Courts and the Judiciary

• How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive - Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court’s inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.
• Why The Times Is Expanding Its Supreme Court Coverage - How four reporters are examining the most secretive branch of government — and the nine justices who shape the law.
• Judge Who Ruled Against Trump Administration Cleared of Justice Dept. Complaint - Trump allies have called for Judge James E. Boasberg to be investigated and impeached after decisions that questioned the administration’s respect for the rule of law.
• Federal Courts Undercut Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign - A policy intended to keep immigrants detained indefinitely has led to a deluge of lawsuits, overwhelming some federal courts and resulting in many releases.
• Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers - Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
• Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers - Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
• What Domestic Terrorism Means, and Doesn’t - The Trump administration has called the Minneapolis shooting victims “domestic terrorists.” Our criminal justice reporter Jonah E. Bromwich explains what that term actually means.
• Patrick Schiltz, an Ethicist, Is the Minnesota Judge Blasting ICE - Judge Patrick Schiltz, an appointee of George W. Bush, became an unlikely foil for his criticism of the Trump administration’s tactics in Minnesota.
• An Ethicist ‘in the Scalia Mold’: The Minnesota Judge Blasting ICE - Judge Patrick Schiltz, an appointee of George W. Bush, became an unlikely foil for his criticism of the Trump administration’s tactics in Minnesota.
• 4 Takeaways From Jack Smith’s Testimony Before Lawmakers - In his remarks, the former special counsel repeatedly denied that he had acted out of partisan animus and bemoaned the Trump administration’s efforts to go after the president’s perceived enemies.