“Elon Musk is making Democrats great again; Polling shows the billionaire hurt a GOP-backed judicial candidate in Wisconsin”: Evan Roth Smith has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The case for suing: Why law firms should remain independent from the government.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

“Exit Interview: Mich. Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement looks back at her tenure.” Doug Tribou of Michigan Public Radio has this report.

“Justice Department Limits Employee Engagement in ABA Events”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Update: In other coverage, Devlin Barrett of The New York Times reports that “Justice Dept. Bars Its Lawyers From American Bar Association Functions; The punitive move comes amid the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against big law firms.”

“Michigan Supreme Court weighs future of frozen embryo in divorce dispute”: Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News has this report.

“Conservatives Defend Justice Barrett After Votes Against Trump; Barrett joined liberals against Trump deportations; Early votes have garnered right-wing push back”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“CT Supreme Court denies Alex Jones’ appeal to throw out $1.4B Sandy Hook defamation damages”: Rob Ryser of The News-Times of Danbury, Connecticut has this report.

And Sebastian Murdock of HuffPost reports that “Connecticut Supreme Court Rejects Alex Jones’ Bid To Throw Out $1 Billion Sandy Hook Verdict; Jones spent years calling the 2012 school shooting fake; Connecticut’s highest court has ruled he must pay around $1 billion to the families.”

“We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid”: Law professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Laurence H. Tribe have this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Venezuelan Deportations Temporarily Blocked by NY, Texas Judges”: Bob Van Voris and Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News have this report.

And Valerie Gonzalez of The Associated Press reports that “Judges take steps to stop deportation of five Venezuelans held in Texas and New York.”

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued this temporary restraining order today.

“The Supreme Court’s crafty Trump rebuke; Ignore the Trump administration’s gleeful rhetoric on the Alien Enemies Act ruling; This was a setback”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Justice Dept. Criticizes Another Federal Judge for Blocking a Trump Executive Order; Attorney General Pam Bondi relied on an increasingly common assertion: that the judge was ‘unelected’ and denying the will of voters who put the president in office.” Matthew Goldstein of The New York Times has this report.

And Eric Tucker of The Associated Press reports that “Justice Department suggests federal agencies are free to blacklist law firm despite judge’s order.”

“Seventh Circuit Judicial Council Dismisses Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Vaden”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

You can access yesterday’s decision of the Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“DOJ: Some Jan. 6 defendants should be repaid money they sent to Congress; Prosecutors say those whose convictions were wiped out are entitled to reimbursement of the restitution they paid.” Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“Improve Your Health — With Help From a Well-Known Federal Judge”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.

You can access the Substack site “ART’s Health Corner” at this link.

“About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record; Men were accused of ties to Tren de Aragua criminal gang; US court records show just a few charges for serious crimes”: Bloomberg News has this report.

“Supreme Court’s Rulings Aren’t White House ‘Wins’; Decisions related to the cancellation of education grants and speedy deportation don’t say what many people think”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Memo: Amy Coney Barrett becomes an unlikely hate figure for MAGA World.” Niall Stanage of The Hill has this report.

“Many lawyers who argue for Trump at Supreme Court are heading for the exit; At least half of the front-line attorneys in the solicitor general’s office plan to leave, people familiar with the matter said, as Trump’s emergency requests pile up at the high court”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Case for Moving a Circuit Judgeship from Delaware; President Trump has a real opportunity to put a lasting mark on a court that’s quietly important to the country — and personally important to him — by selecting two young conservatives for its vacant seats; He shouldn’t let Delaware get in his way”: Michael A. Fragoso has this post online at Public Discourse.

“Trump’s Triple Win at the Supreme Court; The Justices tell lower courts to stay in their proper judicial lane”: This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Supreme Court’s New 5–4 Bailout for Trump Couldn’t Be More Ominous”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The Supreme Court just made it easier for Trump to deport people; Despite the fact there isn’t a plausible argument the Alien Enemies Act can be used to do so.”

“One Aspect of Trump’s El Salvador Gulag Is Particularly Illegal”: Felipe De La Hoz has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Companies Stung by Tariffs Explore Lawsuit Against Trump; Trade groups are weighing the risk that a lawsuit could prompt Trump to dig in on tariffs”: Maggie Severns, Jacob Gershman, and Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Planning to Sue Trump Administration? The White House Wants You to Pay; Judges have largely declined government requests to impose bonds on plaintiffs seeking to pause Trump policies”: Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Luigi Mangione Deserves No Devotion; Demented fans are buying religious kitsch depicting the accused assassin”: Faith Bottum will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump-Appointed Judges More Likely to Pen ‘Dissentals’ Than Colleagues, Study Finds”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

Law professors Alli Orr Larsen and Neal Devins have posted on SSRN an article titled “The Judicial Voice on the Courts of Appeals.”

“New Hampshire law against ‘woke indoctrination’ of students goes to First Circuit; A state’s attempt to ban critical race theory provoked a lively debate about free speech and the nature of teaching”: Thomas F. Harrison of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Ex-Justice Michael Gableman would lose law license for 3 years under deal in disciplinary case”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Patrick Marley of The Washington Post reports that “Former Wisconsin justice to give up law license over 2020 election review; Michael Gableman falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen and was accused of widespread misconduct by state ethics officials.”

And Todd Richmond of The Associated Press reports that “Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who led 2020 election probe agrees to surrender law license.”

“AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists”: David Bauder of The Associated Press has this report.

And Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News reports that “Judge Orders White House to Restore Associated Press Access.”

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

“Man accused in 2022 Kavanaugh assassination plot pleads guilty; Nicholas Roske arrived in the Supreme Court justice’s Montgomery County neighborhood with burglary tools and a gun before aborting his plan”: Dan Morse of The Washington Post has this report.

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “California man pleads guilty to attempt to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh; Nicholas Roske faces a maximum of life in prison.”

Devan Cole of CNN reports that “Man pleads guilty to 2022 attempted assassination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.”

And Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press reports that “California man arrested near Justice Kavanaugh’s home with a gun pleads guilty to attempted murder.”

“In notorious Salvadoran prison, US deportees live in identical cells to convicted gangsters”: David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Evelio Contreras, and Rachel Clarke of CNN have this report.

“Jenner Seeks to Kill Trump Executive Order Targeting the Firm”: Roy Strom of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Retreats From Confrontation; In a series of narrow and technical rulings, the justices have seemed to take pains to avoid a showdown with a president who has challenged the judiciary’s legitimacy”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Goldstein Challenges Statute of Limitations Pauses in Tax Case; Blames accountants for failure to report some taxable income; Says government had evidence contradicting agent’s claims”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law recently had this report (subscription required for full access).

You can freely access many of the filings in the case via this link.

“Trump Faces New Deportation Challenge After Supreme Court Order”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.