“Trump’s Pardon of Honduran Ex-President Erases Top Loyalist’s Triumph; Emil Bove III’s work as a prosecutor, before he was a Trump lawyer and official, helped lead to the conviction of the former Honduran leader whom President Trump freed this week”: Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times recently had this report.

“Firing Immigration Judges Threatens More Than Immigrants”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Supreme Court Is About to Hand Trump a Cudgel in the Paramount-Netflix Fight”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Planes, Trade and Nuclear Energy: Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Independent Regulators; The court heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine the independence of agencies like the National Transportation Safety Board and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.” Stacy Cowley of The New York Times has this report.

“Supreme Court rejects free speech case over controversial vanity plate; Lawyers for a Tennessee woman challenging the rejection of her ’69PWNDU’ personalized plate argued state rules have led to a ‘dizzying array of censorship’”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Justices Seem Ready to Give Trump More Power to Fire Independent Government Officials; A ruling in the president’s favor in the case, which deals with his attempt to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, would be a major expansion of presidential authority”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court poised to expand Trump’s power over independent agencies; The justices seem likely to allow the president to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, a ruling that could limit or overturn a nine-decade-old precedent that insulated some agencies from political influence by the executive.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court sounds ready to give Trump power to oust officials of independent agencies.”

James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Appears Ready to Give President More Power to Fire Government Officials; Key justice, however, expresses concern about Federal Reserve.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court seems likely to give Trump more power over agencies; President Trump wants the Supreme Court to overturn a 90-year-old precedent limiting his ability to remove leaders of independent agencies.”

And Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court poised to grant Trump broader firing powers over independent agencies.”

“After Trump v. Slaughter, Will There Be Independent Agencies Other than the Fed: The Case of the Federal Election Agencies.” Richard Pildes has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

“Alina Habba, a Trump Loyalist, Resigns as New Jersey’s Top Prosecutor; Ms. Habba resigned on Monday, after a federal appeals court last week found she had been serving as U.S. attorney unlawfully”: Jonah E. Bromwich, Tracey Tully, and Devlin Barrett of The New York Times have this report.

Jeremy Roebuck and Perry Stein of The Washington Post report that “Alina Habba, Trump’s embattled New Jersey prosecutor, says she will leave role; In a statement, Habba said she resigned ‘to protect the stability and integrity of the office which I love.’”

C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump’s Top New Jersey Prosecutor Alina Habba Steps Down; Appeals court found her appointment was invalid.”

Aliya Schneider of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba steps down as U.S. attorney in N.J. after court ruling, begins national role in DOJ; Habba hinted on Monday that the Trump administration hasn’t given up, writing that she will serve in her new role ‘as we wait for further review of the [court’s] ruling.’”

Nick Moyle of NJ Advance Media reports that “Trump loyalist Alina Habba resigns as N.J.’s top prosecutor, but says she didn’t ‘surrender.’”

Joey Fox of New Jersey Globe reports that “Alina Habba resigns from U.S. Attorney post after Third Circuit ruling; Trump admin had taken unprecedented steps to keep Habba in office past original term expiration.”

And Erica Orden and Ry Rivard of Politico report that “Alina Habba steps down as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor; The move came after an appeals court upheld her disqualification from the post.”

“Supreme Court Signals It Backs Trump’s Firing of Agency Leaders”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“We Need To Talk About Trump’s Maritime Murders”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“196. Justice Kagan’s Texas Redistricting Dissent; As unsurprising as the Supreme Court’s intervention in the Texas redistricting case may have been, Justice Kagan’s dissent is still a telling indictment of another emergency ruling that lost its way.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Trump Wants Complete Control. Will the Supreme Court Hand It to Him?” Law professor Kate Shaw has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“A Financial Watchdog’s Fate Is in Limbo. Idled Employees Are Still Being Paid. Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wait while the Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the agency are challenged in court.” Dylan Tokar of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Judicial Notice (12.07.25): Ain’t Misbehavin’; Misconduct allegations against a prominent plaintiff’s lawyer, dismissal of three judicial ethics complaints, and a slew of new hires by Paul Weiss — on the transactional side.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The Innocent Bystanders Caught in Deadly Crossfire of Self-Defense Shootings; Massachusetts is the latest state to give shooters legal protection if they accidentally kill someone while lawfully defending themselves”: Mark Maremont of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump’s Firing Spree Gives Supreme Court the Chance to Remake Government; In case of fired Democratic FTC commissioner, court is poised to strip longstanding job protections for top agency officials”: James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“A Small Illinois City at the Center of a Seismic Shift in Abortion Access; Carbondale, Ill., a liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, has become a hub for the procedure; Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this city of 21,000”: Elizabeth Williamson of The New York Times has this report.

“How the Supreme Court Can Improve American Politics: The Justices take up spending limits on candidate coordination with political parties.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump’s plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court; Incremental wins at the court give the White House confidence to go further”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“Justices to Showcase Originalism Flaws in Slaughter Firing Case”: Law professor David Rudenstine has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“What We’ll Never Know About the Trump Pardons”: Jeffrey Toobin has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle; Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President Trump’s actions”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

“Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges; The Justice Department has seized on a lack of explicit instruction from a federal judge to keep Lindsey Halligan in place for now”: Devlin Barrett and Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times have this report.

“Noem, in a defiant court filing, offers few details on migrant flights to El Salvador; Judge James E. Boasberg of the District of Columbia is looking into whether a criminal contempt referral is warranted after the Trump administration in March continued to fly two planeloads of mostly Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador”: Steve Thompson of The Washington Post has this report.

“Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment; The judge’s decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Kelly Kasulis Cho of The Washington Post reports that “Judge blocks access to emails seized from James Comey’s lawyer; A judge is pausing access to evidence taken from the former FBI director’s lawyer and friend Daniel Richman amid accusations that it was retained illegally.”

And Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico report that “Judge blocks prosecutors’ access to James Comey’s lawyer’s emails and data; Court says government’s retention and use of law professor Daniel Richman’s data appears to have been illegal.”

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

“Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials; President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Trump bid to expand power comes before Supreme Court; President Trump wants the high court to overturn a 1935 decision limiting presidents’ ability to remove leaders of administrative agencies”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

And Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has a report headlined “90 years ago, the Supreme Court limited who presidents can fire. Trump wants to reverse that.”

“Roberts and Kagan prepare for another showdown on executive power”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“US Supreme Court may be poised to ditch more of its precedents”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report.

“SCOTUS Greenlights Trump, Gaslights America; The high court throws a district court under the bus, then puts a thumb on the scale for even more dark money in elections”: You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan”: Sarah Isgur has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Trump fired this regulator. She’s fighting him to the Supreme Court. Thrust into the spotlight, former Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter has taken on a new high-profile role: one of the primary opponents of Trump’s war on federal workers.” Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s 3 terrible reasons for allowing Texas’ racially rigged map”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“What longstanding legal precedent says about birthright citizenship and the process to restrict it: Citizenship rules are constitutional and may be altered only by an amendment.” Law professor James Sample has this news analysis online at ABC News.

“The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In; The court’s conservative majority said that Texas’ asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.