“Neil Gorsuch, the Anti-Trump: Democrats’ knee-jerk opposition to Gorsuch is a sign that they either haven’t thought through what they believe about Trump or are seriously conflicted.” Rich Lowry has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Supreme Court Fight Is More About Trump Than Gorsuch”: Carl Hulse has this new installment of his “On Washington” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Get Ready, Supreme Court Fans. Brush Up on Your Chevron Doctrine.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

Programming note: Blogging was limited today because I had two federal appellate court briefs due today. In the Second Circuit, I filed the opening brief on behalf of the defendant-appellant in a sentencing appeal in this case. And in the Third Circuit, I filed the reply brief on behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants in this case.

“How Trump Landed Neil Gorsuch”: Fred Barnes will have this article in the February 13, 2017 issue of The Weekly Standard.

“‘Little Pink House,’ the movie, has its world premiere”: David Collins of The Day of New London, Connecticut has this report.

“U.S. high court pick Gorsuch seen as genial, firmly conservative”: Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have an article that begins, “When gay former law clerk Joshua Goodbaum married his partner in 2014, he got effusive and emotional reassurance from his former boss, President Donald Trump’s conservative U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.”

“Grassley Outlines Timeline for Confirming Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee; Judiciary chairman anticipates a six week process”: Niels Lesniewski of Roll Call has this report.

“Under New Bill, Federal Appellate Court Based in California Could Be Split Up; Sens. Jeff Flake, John McCain lead efforts to splinter off six states from 9th Circuit into newly-created appeals court”: Sara Randazzo of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

According to the article, “The bill from Sens. Flake and McCain proposes creating a new circuit for Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and Washington, based in Seattle.”

“Gorsuch and Roberts, a relationship that could define American justice”: Joan Biskupic of CNN.com has this report.