”

Posted at 4:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Winning For Workers Before A Conservative Court: Jennifer Bennett; A principal at Gupta Wessler, Bennett has won four unanimous victories — on behalf of plaintiffs and employees — before the U.S. Supreme Court.” David Lat has posted online this new episode of his “Original Jurisdiction” podcast.

Posted at 3:50 PM by Howard Bashman