“Deportees sent by Trump to Salvadoran prison are still stuck a year later; Little is known about the status or whereabouts of the Salvadorans deported by President Donald Trump to CECOT, an infamous megaprison”: Samantha Schmidt, Karen DeYoung, and David Nakamura of The Washington Post have this report.

“The Court Ruling in the Fed Chair’s Favor Is a Double-Edged Sword; The decision was a vindication for Jerome Powell, but shows that Fed independence now depends on judges”: Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“We Have Reached End-Stage Polarization”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

Therein, French writes, “On Thursday, a federal appellate judge, Lawrence VanDyke, issued a truly remarkable dissent — a textbook example of how not to handle disagreement on profoundly important constitutional issues.”

“The Obscure Judge Presiding Over $166 Billion in Tariff Refunds; Judge Richard Eaton, on a little-known trade court, is pushing the administration to pay back illegally collected tariffs — and quickly”: Lydia Wheeler of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“These Voting Rights Groups Say It’s a ‘Critical Moment’ for the South; The groups are working to educate voters in the South about how they would be affected if the court strikes down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act”: Audra D.S. Burch and Emily Cochrane of The New York Times have this report.

“Some musings on the SAVE America Act”: Derek Muller has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

“Liberals aim to extend their Wisconsin Supreme Court race winning streak; In next month’s election, liberals could further expand their edge on the battleground-state court and put the majority out of reach for conservatives for years”: Adam Edelman of NBC News has this report.

“Trump’s latest tariffs face a fresh set of legal hurdles; Here are the key issues in the court fight over Trump’s newest tariffs after the Supreme Court’s ruling”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“Ted Frank’s turnaround: Driving a class action for motorists ‘imprisoned’ by a protest.” Jenna Greene’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

“Clearing the Path for Sotomayor’s Supreme Court Nomination; Two decades of confirmation battles”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“The Jerome Hall Lecture featuring William Baude”: IU Maurer has posted this video on YouTube.

“Hypothetical Legal Advice to SecDef Hegseth on ‘No Quarter’ Statement (from Office of General Counsel)”: Daniel Maurer has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“Justice Dept. Legal Threat Complicates Trump’s Pick for Fed Chair; An investigation of the Federal Reserve was thwarted on Friday, but a department appeal could reimpose an obstacle in Kevin Warsh’s path”: Colby Smith and Tony Romm of The New York Times have this report.

“Thomas’s Confusion of Terms; Justice Thomas’s dissent in the recent tariff case is wrong about Founding era views of trade”: Phillip W. Magness has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“The Postmodern Jurisprudence of Lawrence VanDyke”: Michael A. Fragoso has this post at the “Bench Memos” blog of National Review.

“Social Media Isn’t Just Speech. It’s Also a Defective, Hazardous Product.” Law professor Tim Wu has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“A Subversive Mission”: You can access the new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“Immigration Myths and Birthright Citizenship: Your guide to defending the Constitution from bad originalism.” You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“The 53-Year-Old Virgin: This judge may find out what it’s like to be Steve Carell.” Reynolds Holding has this post at his “Better Judgment” Substack site.

“Judge Quashes Justice Dept.’s Subpoenas of Fed, Crippling Its Pursuit of Trump’s Rivals; Judge James E. Boasberg derided the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington for pursuing a case against Jerome H. Powell that appeared to be motivated by President Trump’s desire for vengeance”: Alan Feuer, Glenn Thrush, and Colby Smith of The New York Times have this report.

Salvador Rizzo and Andrew Ackerman of The Washington Post report that “Court blocks Justice Department subpoenas of Federal Reserve; The decision is a significant victory for the Fed. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said she would appeal the ruling.”

Nick Timiraos and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal report that “Judge Throws Out Justice Department Subpoenas to Federal Reserve; ‘Abundant evidence’ exists that the subpoenas were designed to ‘harass and pressure Powell’ to yield to Trump, ruling says.”

And Sam Sutton, Josh Gerstein, and Jasper Goodman of Politico report that “Court blocks probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, DOJ to appeal; The decision potentially clears the path for Trump’s nominee to replace Powell as Fed chair, former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

“The Death Penalty Is Even More Horrifying Than You Think”: The New York Times has published this editorial.

“A Judicial Climate Science Scandal: How political actors hijacked an education manual for judges to serve the plaintiffs bar.” This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Ninth Circuit upholds block on Montana’s drag story hour ban; A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed a lower court’s decision blocking Montana from enforcing a 2023 law that banned drag performers from reading to children and restricted minors from attending drag performances; The Ninth Circuit panel ruled the law unconstitutionally targeted protected speech under the First Amendment”: Quinn Welsch of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Trump’s Voting Nemesis Is at the Supreme Court. We Can’t Afford for SCOTUS to Get It Wrong.” David H. Gans has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Trump Administration Floats a New Way to Humiliate the Legal Profession”: Deborah Pearlstein has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Judicial Rhetoric, Artful and Clumsy”: Adrian Vermeule has this post at “The New Digest” Substack site.

“A Trump-appointed judge used a vulgar term to attack trans women. His colleagues hit back.” Sara Libby of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And at “Above the Law,” Joe Patrice has a post titled “‘We Are Better Than This,’ Say Ninth Circuit Judges Despite All Evidence To The Contrary; Total dick writes about ‘swinging dicks’ in trans discrimination case, prompting fellow judges to beg for basic professionalism.”

“Ron DeSantis Wants Speedy Executions, and Lots of Them; After President Trump urged states to recommit themselves to capital punishment, Florida started to put prisoners to death at rates not seen in the state’s modern history”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

“Hip-Hop Icons Tell Justices That Texas Turned Rap Lyrics Into a Death Warrant; Killer Mike, Travis Scott, T.I. and other artists said James Broadnax was sent to death row in Texas based partly on his artistic expression”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times recently had this report.

“VanDyke Uses Crude Phrase in Case Over Spa’s Transgender Policy”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Judge VanDyke: ‘This is a case about swinging dicks.’ 30 members of the Ninth Circuit write to disagree.” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions and statements accompanying it, at this link.

“Partisanship on Iran Is Dangerous for America; Trump is doing the right thing for the U.S., and we Democrats should judge the war on the merits”: David Boies will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Still trying to kill congestion pricing, two NY counties make their appellate case; Rockland and Orange counties urged the Second Circuit on Thursday to revive their respective lawsuits against the toll, which raised more than $500 million in 2025”: Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Beth Wang of Bloomberg Law reports that “Second Circuit Skeptical of NYC Congestion Pricing Challenge.”

“US Tells Judge Web-Based Portal for IEEPA Refunds 70% Complete”: Erik Larson and Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Executive and Judicial Branches Spar Over Control of Federal Courthouses; The head of the General Services Administration said a proposal to transfer control of courthouse buildings to the judiciary was a bad idea”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.