“Boeing May Avoid Guilty Plea Over Deadly Max Crashes, Lawyers Say; A decision by the Justice Department not to pursue a guilty plea from Boeing would be the latest about-face in a long effort to hold the plane maker accountable for the crashes of two 737 Max jets”: Niraj Chokshi of The New York Times has this report.

“151. The Supreme Court’s (Alien Enemies Act) Patience is Wearing Thin; A very quick breakdown of Friday afternoon’s quietly significant ruling slapping down the lower courts in the Northern District of Texas Alien Enemies Act litigation — and what it means going forward.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Supreme Court maintains block on some Trump deportations of migrants; The justices did not address the broader question about whether Trump officials can legally invoke the Alien Enemies Act to target alleged gang members”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rebukes Texas judges, backs hearing before deportation for detained Venezuelans.”

Jess Bravin and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Issues New Halt on Trump Deportations Under Wartime Law; Justices say administration can’t use Alien Enemies Act to expel migrants while litigation continues.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court deals blow to Trump, says in emergency order he can’t deport Venezuelan migrants; President Trump’s aggressive approach to immigration has put the administration on a collision course with the courts.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court blocks Trump’s Alien Enemies deportations, demands more due process.”

Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico report that “Supreme Court extends block on Trump’s deportation bid under Alien Enemies Act; The justices faulted the administration for its attempt last month to carry out swift deportations just one day after providing a bare-bones deportation notice to the detainees.”

Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court rules administration must give Venezuelans more time to challenge deportation under Alien Enemies Act; Venezuelan men held in Texas had urged the court to prevent the government from sending them to a prison in El Salvador before they could challenge the move in court.”

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Supreme Court finds Trump violated migrant due process rights with speedy deportations; President Donald Trump’s push to quickly deport migrants to foreign prisons without due process left him in a standoff with the high court.”

“A Trees Guy in a Forest Court”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“Trump administration faces court pressure to return deported migrants; A federal judge in D.C. gave the administration a week to identify efforts to return Kilmar Abrego García and 137 Venezuelans from El Salvador, while a Maryland federal judge in the case expressed increasing frustration with the Justice Dept.” Steve Thompson and Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post have this report.

Alan Feuer and Aishvarya Kavi of The New York Times report that “U.S. Takes Defiant Stance in Court, Saying Abrego Garcia Deportation Was Lawful; A Justice Department lawyer mirrored Trump officials’ aggressive position in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to a prison in El Salvador in March.”

Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Judge scolds Trump officials for continued recalcitrance in Abrego Garcia case; ‘You haven’t complied,’ Judge Paula Xinis told Justice Department lawyers.”

Gary Grumbach and Daniella Silva of NBC News report that “Trump attorneys draw judge’s ire by saying ‘state secrets’ keep them from sharing details on Abrego Garcia’s return; U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the government’s refusal to provide certain information in the case has been ‘an exercise in utter frustration.’”

And Blake Brittain of Reuters reports that “Judge says Trump administration not detailing efforts to return wrongly deported man.”

“The Supreme Court grapples with post-congressional politics; The justices weigh the use of nationwide injunctions in an era of swelling presidential power”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Justices Did Not Want to Talk About the Children They Would Render Stateless; Only occasionally did the justices acknowledge that their answer to a ‘narrow’ legal question could strip millions of people of their U.S. citizenship”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Also online there, Madiba K. Dennie has an essay titled “Trump Asks Supreme Court to Make It 1857 Again; Trump v. CASA’s backdoor attempt to execute an illegal order reflects a profound disregard for the foundation of multiracial democracy.”

“The Solicitor General Embraces Judicial Supremacy; He had to for his argument against universal injunctions to work”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“Supreme Court Retains Temporary Block on Using Wartime Law to Deport Venezuelans; The justices sent the case back to a lower court to consider whether the Alien Enemies Act can be used to deport immigrants accused of being members of the Venezuelan gang”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

You can access today’s 7-to-2 per curiam decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“I Have Found Yet Another Thing to Disagree With John Roberts About; There is no meaningful criticism of the Supreme Court that he’d consider legitimate”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Conservative justices object to how lower courts are blocking Trump, but birthright citizenship case presents deeper issues”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Justice Allison Riggs sworn in after six-month election battle with GOP challenger”: Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi and Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina have this report.

“The Abrego Garcia Boomerang at the Supreme Court; The Justices express some frustration over Justice Department candor as they hear the birthright citizenship case”: This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court Wrestles With Limiting Judges’ Power in Birthright Citizenship Case; The justices heard arguments on whether a federal judge in a single district can block Trump administration policy across the country”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Justices skeptical of Trump plan to limit birthright citizenship and judges who blocked it.”

And Jess Bravin and Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Puzzles Over Trump’s Decree to Limit Birthright Citizenship; Justices question whether nationwide injunctions against the White House are appropriate, even if its policy is unconstitutional.”

“Ed Martin publicizes ethics probe he says was wrongly disclosed; The former D.C. U.S. attorney nominee revealed he faces a legal disciplinary review in an all-office goodbye email, while claiming his confidentiality was violated”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has this report.

And Ryan J. Reilly of NBC News reports that “Trump’s ‘weaponization’ chief accuses D.C. disciplinary counsel investigating him of weaponization; Ed Martin, the outgoing interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, revealed he was under investigation by D.C.’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel.”

“Supreme Court Rejects ‘Moment of Threat’ Limit in Excessive Force Suits; Lower courts had been divided over whether judges must limit their scrutiny of challenges to police shootings to the seconds preceding them”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court rules totality of circumstances must be considered in police shootings; The Supreme Court ruled that the totality of circumstances must be considered when determining whether a police shooting is justified, not just the seconds before an officer opens fire.”

And Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court revives suit against cop who fatally shot driver stopped for unpaid tolls.”

“Supreme Court appears skeptical of allowing Trump to implement birthright citizenship plan; The court is considering whether to allow the proposal to go into effect at least in some parts of the country while litigation continues in lower courts”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“Supreme Court Understands the Assignment on Birthright Citizenship; The justices appear to recognize that judges need tools to stop President Trump’s unlawful executive orders”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Larry L. Turner, celebrated Philadelphia attorney and education advocate, has died at 65; He was inspired to pursue a legal career by former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and TV attorney Perry Mason.;’I saw myself as a cross between the two,’ he said”: Gary Miles of The Philadelphia Inquirer has written this obituary.

“Trump Solicitor General Hedges on Always Following Court Orders; Circuit precedent isn’t binding ‘necessarily in every case’; Executive doesn’t have to follow unlawful court orders, several officials have said”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Justice David Souter Was the Antithesis of the Present; His jurisprudence has been overshadowed by that of his showier colleagues but was a model of principled restraint”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“The 20th Century’s Timeless Values: Growing up in the postwar years, I learned to prize education, civil rights and the rule of law.” Stephen Breyer has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court grapples with nationwide orders blocking birthright citizenship ban; The Supreme Court appeared divided about whether to scale back nationwide orders that have blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

And Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times report that “Trump’s birthright citizenship order strains Supreme Court.”

“Supreme Court Hears Birthright Citizenship Case”: C-SPAN has posted this video on YouTube.

“In Birthright Citizenship Case, Supreme Court Examines the Power of District Judges; The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether federal judges can block Trump administration policy across the country”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court to hear arguments on birthright citizenship.”

And online at Politico Magazine, you can access an item titled “‘A Moral, Ethical, Legal, Constitutional Travesty’: As the Supreme Court considers a nationwide injunction blocking Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship, two legal scholars debate whether lower court judges should be able to stop him.”

“At Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight; Before the Trump presidency, there was broad consensus that the 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship for children born in the United States”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

And in commentary, Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Birthright Citizenship Reaches the Supreme Court; Does the 14th Amendment cover illegal aliens, and are national injunctions abused?“

“House lawmakers spar over impeachments, framing judiciary as ‘wayward’ or ‘essence’ of balance; The head of the federal judiciary’s administrative office warned budget-conscious congressional appropriators that courts need a dramatic boost in security spending to deal with proliferating threats”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Texas Burn Victim Gets Samsung Suit Reinstated by Fifth Circuit; Business contracts constituted purposeful availment for case; Notion that commercial market and consumer one differed failed”: Shweta Watwe of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“Trump Isn’t Attacking Universal Injunctions. He’s Attacking Universal Rights. In Trump v. CASA, the administration is asking the Supreme Court for a backdoor way to override the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.” Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Two Supreme Court Justices Invited an All-Out Assault on the Voting Rights Act. Now It’s Here.” Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Eighth Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Holds Private Plaintiffs Cannot Enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act through a Section 1983 Action, a Ruling Which if Applied Nationally Would Devastate Voting Rights Act Enforcement in the United States”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“Domestic Violence Misdemeanors May Lead to Ban on Gun Possession; Law is facially constitutional under recent SCOTUS precedent; US has history of disarming those who pose threat to safety”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit upholds firearms ban for domestic violence offenders; The three-judge panel found the statute fits with the historical tradition of preventing individuals who threaten physical harm to others from misusing firearms.”

“SC Supreme Court upholds state’s six-week abortion ban”: Anna Wilder of The Post & Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

Joseph Bustos of The State of Columbia, South Carolina reports that “SC Supreme Court rules on when fetal heartbeat abortion restrictions begin.”

And Jeffrey Collins of The Associated Press reports that “South Carolina Supreme Court decides heartbeat definition allows six-week abortion ban.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of South Carolina at this link.

“Trump Pushes Supreme Court to Undercut the Judges Who Thwart Him”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Trump Birthright Merits Are Key to Justices’ Look at Injunctions; Justices to consider scope of relief in birthright citizenship suit; Order seeks to change century-old understanding.”

“It’s Time for the Supreme Court to Kill Nationwide Injunctions”: Law professor Robert Luther III has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.