“Two Senate Democrats Put Support Behind Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court; Sens. Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp face re-election in Republican-leaning states next year”: Byron Tau of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “First two Democrats back Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick.”
Mark K. Matthews of The Denver Post reports that “Sen. Cory Gardner would go ‘nuclear’ to support Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court; Sen. Michael Bennet remains on the fence about whether to support Gorsuch’s nomination.”
From Politico.com, Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim report that “Gorsuch battle brings Senate to brink of a new low; And there’s no bipartisan ‘gang’ this time to save it from itself.” And Elana Schor and Seung Min Kim report that “Manchin and Heitkamp will back Gorsuch.”
“High court pick could help decide fate of Trump’s climate policy”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“McCain Seeks Last-Ditch Deal to Avoid ‘Nuclear’ Fight on Gorsuch”: Steven T. Dennis and Laura Litvan of Bloomberg News have this report.
And Bryan Lowry of The Kansas City Star reports that “McCaskill warns Democratic donors of pitfalls of blocking Trump nominee for high court.”
“The Most Powerful Justices Across Time”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Court Inks Victory for California Tattoo Shop Owner”: Patrick L. Gregory of Bloomberg BNA has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.
“The filibuster isn’t what it used to be. It’s time to bring the old way back.” Columnist George F. Will has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“Supreme Court asked to review legality of Guantanamo Bay tribunals”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.
“Big money behind Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch shows little payoff”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Supreme Court rules merchants may pursue free-speech challenge to disclose credit card fees”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
In today’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak has an article headlined “Justices Side With Free-Speech Challenge to Credit Card Fees.”
And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court curbs state laws on consumer price displays.”
“In Prairie-Dog Case, Appeals Court Backs Federal Power on Endangered Species; Decision is a loss for landowners in Utah who say the animals are a nuisance”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journall has this report.
And Tom James of Reuters reports that “Threatened Utah prairie dogs have their day in court . . . and win.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.
“The Empty Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
