“The I.R.S. Thought It Could Fight Trump’s Lawsuit, but It Struck a Deal Anyway; Officials wrote a memo outlining ways to challenge President Trump’s suit against the Internal Revenue Service; The administration is instead creating a compensation fund”: Andrew Duehren of The New York Times has this report.

“Ex-Solicitor General Prelogar Joins Tom Goldstein’s Legal Team”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access the federal government’s recently filed Opposition to Goldstein’s Motion for Judgment of Acquittal or New Trial at this link.

Update: In other news coverage, Mike Scarcella of Reuters reports that “Washington lawyer Goldstein hires ex-US solicitor general Prelogar to fight tax verdict.”

“All the Things Wrong with Trump’s Billion-Dollar Fund”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“An Early Look at Scalia-Ginsburg Friendship; Competing (or not) over a law clerk”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund in the Cross Hairs; Critics say the deal creates a ‘slush fund,’ a term with a colorful maritime history”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

“How the $1.8 Billion Trump Fund May Violate Past Practice and Policy; The fund that could offer payouts to Trump allies who accuse the government of mistreatment is not only highly unusual but also appears to violate the administration’s own policies”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.

And in commentary, online at The New York Times, Jeffrey Toobin has a guest essay titled “Trump Just Pardoned Himself and His Family Forever.”

“Mandatory retirement for New York judges hits top state court; Judges sharply questioned an attorney for a trio of septuagenarian judges who say the mandatory retirement age thwarts civil rights laws”: Nina Pullano of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Chew toy makers hound Ninth Circuit over Jack Daniel’s copyright challenge; VIP Products says the term ‘Bad Spaniels’ isn’t enough to evoke the name of the Tennessee whiskey giant under federal copyright law”: Joe Duhownik of Courthouse News Service has this report.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted the audio of today’s oral argument on YouTube.

“Trump Court Picks Now Cite Justice Jackson on 2020 Election”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Supreme Court refuses to ‘toy with’ protecting democracy; The justices retreat on voting rights in favor of a do-nothing doctrine”: Theodore R. Johnson has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Former Speaker Shekarchi lands interview for R.I. Supreme Court seat; Former Common Cause Rhode Island director argues that the state’s revolving door prohibition makes Shekarchi, who just stepped down, ineligible at this time”: Edward Fitzpatrick of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Walz names Theodora Gaïtas as chief justice of Minnesota Supreme Court; She will replace Natalie Hudson when Hudson retires this fall; Walz also named Reynaldo Aligada Jr. as the court’s newest associate justice”: Allison Kite of The Minnesota Star Tribune has this report.

Yesterday, the Office of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued a new release titled “Governor Walz Appoints Justice Theodora Gaïtas to Serve as Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Judge Reynaldo Aligada, Jr. as Associate Justice.”

“Georgia Supreme Court Justices Fend Off Left-Leaning Challengers; The Republican-appointed incumbents had faced well-financed opponents who infused issues like abortion rights into the nonpartisan elections”: Rick Rojas of The New York Times has this report.

Rosie Manins of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that “Supreme Court justices defeat election challenges from attorneys; Justices Sarah Hawkins Warren and Charlie Bethel won reelection in nonpartisan races against lawyers Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin.”

And Maya Homan of Georgia Recorder reports that “Bethel, Warren hang on to Georgia Supreme Court seats.”

“Supreme Court rulings loom in four major Trump-related cases”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report.

“With exclamation points and indignation, a federal judge from South Natick infuriates Trump”: Jim Puzzanghera of The Boston Globe has this report.

“How to Get a Pardon in Trump’s Washington: Fast-talking lawyers and lobbyists promise to get white-collar criminals out of jail — for a fee.” Jeffrey Toobin has this article online at The New York Times Magazine.

“Pa. Justices Debate State’s Immunity In Roadway Death Suit”: Matthew Santoni of Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on an appeal that I argued on plaintiff’s behalf yesterday before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania sitting in Harrisburg.

“Three Decades on the Supreme Court Is Too Long”: Jesse Wegman has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“New York gun ban in public parks survives appeal; While the panel backed the state’s gun ban in urban public parks, it found no historical analog for restricting concealed carry on private property that’s open to the public”: Nina Pullano of Courthouse News Service has this report on a decision that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“Chief Judge Moore Commissions Bizarre AI Cartoon About The Federal Circuit Without Judge Newman; Kimberly Moore may rival Neal Katyal for the most cringey YouTube video in recent memory”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has posted on YouTube a video titled “What is the Federal Circuit? An Animated Civics Lesson.”

“DC Circuit slams Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic as overreach; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took issue with the AI company’s refusal to remove two narrow contractual restrictions on Claude’s use for lethal autonomous warfare and the mass surveillance of Americans”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Jen Judson of Bloomberg News reports that “Appeals Court Skeptical Anthropic Can Block US Supply-Risk Label.”

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Let’s Sue the Government”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link.

“Attorney General Sunday appeals Pennsylvania court ruling that recognized abortion access as a right; The appeals sets up another clash in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over the right to reproductive autonomy, and the constitutionality of a ban on public funding for abortion through Medicaid”: Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Justice Jackson criticizes Supreme Court’s handling of major voting case; Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the court’s decision to expedite a ruling in a major voting rights case made it appear political”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson warns of Supreme Court appearing partisan.”

Maya Yang of The Guardian reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson warns US supreme court it risks losing public trust; Liberal justice warned court could be seen as political after recent decisions backed by conservative supermajority.”

Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision.”

Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judge Presses Jackson on ‘Mystifying’ Emergency Docket Orders.”

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Justice Jackson slams Supreme Court’s handling of rush appeal in Louisiana redistricting case.”

And Anders Hagstrom of Fox News has an article headlined “Jackson doubles down on criticism of fellow justices over Louisiana redistricting case: ‘Be better’; Jackson says public confidence is ‘all the judiciary has’ and the court should ‘be better’ about neutrality.”

C-SPAN has posted online a video titled “Justice Jackson on Her Memoir, Lovely One.”

“Justices Hint at Strains as Supreme Court Comes Under Scrutiny; Traveling across the country, justices defend the role of the court even as strained relations among its members emerge in writing and remarks”: Ann E. Marimow and Aishvarya Kavi of The New York Times have this report.

“Trump Withdraws His $10 Billion Suit Against the I.R.S.; The dismissal appears to be part of the Trump administration’s effort to effectively settle the case, which stemmed from the leak of his tax returns in 2019”: Andrew Duehren and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

And Jeremy Roebuck and Perry Stein of The Washington Post report that “Trump will end $10 billion lawsuit against IRS over leaked tax records; The filing did not mention details of any settlement President Donald Trump may have reached with the agency.”

“With Timing of Voting Rights Decision, Supreme Court Chose a Political Scramble; The timing brought the court into the middle of a fight to redraw voting maps across the South, even as some primaries were underway”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“228. Justices Testifying Before Congress: At least two justices are shortly expected to testify at a Senate hearing for the first time since 2011; The practice used to be a *lot* more common — and, in my view, ought to become so again.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“The Problem with the 25th Amendment — And a Partial Fix; Congress can, and should, take more responsibility”: Bob Bauer has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“How SCOTUS is Waging Electoral Warfare”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Justice Clarence Thomas laments ‘very dicey’ threats to judiciary and heightened security for Supreme Court”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“Northshore Judge Billy Burris wins open La. Supreme Court seat; Election decided by GOP party primary in which Democrats could not participate”: Julie O’Donoghue of Louisiana Illuminator has this report.

“The court-packing comeback: Kamala Harris wants to destroy the one branch of government that is working as it should.” The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“At Supreme Court, Virginia Democrats Pressed Legal Theory Embraced by Trump; A long-shot emergency request to restore a voting map was the latest salvo in an all-out legal war over control of the House”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“AI won’t replace lawyers. It will create more of them. The legal profession is changing, but the lawyer is here to stay.” Damien Charlotin has this essay online at The Washington Post.