“What’s Next for Judge Eleanor Ross? A 2009 Impeachment May Provide Some Clues.” Arthur Hellman has this guest post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
Also at that blog, Josh Blackman has a post titled “DOJ Moves To Disqualify Judge Ross In Election Interference Case; The Eleventh Circuit’s decision to identify a conflict of interest, but not identify the conflicted judge, leaves litigants guessing.”
“US to Appeal Judge’s Order for Broad Refund of Trump Tariffs”: Laura Curtis and Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News have this report.
“Judge Reopens Trump’s I.R.S. Suit and Questions His ‘Weaponization’ Fund; The ruling was a blow to both President Trump, who had voluntarily dismissed the suit last week, and to the Justice Department, which used the suit to establish a fund likely intended for Trump allies”: Alan Feuer and Andrew Duehren of The New York Times have this report.
Maegan Vazquez and Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post report that “Judge probes whether deal creating Trump’s $1.8 billion fund constitutes fraud; In an unusual deal, the Justice Department created a fund to compensate individuals who claim they have been targets of a ‘weaponized’ justice system.”
And Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Ordered to Address ‘Grievous’ Fraud Claims in IRS Case.”
You can view today’s order at this link.
“Trump’s $1.8 Billion Settlement Fund Sparks Alarm Inside White House; Top White House aides have discussed whether to kill ‘anti-weaponization’ fund after Republican backlash”: Josh Dawsey, Sadie Gurman, and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“Nevada Supreme Court pauses state law restricting abortion for minors; The decision reverses a lower court’s ruling denying a temporary injunction blocking the enforcement of a 1985 law that requires doctors to notify the parents of a minor seeking an abortion”: Margaret Attridge of Courthouse News Service has this report.
And Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “Nevada Top Court Blocks Abortion Parental Notification Law.”
You can access the decision at this link.
“A Philly juror changed their mind during a verdict reading. Should it have led to a mistrial? The confusion occurred during a civil trial for two physicians who were accused of causing a 26-year-old man to become addicted to opioids, and eventually fatally overdose.” Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
“Philadelphia poised to square off against Trump in Third Circuit over future of slavery exhibit; The federal government removed information from the site of George Washington’s home about the nine enslaved people held there”: Jackson Healy of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“There’s No Escaping the Rot in This Justice Department”: Columnist Michelle Goldberg has this essay online at The New York Times.
And at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site, Jay Willis has a post titled “There Are No Serious People In the Trump Justice Department; The nation’s top law enforcement agency is now a law firm that serves only the president’s personal interests, and bills its time to you and me.”
“Judge halts Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund after Jan. 6 prosecutor sues; Jan. 6 prosecutor Andrew Floyd and other targets of the Trump administration had sued to block what critics had described as a ‘slush fund’ for Trump allies”: Ryan J. Reilly of NBC News has this report.
And Kyle Cheney, Hassan Ali Kanu, and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Judge pauses Trump administration’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund; The temporary order halts any payments from the controversial fund.”
You can access the order of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at this link.
“Chevron Names New General Counsel; R. Hewitt Pate to retire after 17 years with the company; Scott A. Keller named general counsel”: Chevron Corporation issued this news release today.
“How often do courts actually cite emergency docket orders?” Taraleigh Davis has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Multifactor Tests Are Everywhere and Nowhere; A narrative explanation for multifactor tests?” Samuel Bray has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.
“The Supreme Court’s common sense problem”: Will Baude and Richard Re have this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“District Map Fights Before the 2026 Midterms”: You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.
“The Fate, to Date, of Trump v. United States; Its publicly measurable impact has been smaller than I anticipated”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.
“Fix the Court Calls on House Judiciary to Open Impeachment Inquiry into Judge Ross”: The organization issued this news release today.
Rosie Manins of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that “Atlanta police investigate sex affair involving judge and high-ranking officer; The police department wants to know if an officer was having sex with a federal judge in chambers.”
And Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law reports that “Atlanta Police Investigate After Cop Said to Have Sex with Judge.”
“Judge reprimanded for noisy sex in chambers revealed as Obama appointee who sentenced Todd Chrisley”: Anthony Blair of The New York Post has this report.
And at “Above the Law,” Joe Patrice has a post titled “Judiciary Tried To Hide ‘Sex In Chambers’ Judge’s Name. It Left A Roadmap To Identify Eleanor Ross Instead. For all their efforts, both the Eleventh Circuit and Judicial Conference left a lot of clues.”