“After Birthplace Citizenship Case, The Conservative Legal Movement Needs To Raise Its Standards; In the post-judicial-filibuster world, intellectual adherence to textualism, in and of itself, is no longer sufficient for Republican Supreme Court nominees”: Rachel Bovard has this essay online at The Federalist.

“Seeking Confirmation, Blanche Meets With Epstein Survivors; Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a key vote on confirmation, had demanded Mr. Blanche meet with victims”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.

“Appeals court keeps Pentagon’s escort policy for journalists in place; A trio of judges sided with the government over the New York Times in a major press freedom case”: Scott Nover of The Washington Post has this report.

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Judicial Impartiality Is Under Threat; Political actors try to sway federal judges with partisan training and educational materials; That has to stop”: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump Administration Subpoenas Law Firms, Escalating Pressure Campaign; The uneasy truce between the administration and the law firms it cut deals with last year has erupted into a pitched legal battle behind closed doors”: Michael S. Schmidt and Devlin Barrett of The New York Times have this report.

“VanDyke Asks High Court to ‘Benchslap’ 9th Cir. on Gun Rulings”: Isaiah Poritz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, at this link.

“The Trump Administration’s Portentous Subpoenas of NYT Reporters; Law v. norms, once more”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

And at his “Second Rough Draft” Substack site, Richard J. Tofel has a post titled “Those Subpoenas to Reporters May Not Be Quite What You Think; Signs of Trump’s weakness, not strength.”

“On ‘A Court of Two Crises’; An HLS Volume Celebrates the Declaration’s 250th Anniversary”: Richard M Re has this post at this “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“A Bucket Full of Trump Bait”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“‘I’m His Lawyer’: Blanche Told the Truth About Trump’s DOJ.” Law professor Barbara McQuade has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Despite Judge’s Smackdown, Trump Plans To Keep Deal Killing Tax Audits; Trump could save millions thanks to an order by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche barring the government from trying to collect any taxes Trump might have owed”: Arthur Delaney and Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost have this report.

“Bonus 238: The Court Against the Courts; As part of the Harvard Law Review’s annual Supreme Court issue for OT2025, my Foreword argues that the Supreme Court is quietly dismantling the district courts’ authority — and arrogating it to itself.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Lindsey Graham’s Supreme Court; His outsized role in the confirmations of four justices”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Barrett, Kagan Are the Spokeswomen the Supreme Court Needs Now”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.

“The Price of Politicizing the Supreme Court; The Justices need more protection as politicians demonize them”: This editorial appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.