“Gorsuch nomination meets with positive reception”: Jennifer Agiesta of CNN.com has a report that begins, “Americans’ first impressions of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch tilt positive, and a plurality say the Senate ought to vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s selection to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.”
“Democrats Have No Play on Neil Gorsuch: Be careful.” Jim Newell has this essay online at Slate.
“I read Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s book. It’s very revealing.” Dylan Matthews of Vox.com has this report.
“Neil Gorsuch? Originalism and the Fall of Icarus.” Law professor Harold Lloyd has this blog entry at The Huffington Post.
“Neil Gorsuch: Everything You Need to Know. Q&A with Randy Barnett.” ReasonTV has posted this video on YouTube.
“Expectations for Vote Timing on the Gorsuch Nomination”: Samuel Morse has this post at the “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Anthony Kennedy Is Not Stupid: He’s not going to step down just because one decent conservative judge was nominated to the Supreme Court.” Dahlia Lithwick and law professor Neil S. Siegel have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“The curveball in the Gorsuch nomination”: Law professor Jeffrey Pojanowski has this essay at CNN.com.
“Have the Democrats Got the Right Supreme Court Strategy?” John Cassidy has this post online at The New Yorker.
“Trump Lowers the Dignity of the Supreme Court”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
“Immigration chaos and long nights led to Washington’s court win”: Dan Levine and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have this report.
“Gorsuch Must Condemn Trump’s Attack on a Judge”: Law professor Eric Posner has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Trump’s ‘so-called judge’ is a highly regarded GOP appointee”: Jim Brunner has this front page article in today’s edition of The Seattle Times.
“Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump?” Linda Greenhouse has this essay on the front page of the SundayReview section of today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Appeals Court Rejects Request to Immediately Restore Travel Ban”: Mark Landler of The New York Times has this report.
You can view last night’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying “an immediate administrative stay pending full consideration of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal” at this link.
According to the order, the emergency motion is due to be fully briefed by 3 p.m. pacific time tomorrow. The Ninth Circuit has created this web page to provide free access to the key filings in the appeal.
“‘He’s brilliant, disciplined, handsome and witty’ — Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch’s stepmother breaks his family’s silence to tell how she celebrated Trump nomination with champagne and pizza”: Ruth Styles and Jake Wallis Simons of The Daily Mail (UK) have this report.
And Gordon Rayner and Nick Allen of The Telegraph (UK) report that “British family of Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch ‘thrilled but terrified.’”
“Trump administration appeals Seattle judge’s halt of refugee travel ban”: David Gutman of The Seattle Times has this report.
Robert Barnes, Matt Zapotosky, and Abby Phillip of The Washington Post report that “State Dept. reverses visa revocations, allows barred travelers to enter U.S.”
And Mark Landler of The New York Times reports that “Trump Officials Move to Appeal Ruling Blocking Immigration Order.”
“Pence vows Senate vote on Supreme Court nominee ‘one way or the other'”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“In Fall of Gorsuch’s Mother, a Painful Lesson in Politicking”: Adam Liptak, Peter Baker, Nicholas Fandos, and Julie Turkewitz of The New York Times have this report.
And in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times, Fandos will also have an article headlined “In His Own Words: Gorsuch’s Lively Writings at Columbia.”
In this recent post, I provided a link to access every mention of Gorsuch in the online archives of The Columbia Spectator.
“Philly employers can’t ask your pay history anymore”: Julia Terruso of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
Bobby Allyn of NewsWorks reports that “Kenney signs bill banning Philly employers from asking for wage history.”
And FoxNews.com reports that “Philadelphia becomes first US city to ban employers from requesting salary history.”
My earlier coverage of this matter began with a post titled “Miguel Estrada warns City of Philadelphia that his hourly rate is very expensive.”
“VP: Gorsuch will join Supreme Court ‘one way or the other.'” Darlene Superville of The Associated Press has this report.
And The AP also offers “A look at Supreme Court nominee’s judicial philosophy.”
“Gorsuch test: Neil Gorsuch is a good pick for the Supreme Court; Democrats have powerful reasons to oppose him even so.” This article appears in the current issue of The Economist.
“How Neil Gorsuch could impact current and future Supreme Court cases”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Neil Gorsuch May Miss Chance To Decide The Supreme Court’s Biggest Case This Term; And that might be the best outcome transgender students can hope for.”
“A Colorado native, Neil Gorsuch would bring distinctive Western touch to Supreme Court”: Michael Doyle of McClatchyDC has this report.
“A Great Legal Pen: Judge Gorsuch is one of the finest writers on the federal bench.” Law professor John O. McGinnis has this essay, in which I am mentioned, online at City Journal.
“Trump’s Supreme Court Whisperer: The man who advised the president on picking Judge Gorsuch explains what his elevation means for the law and America.” Kyle Peterson has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.
“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.”