“Runner-Up Didn’t Make It to Supreme Court, but He Did Get to Altoona”: Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this report.

“‘Can she eat more kale?’ Hordes of people want reassurance RBG’s health is good.” Monica Hesse of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Democrats Can’t Block Gorsuch: Here are three things they can do.” Dahlia Lithwick and Neil S. Siegel have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Trump’s Supreme Court pick is Brian Cashman’s high school buddy”: Ken Davidoff of The New York Post has this report.

“The Great Divide: Will the Neil Gorsuch pick exacerbate or help heal America’s deep divisions?” Akhil Reed Amar has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“A Jeffersonian for the Supreme Court: Neil Gorsuch’s record suggests a willingness to transform the law and to enforce constitutional limitations on the excesses of Congress and the president.” Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Neil Gorsuch and the Search for the Supreme Court Mainstream”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Good Behaviour #1: ‘Grist of a Judge’s Life.'” First Mondays has posted online this new podcast installment today featuring, as always, Ian Samuel and Dan Epps.

Ninth Circuit posts tomorrow’s opinions online today: You can view tomorrow’s published opinions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit via this link. Thanks to a longtime reader of this blog for the tip. If you are on the losing end of one of these three cases, perhaps this will give you a few extra hours in which to perfect your rehearing petition.

Update: And just that fast, thanks perhaps to the power of “How Appealing,” they are now gone. If you missed it, you can see a list of the published opinions that the Ninth Circuit apparently will be issuing on Thursday, February 2, 2017 by clicking here. I downloaded all three of tomorrow’s opinions, as I’m sure countless of others also did before the opinions disappeared, but I’m not going to post them online now given that the Ninth Circuit has removed them from its site.

“Trump Picks Scalia 2.0: Gorsuch might lack Scalia’s flair, but he’s a high-powered thinker — and a modern twist on the right’s favorite justice.” Richard Primus has this essay at Politico Magazine.

“What Could Gorsuch Mean for the Supreme Court? 13 top legal scholars weigh in.” Politico Magazine has this report.

“Admitting women to VMI made it ‘a better place,’ Justice Ginsburg says”: Laurence Hammack of The Roanoke Times has this report.

You can view the video of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s appearance today at the Virginia Military Institute on demand via this link.

“In Gorsuch, Trump gave Democrats a gift. They should take it.” Radley Balko has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Gorsuch’s judicial philosophy is like Scalia’s — with one big difference”: Jonathan H. Adler has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“A ‘view’ from the East Room: The unveiling of Neil Gorsuch.” Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Neil Gorsuch Is Nothing Like Donald Trump: He’s principled, dexterous, and eloquent.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Neil Gorsuch, Elite Conservative”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Trump’s Supreme Court Reality Show Was Not a Distraction: It was a capstone to a yearlong campaign to degrade the law and the Constitution.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Unlike Trump, Neil Gorsuch Has Shown Flickers of Humanity on Criminal Justice Issues”: Leon Neyfakh has this essay online at Slate.

“Neil Gorsuch is Just Round One in the Fight for the Supreme Court”: Mark Pulliam has this post at the “American Greatness” blog.

“With Gorsuch, Trump got his Supreme Court pick right”: Ilya Shapiro has this essay online at The New York Post.

“Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Determined That A Badly Botched Execution Was An ‘Innocent Misadventure’; Judge Neil Gorsuch has heard — and sided with the government in — several recent and important execution cases”: Chris McDaniel of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Neil Gorsuch Is Not a Villain: Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is a rock-ribbed conservative who’s difficult to oppose on jurisprudential grounds.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Ayotte to lead White House team shepherding Supreme Court nominee”: Philip Rucker and Ashley Parker of The Washington Post have this report.