“Appeals court rejects Trump’s third-country deportation policy; A unanimous three-judge panel ruled that deportees must have ‘a meaningful opportunity to contest’ their deportation”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

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

“Second Circuit Rejects Limits on Border Searches of Cell Phones; And why I think they are wrong, and the Supreme Court should step in”: Orin S. Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns; In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions ‘a grave threat to the rule of law’”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Defends the Power of Dissent in Phila. Bar Remarks; Accepting a Philadelphia Bar Association award Thursday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson praised Justice William J. Brennan Jr.’s commitment to democratic values and said judicial dissents reflect ‘faith in the future’”: Riley Brennan of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

“The Case for a Shadow Court: Our constitutional system is being torn asunder; Enter an intriguing idea from a great legal mind.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly.

“Head of conviction integrity unit in DA’s office steps down after judge points to possible crimes, sources say; ADA Matthew Stiegler stepped down from his supervisory role, but would remain a prosecutor with the office, the sources said”: Ellie Rushing of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And the newspaper has published an editorial titled “Should Larry Krasner still lead the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office? A federal judge has referred the city’s top prosecutor for criminal investigation over his handling of an exoneration case, casting fresh doubt on his ability to administer fair and impartial justice.”