“At the Supreme Court, Trump Courts Defeat; Why would he show up and antagonize the justices? He has an able team of lawyers.” Columnist Kimberley A. Strassel will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Order Granting Motion to Modify Conditions of Release as to Thomas C. Goldstein”: The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued this order today, providing (among other things) that “Mr. Tejinder Singh shall serve as the Defendant’s non-resident custodian.”

“Trump Ousts Attorney General Pam Bondi; At Justice Department, Bondi tried to deliver on president’s priorities but ultimately failed to appease him”: Josh Dawsey, Sadie Gurman, and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Bonus 218: Birthright Citizenship and the Cassandra Problem; President Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship may well be doomed; But that doesn’t come *close* to disproving the concerns the Democratic appointees expressed in their dissents last June.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“John Roberts told Donald Trump exactly what he thinks”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Trump frustrated with Pam Bondi and considering ousting her; Since the Jeffrey Epstein files saga, Bondi has struggled to return to a firm footing with the president and deliver wins — including securing indictments against his political foes”: Katherine Doyle, Matt Dixon, Monica Alba, and Gabe Gutierrez of NBC News have this report.

“Trump Will Lose the Birthright Citizenship Case. But in a Way, He’s Already Won.” Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Mahmoud Khalil Asks Emil Bove to Recuse Himself From Immigration Case; Mr. Khalil, who is fighting his deportation, and Judge Bove were on opposite sides of President Trump’s crackdown on campus protesters when the judge was a Justice Department official”: Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump Has Discussed Firing Attorney General Pam Bondi; President Trump has not made a final decision, but he has floated the idea of replacing Ms. Bondi with Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator”: Tyler Pager of The New York Times has this report.

And Glenn Thrush and Michael Gold of The New York Times report that “How Pam Bondi’s Missteps on the Epstein Files Jeopardized Her Job; Ms. Bondi’s critics inside and outside the administration say she has made unforced errors that have turned the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files into a political crisis.”

“The Long Odds of Undoing Birthright Citizenship; In arguments at the Supreme Court, a clear majority of the Justices seemed inclined to uphold the right”: Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“For Once, the Supreme Court Seems to Think the Fourteenth Amendment Means What It Says; Several members of the Court’s six-justice conservative supermajority sounded skeptical of Trump’s attempt to unilaterally end birthright citizenship”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Also online at Balls and Strikes, Jay Willis has an essay titled “The Right’s Crusade Against Birthright Citizenship Is Just Getting Started; The Supreme Court appears poised to rule against Trump this time; But any votes in his favor will help lay the groundwork for the conservative movement’s next attack on the Fourteenth Amendment.”

“Inside the Supreme Court as Trump faced the justices he’s criticized; The first sitting president known to have attended a Supreme Court argument sat silently in the courtroom for more than an hour as his birthright citizenship plan was debated”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“Trump attends birthright citizenship argument”: Mark Walsh has this View from the Court post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“5 Observations On The Supreme Court Argument In The Birthright Citizenship Case: The Trump v. Barbara oral argument went better for the administration than I expected — but Trump will probably still lose.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Could the Girls of Camp Mystic Have Been Saved? Dozens died in a Texas flood, dividing families over whether it was an act of God or adult failure.” Kerry Howley has this cover story in the March 23, 2026 issue of New York magazine.

“Supreme Court likely to reject Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship; As Trump sat on watching, Solicitor General John Sauer faced skeptical questions from almost all of the justices — including all three justices Trump appointed to the high court”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“Trump Got a Front-Row Seat to Supreme Court Skepticism. His attendance made history. His attempt to upend birthright citizenship probably won’t.” Irin Carmon has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“How the Guillotine Got Axed: In the U.S., capital punishment is resurgent; What lessons can we glean from France’s successful campaign to abolish it?” Lauren Collins has this article online at The New Yorker.

“Go Ahead and Use AI. It Will Only Help Me Dominate You. A message of support for my fellow writers.” Hamilton Nolan has this post at his “How Things Work” Substack site (via Rusty Foster’s post “Who Goes AI?” at “Today in Tabs”).

“Trump’s Supreme Court Appearance Goes Unmentioned by Justices”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law reports that “Justices Dubious Of ‘Obscure’ Sources in Trump Birthright Case.”

“A Fireside Chat Between Chief Judge Elrod and Judge Bumatay on America 250 — STCLH FedSoc”: Josh Blackman has posted this video on YouTube.

“Originalism Could Save Birthright Citizenship in America”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Goldstein Isn’t Special and Should Be Detained, Prosecutors Say”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can view online both the prosecution’s opposition and Goldstein’s reply.

“Trump tactics leave federal prosecutors’ offices rudderless; At least 10 U.S. attorneys offices are being led indefinitely by the No. 2, according to a POLITICO analysis”: Erica Orden of Politico has this report.

“He Won Birthright Citizenship for All. His Own Family Never Knew. Wong Kim Ark brought his case to the Supreme Court in 1898. But some of his descendants didn’t even know his name until about 15 years ago.” Amy Qin of The New York Times has this report.

“Key Justices Appear Skeptical of Limiting Birthright Citizenship; President Trump appeared in court, watching as key members of the court’s conservative majority raised questions about his efforts to limit birthright citizenship”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court appears skeptical of Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship; The justices appeared poised to turn aside government arguments that the president can deny citizenship to babies born to parents without permanent immigration status.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “With Trump watching, Supreme Court justices sound skeptical of his bid to end birthright citizenship.”

James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal reports that “With Trump Looking On, Justices Tread Cautiously on Birthright Citizenship; Supreme Court projects evenhandedness on controversial initiative amid tense standoff with president.”

Maureen Groppe, Bart Jansen, and Aysha Bagchi of USA Today have an article headlined “Is Trump citizenship order doomed? 6 takeaways from birthright debate; The 14th Amendment has granted citizenship to nearly all babies born in the US since 1868, but Trump is trying to block citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants or temporary visitors.”

And Stephen Dinan, Alex Swoyer, and Matt Delaney of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court justices skeptical of Trump’s birthright citizenship order.”

“Trump to make unprecedented Supreme Court visit for birthright citizenship; Trump’s daily schedule has him at the Court for oral arguments at 10 a.m. on April 1; He told reporters he likely would attend the hearing”: Zac Anderson of USA Today has this report.