“Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Could Face Challenge in Federal Courts; Legal experts say the former Army officer convicted in a 2009 mass shooting could face a narrow, rushed path to appeal a public execution by firing squad”: Abbie VanSickle and John Ismay of The New York Times have this report.

“Public executions are the work of tyrants. Now, the U.S. is joining in.” Columnist Lorraine Ali has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Senate Fact Finders Decry Costs of Migrant Detention at Guantánamo; The setup has cost more than $100 million, the study said; A recent inspection found nearly 450 government employees and zero detainees”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s most consequential cases of the new term”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Guantanamo Dispatch: All Four Defendants’ Confessions Are Now Suppressed in the 9/11 Case.” Carol Rosenberg has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“Trump’s DOJ Is Hiring Only the Best MAGA Wing Nuts; A future Democratic president will have to do more than rehire a competent civil service, they’ll have to cleanse the federal bureaucracy of its Trumpist stench”: Jason Linkins has this essay online at The New Republic.

“How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil; The president’s allies have sought to prove a ‘grand conspiracy’ through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry; It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence”: Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times have this report.

“Supreme Court Recusals in Spotlight as Alito Drops From Oil Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.