“Counting the Votes in the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Decision”: Marty Lederman has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“Against Todd Blanche: Will a handful of Senate Republicans admit that Trump’s attorney general nominee deserves rejection?” Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Justice Kagan Stands Up For the Court; It isn’t a ‘rubber stamp’ for Trump, she says; On the left, that’s news”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“First Circuit Denies Trump Bid to Pause Order Tossing H-1B Fee”: Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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

“DA’s office says two prosecutors who said Krasner told them to ‘protect the office’ in controversial case are ‘ill-informed’; The contentious court filing by two Philadelphia prosecutors this week was unauthorized and inappropriate, the district attorney’s office said Thursday”: Ellie Rushing and Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“Small Businesses Sue Just Hours After Trump’s Latest Tariffs; The businesses are represented by the Liberty Justice Center, a legal group that has successfully challenged President Trump’s past duties”: Tony Romm and Ana Swanson of The New York Times have this report.

“Former Star Supreme Court Lawyer Gets Six-Year Sentence in Tax Case; Prosecution of Thomas Goldstein, co-founder of SCOTUSblog, delved into his double-life as high-stakes poker player”: C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Goldstein, 44-Time Supreme Court Lawyer, Sentenced to Six Years”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

According to the article, “US District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby revoked Goldstein’s bond and ordered him taken into custody, siding with the government’s contention that he poses a flight risk.”

“HSF Kramer Recruits Haynes Boone SCOTUS Practice Leader Geyser”: Tatyana Monnay of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Defendant Thomas C. Goldstein’s Motion and Memorandum in Support of Motion for Release Pending Appeal”: Elizabeth B. Prelogar filed this pleading Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on the defendant-appellant’s behalf.