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Thursday, July 23, 2026

“Trump Unveils New Tariffs Designed to Withstand Legal Scrutiny; New duties, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, will replace a temporary tariff put in place after the Supreme Court derailed Trump’s trade agenda in February”: Gavin Bade of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Withdraws Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists; A federal judge raised questions about the government’s handling of the subpoenas, which The Times called an attempt to intimidate the free press”: Michael M. Grynbaum and Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times have this report.

Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post reports that “Justice Department agrees to withdraw subpoenas to New York Times reporters; The move came after a federal judge in New York said that in its challenge to the subpoenas, the news organization had raised ‘profound First Amendment’ issues.”

Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Justice Department Agrees to Withdraw Subpoenas for New York Times Journalists; Federal judge questions whether prosecutors followed proper procedures in leak investigation.”

And Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service has an article headlined “Ripped by judge, DOJ drops subpoenas of New York Times reporters; Justice Department lawyers initially refused to withdraw the requests, despite admitting they were rife with ‘inadvertent errors.’

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fourth Circuit creates circuit split over handling of detained pro-Palestinian scholars; The ruling splits from a recent Third Circuit decision that held immigration courts are the only available venue for detainees to challenge their detention, even in cases implicating First Amendment violations”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News has this report.

Ajani Stella of The Hoya of Georgetown University reports that “Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Redetain Khan Suri; The judges defended noncitizens’ ability to raise constitutional challenges to detention proceedings in federal court, rather than in immigration court.”

And Sydney Carroll and Chih-Rong Kuo of The Georgetown Voice report that “Appeals Court rules Badar Khan Suri should remain out of detention.”

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

Posted at 9:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Student tells school ‘Go f– yourself,’ gets expelled; panel says he can still sue; Portland State anti-vaxxer was crass and disrespectful but speech was political and may be protected by First Amendment”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

You can access today’s unpublished, non-precedential decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 8:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kagan Says Supreme Court Has Stood Up to Trump in Key Cases; At an annual meeting of judges and lawyers, the liberal justice defended her conservative colleagues from criticism that they have rubber-stamped President Trump’s agenda”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Supreme Court no ‘rubber stamp’ for Trump, Kagan says; The liberal justice said her conservative colleagues aren’t always on Trump’s side.”

Gene Johnson of The Associated Press reports that “Liberal Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court is not a rubber stamp for Trump.”

And Isaiah Poritz and Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law report that “Kagan Says Supreme Court Not a ‘Rubber Stamp’ for Trump Policies.”

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Umpire’s Limits; A Court charged with maintaining the Constitution’s boundaries must respect its own”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 4:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“DOJ’s ‘Alien Terrorist’ Court Tactic Set for Lengthy Legal Fight”: Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 4:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pennsylvania court says public policy can’t void hotel trafficking coverage; The justices pointed carriers to one fix they controlled all along — the policy wording”: Regielyn Santiago of Insurance Business has this report.

Tuesday’s decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a majority opinion and a concurring opinion.

Posted at 4:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sotomayor and Abortion, Part 2; Fighting over judicial ideology”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

Posted at 2:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Turbocharges Presidential Power; A pair of decisions reshaped the structure of the federal government”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

Posted at 2:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Bonus 239: The Fifth Circuit’s ‘Precedential Stay’ in Sosnava Rodriguez; The New Orleans-based court of appeals once again did the Trump administration’s bidding on immigration detention—this time through an unexplained procedural move that . . . I’ve never seen before.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 11:30 AM by Howard Bashman