“Threats against judges in immigration ban cases leads to increased security”: Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz, and Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com have this report.

“Court’s Clear Message to Trump: We Won’t Back Down.” Law professor
Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Cooper withdraws from solicitor general consideration”: Eliana Johnson and Tara Palmeri of Politico.com have this report.

Access today’s Ninth Circuit ruling in State of Washington v. Trump: At this link. The unanimous per curiam opinion concludes, “For the foregoing reasons, the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal is DENIED.”

In early news coverage, Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “Court Refuses to Reinstate Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss.”

Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post reports that “Federal appeals court maintains suspension of Trump’s immigration order.”

Maura Dolan and Jaweed Kaleem of The Los Angeles Times report that “9th Circuit Court upholds stay to continue blocking enforcement of Trump’s travel ban.”

Richard Wolf and Alan Gomez of USA Today report that “Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump’s travel ban.”

Devlin Barrett and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Court Rules Against Trump Travel Ban; Judges say temporary halt on executive order should continue.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Court refuses to lift stay on Trump’s travel ban.”

Dan Levine and Mica Rosenberg of Reuters report that “U.S. appeals court upholds suspension of Trump travel ban.”

Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press reports that “Federal appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Appeals court panel rules unanimously against Trump travel ban; The appeals court ruling is not a final one on the legality of President Donald Trump’s order.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Appeals Court Keeps Trump’s Travel Ban On Hold, Keeping Door Open For Visa Holders And Refugees.”

And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Appeals court keeps Trump immigration limits on hold.”

“9th Circuit to rule on travel ban Thursday evening”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Appeals Court To Rule Today On Justice Department Request To Enforce Trump’s Ban; Court spokesperson announces that ‘an order will be filed in this case before the close of business today.’”

Accordingly, a ruling is expected by 8 p.m. eastern time. Whether the ruling will merely consist of an order or one or more opinions remains to be seen. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will post online at this web page its ruling just as soon as the decision is issued. [Update: The ruling can be accessed directly at this link.]

“Trump Lawyers Get Ready: You’ll Be in Court a Lot”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Not Even Andrew Jackson Went as Far as Trump in Attacking the Courts: The former president was critical of Chief Justice John Marshall’s rulings; But it was on constitutional, rather than political or personal, grounds.” Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Democrats Are Trapped on Gorsuch and the Filibuster”: Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Recalling Gorsuch’s Volunteer Work at Harvard”: Attorney Janet M. Richmond has posted this letter at LinkedIn.

“Chief Justice John Roberts Visits the University of Kentucky”: The University of Kentucky has posted this video on YouTube.

“UC Berkeley School of Law professors hold panel on President Trump’s US Supreme Court nominee”: Gibson Chu of The Daily Californian has an article that begins, “Three UC Berkeley School of Law professors, John Yoo, Jesse Choper and Daniel Farber, debated in a panel Tuesday about recent U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s qualifications and the effect he will have on the Supreme Court.”

“When Presidents Think About Defying the Courts”: Jeff Shesol has this post online today at The New Yorker.

“Roberts, judiciary’s leader, silent on Trump criticism”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Trump slams Blumenthal ‘who never fought in Vietnam’ for Gorsuch comments”: David M. Jackson of USA Today has this report.

Doina Chiacu of Reuters reports that “Trump disputes account of his Supreme Court nominee’s comments.”

“After Mr. Trump’s Din, the Quiet Grandeur of the Courts”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Gorsuch v. Trump”: Eric Posner his this blog post today, along with a blog post titled “Trump versus the judiciary: the battle lines take shape.”

“Crying wolf over Neil Gorsuch”: Professor Dennis J. Hutchinson has this essay online at The Chicago Tribune.