“Birthright citizenship and other Trump executive actions likely to face pushback from the courts; Policies like seeking to end birthright citizenship and refusing to spend money allocated by Congress could end up at the Supreme Court”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report ..read more

“Supreme Court Unmoved By Fifth Circuit Forum Shopping Concern; US says e-cigarette makers trying to game the system; Justices looked to text of law, rather than forum shopping concerns”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report ..read more

“A supremely strange start at the Arkansas Supreme Court”: Sonny Albarado has this essay online at Arkansas Advocate ..read more

“Conservative Fifth Circuit Is an Outlier for Supreme Court; Fifth Circuit is more than 20% of high court workload; E-cigarette dispute highlights prevalence of judge shopping”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report ..read more

“Hello, Ginni Thomas: Will Clarence Thomas stay on the bench long enough to keep his wife relevant?” Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online at Slate ..read more

“Trump signs executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship; The president issued several actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement”: Nick Miroff, Maria Sacchetti, Arelis R. Hernández, and Dan Lamothe of The Washington Post have this report ..read more

“‘Split-second decision’: Supreme Court returns to the question of police killings; The court will hear arguments this week over the ‘moment of the threat doctrine,’ which addresses how much time can be taken into consideration when police kill people”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report ..read more

“Jefferson Griffin’s Gambit For a State Supreme Court Seat; Months before Election Day, a state board and a Republican-appointed rules commission said overseas voters didn’t need to provide a photo ID; Now the GOP candidate wants some of their ballots — all from heavily Democratic counties — tossed”: Jeffrey Billman and Michael Hewlett of The Assembly have this report. And Doug Bock Clark of ProPublica reports that “North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted. Republican Jefferson Griffin is trying to overturn his election los ..read more

“Two Prominent Judges Are Shot Dead Outside Iran’s Supreme Court; The gunman took his own life after killing two judges and wounding a third in what officials described as a terrorist attack”: Lynsey Chutel of The New York Times has this report. And Alex Boyd of BBC News reports that “Two Iranian supreme court judges shot dead ..read more

“Trump Signs Executive Order in Attempt to Stall TikTok Ban; Shortly after taking office Monday, the president issued the order to delay the app’s ban for 75 days; The law went into effect on Sunday”: David McCabe of The New York Times has this report ..read more