“Trump appears to order the government to lie on behalf of tariffs; The president moves to subvert the Supreme Court — and the truth”: Columnist Fareed Zakaria has this essay online at The Washington Post.

And Clark Packard and Scott Lincicome have an essay online at The Washington Post titled “Congress courts another Trump tariffs disaster; The Sanctioning Russia Act will give the president another way to tax allies.”

“Loyalty to Trump Proves a Double-Edged Sword for Attorney General Nominee; Todd Blanche’s approach has collided with the jury-of-two reality in the Senate that has, thus far, kept him from the prize he covets: the stability and status conferred by a Senate confirmation.” Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this report.

Michael Gold of The New York Times reports that “Trump Escalates Feud With Senate Over Blanche; The president’s comments threw the confirmation of Todd Blanche, his pick to be attorney general, further into doubt.”

And Perry Stein, Jeremy Roebuck, and Theodoric Meyer of The Washington Post have an article headlined “Why senators fear Trump’s DOJ payout fund isn’t dead, despite Blanche’s promises; Legal experts say that changes to a deal would ordinarily be put in writing, but the acting attorney general says the administration’s word should be enough.”

“The next abortion battle is over Kansas’s highest court; Voters will decide whether to replace a nearly 70-year-old appointment system with direct elections that could reshape the state Supreme Court for decades”: Patrick Marley of The Washington Post has this report.

“US Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein appeals tax conviction”: David Thomas of Reuters has this report. The notice of appeal was signed by Elizabeth Prelogar.

“Houston mothers challenge Ten Commandments posters under Texas’ new parental rights amendment; The parents’ suit leverages Texas law — versus federal First Amendment arguments — in the latest legal case involving the classroom posters”: Ellie Ashby of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Trump’s plan to keep undocumented immigrants locked up rejected by his own judicial appointee”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Fifth Circuit Rejects Challenge to Texas No Guns Sign Law”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access today’s en banc decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Trump Appeals Ruling That Bars His Use of Audit Immunity Deal”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report.

“We conclude that Virginia’s personalized license plate messages are private speech subject to First Amendment protection.” You can access today’s decision of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

Update: In news coverage, Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit defines anti-cop license plate as protected private speech; The Fourth Circuit becomes the first federal appeals court to weigh whether vanity license plates are private or government speech.”

“Judges Urge DHS Lawyer to Remove Posts on ‘Worst’ of Judiciary”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Outlandish Case Against James Comey; The prosecution’s central claim ‘would be laughable,’ one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended ‘to deprive a man of his liberty’”: Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

And online at The Bulwark, Paul Rosenzweig has a post titled “The Comey Prosecution Is Dead; But it’s no time to rejoice.”

“Trump needles Cornyn as Blanche remains blocked; The president defended his $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund,’ which Blanche insisted this month is not moving forward”: Gregory Svirnovskiy of Politico has this report.

“Law of the Land: The Supreme Court Year in Review with Thane Rosenbaum and guests.” The 92nd Street Y, New York has posted this video on YouTube.

“Trump Targets ‘Birth Tourism’ After Birthright Citizenship Loss”: Andrew Kreighbaum and Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Cooking Up A Blue Plate Special: A few miscellaneous points about one of the most unusual opinions of the term.” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“There Are So Many Reasons to Reject Todd Blanche. Here’s Another One.” Ankush Khardori has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Counting All of Justice Barrett’s Votes; A look at her full voting history reveals where the justice’s conservative record is lacking”: Josh Blackman has this essay online at National Review.

“U.S. Revives Obscure Court in Bid to Deport Afghan Woman; The case is a test of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, where much of the evidence is presented in secret and defendants cannot challenge how it was collected”: Alan Feuer and Adam Sella of The New York Times have this report.

“Trump Threatens to Withdraw Blanche as Attorney General, Dealing Blow to Nomination; President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two Republican holdouts, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis”: Glenn Thrush, Michael Gold, and Carl Hulse of The New York Times have this report.

Michael Gold of The New York Times has a Congressional Memo headlined “Defying Trump, Cornyn Uses His Lame-Duck Power; In standing in the way of Todd Blanche, President Trump’s choice for attorney general, a liberated Senator John Cornyn is wielding his leverage.”

And Richard Rubin, Sadie Gurman, and Maya Davis of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump Threatens to Pull Blanche Pick in Clash With ‘Wounded Bear’ Senators; President signals no concessions on ‘antiweaponization fund’ or no-audits deal to win over Cornyn and Tillis.”

“Two more federal appeals courts reject ICE mass detention policy; The 9th and 7th circuits ruled on the same day that the Trump administration misconstrued immigration law”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this updated report.

And Megan Crepeau of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Detention Policy Rejected by Another Court, Widening Split.”

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

“Bonus 241: The Mail-In Voting Applications; What the Supreme Court was asked to do on Monday is narrower than much of the coverage suggests, and a grant of relief would be far less significant than it will outwardly appear to be.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Why Blanche Can’t Win Republican Approval for Attorney General — Yet; The decision by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits has become the central issue in his confirmation process”: Andrew Duehren of The New York Times has this report.

And Olivia Alafriz and Rachel Schilke of Bloomberg Law report that “Reliable Trump Backer Cornyn Goes Rogue on Blanche Nomination.”

“5th federal appeals court rejects ICE mass detention policy; The 9th Circuit ruled that the Trump administration misconstrued immigration law”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

And Megan Crepeau of Bloomberg Law reports that “Trump Immigration Detention Authority Rejected by Appeals Court.”

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

“A ‘Zombie Court’ for Terror Cases Awakens; Dormant for 30 years, a little-known tribunal is hearing its first case”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Historic first public hearing held for terrorist deportation court; The Trump administration is seeking to deport Afghan immigrant Nazira Haji Zada for allegedly supporting an ISIS plot.”

“Receipts on the Senate Filibuster | Interview: Mike ‘Frags’ Fragoso”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Trump Picks Flex Rising Influence on Largest US Appeals Court”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Todd Blanche won’t get Thursday vote in Senate Judiciary Committee; The panel postponed a planned meeting as key GOP holdouts press for concessions”: Chris Marquette of Politico has this report.

“Blanche’s AG nomination in doubt as critical Republicans remain unsatisfied; Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) said they are not yet prepared to support Todd Blanche ahead of a Thursday committee vote; One Republican ‘no’ could kill the nomination”: Jeremy Roebuck, Theodoric Meyer, and Perry Stein of The Washington Post have this report.

And Richard Rubin, Sadie Gurman, and Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal report that “GOP Resistance Stiffens to Trump Attorney General Pick; Holdouts want ‘anti-weaponization fund’ formally killed and changes to no-audits language before they will vote for Todd Blanche.”

“The Best Escape from the U.S. Attorney Mess; If the Senate wants to preserve U.S. Attorneys as significant in the real world, it must confirm more U.S. Attorneys”: Aaron L. Nielson has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“District Court Judges Are Unimpressed By the Fifth Circuit’s ‘Precedential Stay Order’ Stunt; At the White House’s request, America’s Trumpiest appeals court attempts to issue an order that does not exist”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Pa. Justices To Review Record $207M UPenn Med Mal Verdict”: Matthew Santoni of Law360 has this report (subscription required for full access).

“Trump wants the Supreme Court to help him control who gets to vote; After a string of court losses, the administration is begging; The justices should stay out of it”: Columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“Too much fear-mongering over Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision”: George Liebmann recently had this essay online at The Baltimore Sun.

“Trump Says He Wants Supreme Court to Revive Suit Against Hillary Clinton”: Greg Stohr and Erik Larson of Bloomberg News have this report.

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“Sullivan & Cromwell Asks Top Court to Hear E. Jean Carroll Case”: Roy Strom of Bloomberg Law has this report.