“Republicans on Senate Panel Vote to Advance Bove’s Nomination After Democrats Storm Out; An even more intense battle is expected on the Senate floor over the nomination of a Trump immigration policy enforcer to a lifetime judicial post”: Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this report.
Perry Stein of The Washington Post reports that “As Democrats walk out, Republicans advance judicial nomination of Emil Bove; Bove, a top Justice Department official and Trump’s former personal defense attorney, was nominated to serve on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.”
Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Democrats seethe as committee advances Trump’s lawyer Emil Bove to appeals court seat.”
Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Trump’s controversial former attorney, Emil Bove, is one step closer to becoming a Philly-based federal judge; Bove’s candidacy was sent to the U.S. Senate for a confirmation vote despite significant opposition from former judges and prosecutors.”
Molly Reinmann of CNN reports that “Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans advance nomination of former Trump lawyer Emil Bove as Democrats walk out.”
Frank Thorp V and Dareh Gregorian of NBC News report that “Democrats challenge whether Emil Bove’s judicial nomination advanced after they walked out of vote; Republicans say the nominations of former Trump lawyer Bove and former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro were sent to the full Senate; Democrats say that’s in question.”
Hailey Fuchs of Politico reports that “Senate Dems protest committee vote to advance Trump’s judicial pick; Republican Sen. Thom Tillis defended his decision to back Emil Bove for the 3rd Circuit judgeship while Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat, shouted over proceedings.”
Breanne Deppisch and Ashley Oliver of Fox News report that “Senate panel advances Trump’s former defense attorney Emil Bove toward federal appeals court position; Bove, Trump’s former personal attorney, has come under fresh scrutiny in recent weeks for his role at the Justice Department.”
Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “Senate Judiciary Advances Emil Bove Third Circuit Nomination; Bove faces scrutiny over actions in top DOJ role; Grassley rejects Democrats’ request for whistleblower hearing.”
Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Democrats rage as Senate GOP steamrolls vote on Third Circuit nominee Bove; Democrats walked out of the Senate Judiciary Committee in protest after Republicans refused to hear further debate on the controversial nomination of Trump’s former personal attorney.”
Joey Fox of New Jersey Globe reports that “Dems storm out of Senate Judiciary meeting after Bove greenlit for Third Circuit judgeship; Booker on hurried Bove confirmation process: ‘This is unbelievable, this is unjust, this is wrong.’”
Andrew Goudsward of Reuters reports that “Trump judicial nominee Bove clears Senate panel despite Democratic protest.”
Sara Boboltz of HuffPost reports that “Democratic Senators Walk Out Of Trump Judicial Nominee Emil Bove’s Hearing; Republicans say the controversial nominee is ready for a floor vote; Democrats say they’re moving too fast.”
Michael Macagnone of Roll Call reports that “Trump lawyer Bove gets 3rd Circuit backing as Democrats walk out; Grassley declines to schedule hearing on whistleblower allegations.”
Kaelan Deese of Washington Examiner reports that “Senate Judiciary Committee advances five Trump judicial picks, including Emil Bove, as Democrats stage walkout.”
Danielle Battaglia of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that “Former DC prosecutors say Tillis’ staff uncooperative ahead of controversial vote.”
In commentary, Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Emil Bove and the Trump Judiciary; The quality of the President’s appellate nominees will influence whether judges and Justices decide to retire.”
Online at Fox News, Todd Blanche has an essay titled “Ignore outrageous attacks on Trump’s DOJ champion; He belongs on the bench; Here’s how ‘selective leaks’ and ‘misleading reporting’ distorted Trump Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove’s principled legal career.”
Also online at Fox News, Ryan Crosswell has an essay titled “Senate Republicans, do the right thing on Trump’s unfit judicial nominee; I served with Emil Bove in the Trump Justice Department; Here’s why I have concerns about his fitness for the federal bench.”
Online at The Los Angeles Times, columnist Jackie Calmes has an essay titled “Rejecting this federal judge nominee should be easy; Don’t hold your breath.”
And at TPM, Josh Kovensky has an essay titled “Emil Bove Represents One Future of the Federal Judiciary.”
“Trump administration signals it is bypassing Wisconsin’s senators in key judicial selection”: Daniel Bice and Lawrence Andrea of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have an article that begins, “U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin have sent to President Donald Trump this week five recommendations for filling a vacant seat on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, but the Trump administration is signaling that it is going its own way in selecting the nominee.”
“Corporate Responsibility and Non-Enforcement of the TikTok Ban; Providers skate by, or refuse to answer, the hard questions”: Bob Bauer has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.
“Jackson Emerges as the Supreme Court’s Leading Liberal Voice”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.
“Abrego Garcia Lawyers Question Evidence From Key Witness in Criminal Case; The exchanges unfolded at a hearing in Federal District Court in Nashville intended to determine whether Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia should be freed from criminal custody as he awaits trial”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.
And Jeremy Roebuck and Maria Sacchetti of The Washington Post report that “Judge delays decision on Kilmar Abrego García release to ICE custody; A federal judge said he plans to rule next week on whether the Maryland man should be released pending trial; But the government has indicated that it could swiftly deport him if that happens.”
“Trump’s Plans to Put Emil Bove on the Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why; In a series of terse, unsigned orders, the court has often been giving the green light to President Trump’s agenda without a murmur of explanation”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.
“Federal appeals court reinstates Arkansas’ ban on teaching Critical Race Theory”: Brett Barrouquere of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has this report.
And Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press reports that “Federal court says Arkansas can enforce ban on critical race theory in classrooms.”
You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.
“Trump Intends to Nominate Jennifer Mascott to Third Circuit”: Seth Stern of Bloomberg News has this report (subscription required for full access).
“Trump reshaped the Supreme Court. Now emergency appeals are helping him reshape the government.” Mark Sherman and Chris Megerian of The Associated Press have this report.
“Where’s the U.S. border? Trump asks Supreme Court to decide.” Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.
“Oklahoma Supreme Court quickly stays new law that would establish business courts”: Murray Evans of The Oklahoman has this report.
“New York rejects Texas attempt to punish doctor over abortion pills; Texas has sought to fine a New York-based doctor who allegedly prescribed mifepristone to a Dallas woman, in a case likely headed to the Supreme Court”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.
“What the left and right get wrong about Amy Coney Barrett; The Supreme Court justice is unpredictable to both liberals and conservatives”: Ilya Shapiro has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“West Virginia ban on abortion medication upheld”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.
David Ovalle and Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post report that “West Virginia’s near-total abortion pill ban upheld by federal court; The court upheld West Virginia’s 2022 law banning mifepristone for abortions in most cases.”
Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “West Virginia Gets Go-Ahead to Regulate Abortion Pill’s Use; Regulations of abortion-inducing pill don’t preempt state law; States have power to additionally regulate FDA-approved drugs.”
And Steve Garrison of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit upholds West Virginia ban on abortion pills; An appellate panel ruled that federal law did not preempt West Virginia’s ban on mifepristone in a victory for anti-abortion activists.”
You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“Trump’s DOJ Won’t Let Go of One of His Biggest Losers in Court. I Know Why.” Matthew Wollin has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“The Trump Administration Is Staffing Up With Nationwide Abortion Ban Zealots; Conservative activists have spent years pushing a fringe legal theory that could ban abortion nationwide; A pair of newly appointed White House lawyers could do exactly that”: Susan Rinkunas has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.
“Mum’s the word on SCOTUS shadow docket; The Supreme Court’s concessions to President Trump have reignited complaints about the secrecy of shadow docket rulings”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
In commentary, online at Balls and Strikes, Jay Willis has an essay titled “The Conservative Justices Are Too Cowardly to Say What They Mean.”
Online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a Jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Latest Gift to Trump Is a Dark Turning Point.”
Online at The Atlantic, Quinta Jurecic has an essay titled “The Supreme Court Won’t Explain Itself; In their decision allowing the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education, the justices didn’t offer one word of reasoning.”
And online at Bloomberg Law, law professor Matthew Diller has an essay titled “Kavanaugh’s ‘Shadow Docket’ Stance Paints a Dangerous Picture.”
“The Supreme Court’s Silent Opinions Undermine Its Legitimacy; Without explanation, the majority blocked lower court orders halting President Trump’s dismantling of the Department of Education; That erodes the rule of law”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Bove Nomination Opposed by Judges Who Sat on the Same Bench; Timothy K. Lewis, Thomas I. Vanaskie joined over 75 ex-US, state judges; Bove has support from Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)”: Tiana Headley and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law have this report.
“Are the Courts Checking Trump — or Enabling Him? A former federal judge weighs in.” You can access today’s new episode of “The Opinions” podcast from The New York Times, featuring law professor Michael McConnell, via this link.
“Appeals Court Delays Decision on Contempt Plan in Deportation Case; The three-judge panel has allowed the case to languish in a kind of legal limbo, catching the eye of some legal experts”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.
“Hunger Games for Legal Hackery”: You can access the new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.
“167. The Inconsistent Court Strikes Again; Comparing Monday’s unexplained grant of emergency relief in the Department of Education downsizing case to how the justices handled President Biden’s student loan program is . . . telling.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site, along with a post titled “166. Medina, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Spending Clause; The June 26 ruling allowing South Carolina to get away with kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid is based on a troubling new presumption — and includes an even more alarming concurrence.”
“The Call Is Coming From Inside The Court; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is pulling back the curtain on a lot of mischief at SCOTUS, and one Democratic senator says the court’s right-wing supermajority should be very worried about that”: You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.
“We Will Regret Not Standing Up to This Venomous Cruelty”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“Judicial Notice (07.13.25): Bye Bye Bondi? Pam Bondi’s critics on the right, a $515 million legal fee, a judge’s humorous order, and more defections from Biglaw firms that folded to Trump.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump’s Cuts to the Education Department; The move by the justices represents an expansion of executive power, allowing President Trump to dismantle the inner workings of a government department”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.
And Justin Jouvenal, Laura Meckler, and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court allows deep layoffs at Education Department for now; A lower-court ruling had prevented Trump officials from slashing more than a third of the Education Department’s more than 4,100 workers.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley raised no money for reelection through end of June”: Anna Kleiber of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
“Senate confirms Trump’s first judicial nominee of his second term”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
Nate Raymond and Jack Queen of Reuters report that “Republican-led US Senate confirms Trump’s first second-term judicial nominee.”
Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “First Trump Judicial Pick of New Term Confirmed to Sixth Circuit; Whitney Hermandorfer confirmed by Senate, 46-42; Led Tennessee AG’s strategic litigation unit.”
Hailey Fuchs of Politico reports that “Senate confirms first new judge of Trump’s second term; The president does not have as many judicial vacancies to fill as he did during his first term in office.”
And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate confirms Sixth Circuit nominee Hermandorfer, first federal judge of Trump’s second term; Democrats warn the confirmation marks the beginning of the White House’s judicial agenda elevating federal court nominees who are loyal to Trump above all else.”
“Justice Department acts quickly to reverse nationwide blocks following Supreme Court win”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
“One MAGA Judge’s Campaign for the Supreme Court Keeps Leading to Humiliation”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“How some Supreme Court decisions fractured the conservative supermajority; The conservatives splintered in more than a dozen cases in which some joined with the three liberals to form a majority”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.
“Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Ban Faces New Peril: Class Actions; In last month’s decision limiting one judicial tool, universal injunctions, the court seemed to invite lower courts to use class actions as an alternative.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
“‘Egregious.’ ‘Brazen.’ ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump’s Actions, In Their Own Words.” The New York Times has published this editorial.
