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“Montana ‘Trafficking’ Bill Shows Endgame for Abortion Rights Foes”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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“Elon Musk’s Attacks On Judges Are Getting More Racist and More Dangerous; Of the many federal judges who have blocked the unelected billionaire’s efforts to take over the government, you can probably guess which ones he is angriest about”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.
“Trump’s biggest power grab just reached the Supreme Court; Trump’s lawyers just revealed their plan to place him in charge of federal spending”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“Justice Dept. hires for court battles as Trump slashes other agencies; The Justice Department is recruiting and hiring lawyers to the civil division to defend Trump administration policies against an onslaught of legal challenges”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report.
“Indicted SCOTUSblog Publisher Tom Goldstein Appeals Jail Release Conditions”: Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman of The National Law Journal has this report.

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“‘You don’t snitch’: Donna Adelson alleges jail abuse as she seeks release ahead of trial.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.