“Divide Among Supreme Court’s Conservatives Could Test Trump’s Agenda; In rejecting President Trump’s tariffs, the court’s six conservative justices displayed subtle differences in their views of executive power”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this news analysis.
“Trump Demeans Himself as He Attacks the Supreme Court; He calls the Justices who ruled against him ‘very unpatriotic’ and ‘fools’”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
And at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog, Ed Whelan has a post titled “Trump’s Stupid and Vile Attack on Supreme Court Justices.”
“Trump’s Power to Sue US Challenged in $10 Billion IRS Case”: Erik Larson and David Voreacos of Bloomberg News have this report.
“Tariff Ruling Rips Open Trump’s Relationship With the Roberts Court; The decision was the president’s biggest high-court defeat, and he took it personally”: James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“211. Making Sense of the Tariffs Ruling: Friday’s 6-3 ruling reflects an emphatic repudiation of a specific claim of delegated statutory authority by the Trump administration; Folks should be wary about reading it as more — or less — than that.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
At his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site, Jay Willis has a post titled “The Trump Tariffs Case Is a Preview of Bigger Supreme Court Fights to Come; The conservative justices spent four years using the major questions doctrine to thwart a Democratic president; They are carefully reserving the power to do it again.”
At the “Divided Argument” Substack site, Michael W. McConnell has a guest post titled “Comment on the Major Questions Doctrine Debate in Learning Resources.”
And at the “Executive Functions” Substack site, Jack Goldsmith has a post titled “Quick Thoughts on the Tariff Decision and the President’s Angry Reaction; A massive defeat for the president and an extraordinary affirmation of the Supreme Court’s power.”
“Supreme Court Tariff Ruling to Spur Chaotic Refund Process; The Trump administration says it could take years and additional litigation for importers to get their money back”: Alan Rappeport and Colby Smith of The New York Times have this report.
“Ex-Judge Wolf’s Staff Describe Walking on Eggshells in Chambers”: Suzanne Monyak and Brian Dowling of Bloomberg Law have this report.
“Judges in Virginia name new U.S. attorney, then Justice Dept. fires him; The nearly immediate removal of longtime litigator James W. Hundley continues a clash over control of one of the country’s highest-profile prosecutor’s offices”: Katie Mettler, Salvador Rizzo, and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post have this report.
“Watching tariffs come down”: Mark Walsh has this View from the Court post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Trump administration doesn’t need to restore more President’s House exhibits for now, appeals court says; Park Service staff had reinstalled 16 out of 34 exhibits as of Thursday evening”: Abraham Gutman and Fallon Roth of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.
You can view today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.
“Trump slams justices after Supreme Court strikes down most of his tariffs; The ruling deals a major blow to the president’s signature economic policy and represents a stinging political setback”: Justin Jouvenal, David J. Lynch, and Julian Mark of The Washington Post have this report.
Luke Broadwater of The New York Times reports that “Trump Calls Justices Who Ruled Against Him ‘Fools and Lap Dogs’; ‘I’m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country,’ the president said.”
Aaron Pellish and Gregory Svirnovskiy of Politico report that “Trump attacks Supreme Court justices after he is handed a major tariff loss; The president excoriated the court hours after its decision to strike down his tariffs.”
And Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Trump calls Supreme Court justices ‘disloyal to the Constitution’ over tariffs ruling; President Trump launched a vitriolic attack on the justices who ruled against him, including two he himself appointed.”
“The Supreme Court blessed Trump’s iron grip on presidential power. Until now. The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s tariffs after handing him an almost unbroken string of victories.” Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.
“The Supreme Court’s Declaration of Independence; The court’s rejection of President Trump’s tariffs program is the latest in a series of clashes between him and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.
“Court Thaws Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Schools”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “The full Fifth Circuit cleared the way for Louisiana to enforce a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.”
You can access today’s en banc per curiam decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“Sixth Circuit Judge Sutton to Step Back, Hand Trump a Vacancy”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Is Secretly a Gift to Trump; Mindful of voters’ concerns about inflation, the administration may not rush to bring back all the duties”: Shawn Donnan of Bloomberg News has this report.
“The Moment Trump Found Out the Supreme Court Killed His Tariffs; The high court ruled on Friday that Trump’s global tariffs were illegal”: Ken Thomas and Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“A Brisk Note on the Tariffs Case; Simpler than Meets the Eye”: At his Substack site, Cass Sunstein has a post that begins, “The Supreme’ Court’s decision in the tariffs case is a lot simpler than it looks.”
“Justices Strike Down Trump’s Tariffs; President Trump was the first to invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to set tariffs on imported goods from more than 100 countries”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rejects Trump’s tariffs as illegal import taxes.”
James Romoser and Gavin Bade of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs; Ruling finds president exceeded his powers by imposing duties without clear authorization from Congress.”
Maureen Groppe, Bart Jansen, and Medora Lee of USA Today report that “Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs in major setback for president.”
And Alex Swoyer and Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court rules Trump’s tariffs illegal.”
You can access today’s essentially 6-to-3 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“New Trump Banner Hung on Justice Department Headquarters; Other federal buildings across Washington, D.C., are also adorned with huge banners of President Trump”: Ashley Ahn of The New York Times has this report.
And Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law reports that “In-Your-Face DOJ Aide Rides Prosecutors for ‘Chief Client’ Trump.”
“New numbers hurt Trump’s case at the Supreme Court; The real goods trade deficit increased despite new tariffs”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.
And Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “The Embarrassing Truth About Tariffs: Why is Trump so upset about Federal Reserve economic research into his trade policies?“
“A Press Freedom Case in Peril, From a Lawyer Who Helped Write It; Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan; Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or destroy it”: You can access today’s installment of the “The Docket” newsletter from Adam Liptak of The New York Times at this link.
“Top Lawyers’ Fees Have Skyrocketed. Be Prepared to Pay $3,400 an Hour. Expertise and ego are pushing up hourly rates to once-unthinkable levels in an escalating race among firms.” Erin Mulvaney of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“The FCC Is Using ‘Equal Time’ to Silence Late Night”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Lawyer in abortion pill battles joins conservative law firm Lex Politica”: David Thomas of Reuters has this report.
“Trump Plans to Nominate Personal Lawyer Smith to Eighth Circuit”: Seth Stern and Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.
And Jasper Ward of Reuters reports that “Trump nominates lawyer from his legal team for appeals court position.”
“David Souter Gives Barack Obama a Supreme Court Vacancy; George H.W. Bush’s biggest mistake”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.
“Bonus 210: Federal Judges Speaking Out; A new advisory opinion from the Judicial Conference’s Codes of Conduct Committee reinforces the appropriateness of federal judges speaking publicly in defense of their colleagues—and the rule of law.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
“Originalism’s Remarkable Triumph; On Justice Alito’s Coming Book”: Cass Sunstein has this post at his Substack site.
“Tom Goldstein’s Fate Heading to Jury Following Closing Arguments”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.
And Mike Scarcella of Reuters reports that “Lawyer Tom Goldstein lied to ‘everyone around him,’ jurors told as US tax trial winds down.”
The “How Appealing” blog is back online! With thanks to this blog’s tech support people, the “How Appealing” blog is now back online. Thanks to the readers who let me know they could not access the site last night.
“A Case Against 6 Democrats Lacked Urgency. Then Came a Swift Bid for an Indictment. Prosecutors have been repeatedly caught between the president’s insistence that they undertake weak or baseless cases and the necessity of having to go to court.” Alan Feuer, Glenn Thrush, and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times have this report.
“Alexander Zhao Elected As 140th President of Harvard Law Review”: Sierra R. Pape and Uy B. Pham of The Harvard Crimson have this report.
“Supreme Court brings recusal checks into 21st century; The implementation of the new automated system follows Justice Alito’s last-minute recusal from an environmental case after discovering financial conflicts days before oral arguments”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Bayer Eyes Deal to Pay More Than $7 Billion in Roundup Cases”: Jef Feeley and Sonja Wind of Bloomberg News have this report.