“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.”

“With 102 days until court deadline, Pa. advocates criticize delay on felony murder bill vote; Pa. Supreme Court ruling is likely to kick off what could be the largest resentencing effort in the commonwealth’s history”: Ian Karbal of Pennsylvania Capital-Star has this report.

“What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now; The finding of a California jury represents the opening legal salvo in a fight against one of the central anxieties of our time”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Trump’s DOJ Defends Lawyer Sanctions Ahead of Court Appearance”: Justin Henry of Bloomberg Law has an article that begins, “The Department of Justice hit back at four law firms on President Trump’s target list late Friday in a final written brief before arguing in person next month.”

“Clarence Thomas to give University of Texas lecture”: Asher Price of Axios has this report.

“Judicial Vacancies and the Wheel of Fortune ; Once a judge is relying on the odds, he has relinquished his agency over the decision; It is no longer a function of rational deliberation but a function of Fortune’s wheel, whose spin the judge has no choice but to accept”: Michael A. Fragoso has this essay online at Public Discourse.

“After 20-point Supreme Court loss, Wisconsin Republicans look for who’s to blame; Some conservatives want state Republican Party Chair Brian Schimming fired, while others blame conservative Judge Maria Lazar’s failed campaign”: Rich Kremer of Wisconsin Public Radio has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Stealth Attack on the Regulatory State”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Alaska man to plead guilty to threatening six US Supreme Court justices”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Update: In other coverage, Justin Wise and Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law report that “Man Who Called for Assassination of Justices to Plead Guilty.”

“War Crimes, Christian Nationalism, and the 25th Amendment”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Texas’ GOP attorney general candidates want to challenge decades-old Supreme Court rulings; Emboldened by overturning Roe v. Wade, conservative legal groups hope Ken Paxton’s successor will help them overturn gay marriage and public school access for undocumented students”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“220. Ideology and Shadow Docket Precedent: The en banc Fourth Circuit’s divide in the DOGE/Social Security case is the latest example of how assessments of the Supreme Court’s behavior on emergency applications are sorting us ideologically.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Harmeet Dhillon Is Not Wasting Any Time; She arrived at the Department of Justice with radical changes in mind; One year later, she has completely reshaped the Civil Rights Division”: Quinta Jurecic has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Judicial Notice (04.12.26): ‘I Love You, Sir’; A justice’s public criticism of a colleague, the acting AG’s bromance with Trump, two new circuit-court nominees, and another partner departure from Cravath.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Legislative history lives on — in secret”: Abbe R. Gluck has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Trade court wrestles with Trump’s replacement tariffs; A three-judge panel mulled the duties President Donald Trump imposed after the Supreme Court voided his Liberation Day tariffs”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.

“How Did Samuel Alito Become This Angry? A quiet, bookish justice’s personal leanings have become ever more overt.” Peter S. Canellos has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“As Election Looms, Washington Wonders if Trump Will Get a New Supreme Court Pick; Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the subject of intense speculation about whether he will retire in the coming months and give President Trump a fourth nominee”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

“‘Judge Jeanine’ Is Learning It’s Hard to Be Trump’s Favorite Prosecutor; The president has praised her tenacity but taken note of her high-profile losses”: C. Ryan Barber and Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“For aging US Supreme Court justices, the politics of retirement looms large”: John Kruzel of Reuters has this report.

“Burned Before, Democrats Abruptly Revive the Idea of Impeaching Trump; Democrats in Congress have assiduously avoided talk of a third impeachment of President Trump, concerned that it would distract from their midterm campaign message; That tide seems to have turned”: Annie Karni of The New York Times has this report.

And the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast is titled “Time to Impeach Trump Again? Congressman Jamie Raskin says we need an urgent constitutional update to cope with an utterly out of control president.”

“Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office; In a recent meeting, the president said he would pardon those within 200 feet of the Oval Office, say people familiar with the remarks”: Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And in commentary, online at The Washington Post, columnist George F. Will has an essay titled “An unpardonable abuse of presidential power with only one solution; The ‘power to grant reprieves and pardons’ has become another source of political brutishness.”

“When the Supreme Court Nearly Imposed Anarchy on Oklahoma; An errant 2020 decision deprived the Sooner State of authority to prosecute many serious crimes”: Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Home Distilling Limits in Tax Code Struck Down by Appeals Court”: Laura D. Francis of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Trump nominates former Ohio solicitor general, Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer to US appeals courts”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Picks One of Hush Money Case Lawyers for Appeals Court.”

“Appeals court says Trump White House ballroom construction can proceed for now”: Devan Cole of CNN has this report.

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

“Fewer Steps, Same Sharp Voice from Justice Sotomayor on the Road”: Jordan Fischer and Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Sotomayor Tries to Bury Firefighters’ Discrimination Claims; Ricci v. DeStefano, Part 2”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Appellate Judges Trade Barbs Over Supreme Court Emergency Docket”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report on an en banc decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Immigration board denies Mahmoud Khalil’s appeal, bringing activist one step closer to deportation”: Jake Offenhartz of The Associated Press has this report.

“Blanche’s Experience Makes Him More Dangerous Than Bondi”: Law professor Barbara McQuade has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

And at his “SHOULD YOU CARE?” Substack site, Matthew Wollin has a post titled “Pam Bondi fired as Attorney General. Should you care? sycophant swaps out for sycophant / a 9-0 decision with AI implications / capitulating firms slip even farther.”

“Trump administration can’t change President’s House panels for now, federal appeals court affirms; The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the federal government to maintain the status quo at the President’s House following the National Park Service release of new exhibit panels renderings”: Abraham Gutman and Fallon Roth of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“The DOJ Keeps Making Corrections In Court, and Judges Want Answers; The Justice Department’s corrections come amid growing judicial mistrust and fallout from President Donald Trump’s reshaping of the agency to pursue his agenda”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Julie Vargas sworn in as new Supreme Court chief justice; Vargas served on state Court of Appeals before joining the high court”: Olivier Uyttebrouck of The Albuquerque Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court Secrecy Includes Reasons for Recusal; Justices often don’t disclose why they disqualify themselves from hearing cases; Their silence echoes the court’s unexplained emergency orders”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.