“Justice Dept. Moves to Vacate Jan. 6 Convictions for Far-Right Extremists; Defending the convictions would likely have required administration officials to assert that far-right groups were acting on behalf of President Trump on Jan. 6, 2021”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

And Salvador Rizzo, Jeremy Roebuck, and Perry Stein of The Washington Post report that “DOJ moves to undo Jan. 6 rioters’ convictions for seditious conspiracy; President Donald Trump last year commuted the prison sentences of 12 members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.”

“Grassley Wants Lee or Cruz for Supreme Court if Vacancy Arises”: Lillianna Byington of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Process to Refund Tariffs to Begin Next Week; Trade court judge says government confirmed it is on track to start processing claims for refunds of Trump’s tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court”: Lydia Wheeler of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Laura Curtis of Bloomberg News reports that “Bessent Says Trump’s Tariff Rates Could Be Restored by July.”

“Appeals Court Ends Contempt Inquiry Into Deportation Flights; A federal judge’s nearly yearlong effort to investigate whether the Trump administration had violated his order had become a point of contention in the president’s battles with the courts”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court again blocks contempt inquiry into deportation flights; Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of D.C. has clashed with the Trump administration over dozens of Venezuelan migrants’ ‘hasty’ removals to a prison in El Salvador.”

And Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “Judge ordered to end contempt probe over deportation flights; The majority found the Trump administration had violated neither the bench order nor the written order by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg regarding deportation flights.”

“RBG Medical Records Hacker Can’t Undo Criminal Conviction”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“The Justice Department’s position on presidential papers is astounding; I know the Presidential Records Act well; Now the Trump administration is calling it unconstitutional”: Gary M. Stern has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump Chooses His Personal Lawyers for Federal Appeals Courts”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Trump Refights the ‘War’ That Congress and the Burger Court ‘Waged’ Against President Nixon’s Tapes; The OLC’s opinion will frustrate, rather than extend, the dangerous cycle of presidential lawfare”: Josh Blackman has this essay online at Civitas Outlook.

“New York City’s Prohibition on Stun Guns, Tasers Survives Appeal”: Mallory Culhane of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s non-precedential decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Boasberg Contempt Hearing for Noem Found on Appeal to Be ‘Abuse’”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Appeals court again blocks Boasberg contempt probe into Alien Enemies Act deportations; The ruling is a win for the administration against a judge whom the president has sought to fashion into an adversary.”

You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Ex-Trump Official, Obama Nominees to Decide Big Law Orders Fight”: Justin Henry of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Earlier, Henry reported that “DOJ Seeks to Salvage at Least Some of Trump’s Big Law Orders.”

You can view the federal government’s Reply Brief for Appellants at this link.

And in commentary, online at Bloomberg Law, law professor Seth Katsuya Endo has an essay titled “Law Firms Can Use Conduct Rule to Push Back on Trump Sanctions.”