“Appeals court throws out Vermont judge’s decision to free Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi”: Paul Heintz of The Boston Globe has this report.

And Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service reports that “Second Circuit overturns order releasing pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi; A panel on the federal appeals court found that Mahdawi should have never been released on First Amendment grounds.”

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

“Fifth Circuit Pauses Lower Court Orders Releasing Migrants”: Megan Crepeau and Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law have this report (subscription required for full access).

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

“Appeals court upholds Peter Navarro’s convictions for defying Jan. 6 subpoena; Navarro, a top trade adviser to President Donald Trump who sought to overturn the 2020 election, unsuccessfully argued that he was covered by executive privilege”: Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post has this report.

Kyle Cheney of Politico reports that “Appeals court upholds Peter Navarro’s contempt conviction; No judge has bought Navarro’s claim that Trump asserted executive privilege.”

And Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit upholds Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s contempt conviction; Navarro spent four months in prison in 2024 after a federal jury deemed him guilty of contempt of Congress and rejected his defense that executive privilege provided blanket protection.”

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

“Chief Justice Roberts Broke The Fourth Wall in Cook; This unusual opinion suggests something happened behind the scenes over the past ten months”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Oregon educator loses First Amendment case over ‘He is He,’ ‘She is She’ book display”: Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has this report.

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.

“Blackburn Moves to Condemn Judge Ross in Senate Over Misconduct”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“White House lawyer confirmed to judgeship after bashing Republican senators”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Massachusetts AR-15 Ban Unanimously Upheld by First Circuit”: Brian Dowling of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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

“Poll: No One Is Taking John Roberts Seriously Anymore; Voters keep making clear that they do not like or trust the Supreme Court; The question is whether Democratic politicians are listening.” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“The End of Independent Agencies; It is time to restore legislative and judicial powers to where they belong: in Congress and the courts.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“Defy the Gods”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Trump Gets Chance to Round Out Appeals Court With His Appointees”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Jeremy Feigenbaum, New Jersey’s first solicitor general, will leave state government; The 37-year-old Teaneck native built a one-lawyer operation into a national appellate powerhouse, arguing three times before the U.S. Supreme Court”: David Wildstein of New Jersey Globe has this report, along with an article headlined “Sundeep Iyer will succeed Feigenbaum as Solicitor General of New Jersey; Sherrill administration will elevate the 37-year-old appellate lawyer who clerked for three Supreme Court justices; Michael Zuckerman will move into senior attorney general’s post.”

“The Maduro Case May Be About to Take a Hairpin Turn”: Michael Rips has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“The Common Law and Citizenship in the Constitution: A Response to Linda Denno; Those who support Trump’s anti-birthright executive order have failed to produce definitive historical evidence from the founding, the antebellum period, and the ratification history of the Fourteenth Amendment to overturn the long understanding of citizenship as based on birthright.” John Yoo has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“Senate To Vote On Trump Court Pick Who Called Lindsey Graham A ‘Weak-Ass $$&&!’; Kara Westercamp, who also described Mitch McConnell as a ‘modern-day Benedict Arnold,’ is up for a lifetime seat on a powerful trade court”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“Two Philly prosecutors accused DA Larry Krasner of telling them to ‘protect the office’ in a controversial appellate case; The striking accusations come as Krasner is under court scrutiny for his office’s actions in post-conviction cases”: Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“DOJ Can Give Biden Recordings to Conservative Group, Court Rules”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

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