“A Federal Judge Offers A Behind-The-Bench Look At Trump’s First Supreme Court Nominee; Judge Harris Hartz, who has served with Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch for the past decade, spoke with BuzzFeed News about what Gorsuch is like to work with and why be believes some of Gorsuch’s critics have it wrong about his record”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“What Neil Gorsuch Can Learn From His Grandfather”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online at the Brennan Center for Justice.

“Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch an ‘extremist,’ Feinstein’s office says”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Supreme Court nominees should weigh in on these rulings. You’re up, Judge Gorsuch.” Law professor Vikram Amar has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“What is Neil Gorsuch’s religion? It’s complicated.” Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor, has this report.

“Democrats May Be Botching This Supreme Court Confirmation Fight; Heading into Neil Gorsuch’s hearing, it’s unclear how they plan to land blows on Donald Trump’s conservative court pick”: Jennifer Bendery and Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post have this report.

“Gorsuch, a Conservative Firebrand in College, Evolved Into a Conciliator; President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee wins praise from Democrats for his civility and respect for opposing views, but some high school and college acquaintances remember him as a provocateur who took after his dynamic mother, a Reagan cabinet member”: Jess Bravin of Thw Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Let’s start telling the truth about what the Supreme Court does”: Law professor Brian Leiter has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Yesterday, Leiter posted on SSRN a paper titled “The Roles of Judges in Democracies: A Realistic View.”

“Avoid, Sidestep, Retreat: Justices’ Advice on Confirmation Tactics”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“What Gorsuch Has in Common With Liberals”: Akhil Reed Amar has this essay in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma”: Mary Norris — copy editor at The New Yorker and author of “Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen” — has this post online at The New Yorker.

“The Courts and President Trump’s Words”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Grassley and Feinstein: The Pair Who Will Lead Gorsuch’s Senate Hearings.” Jennifer Steinhauer of The New York Times has this report.

“Political dogfight over Supreme Court finally reaches Senate”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Why the Establishment Clause Has Emerged as the Chief Stumbling Block for Trump’s Muslim Ban”: Michael Dorf has this post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Justices to hear property rights dispute over family’s land”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

“Federal court gives students chance to parry with judges”: Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The nation’s largest federal appeals court is giving law-school students the opportunity to argue real cases.”

“What Neil Gorsuch learned from Kennedy, Scalia and Thomas”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Democrats under fire as Gorsuch hearings begin; Activists tell lawmakers they better go hard after Trump’s Supreme Court nominee”: Elana Schor of Politico.com has this report.

“The Case Against Neil Gorsuch: The Supreme Court nominee’s jurisprudence shows he values religious people’s beliefs above all else.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“A Texas Woman ‘Voted Like a U.S. Citizen.’ Only She Wasn’t.” Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report. According to the article, the case is now on appeal.

“Democrats: Don’t Use Republican Playbook on Gorsuch.” Michael R. Bloomberg has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Trump and Republicans face a fresh test to shape Supreme Court, assert their power with Gorsuch hearings”: Ed O’Keefe and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post have this report.

“Justice Department Fires Salvo at Consumer Watchdog; Trump administration backs legal effort to have structure of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau declared unconstitutional”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

In yesterday’s edition of The New York Times, Stacy Cowley had an article headlined “Give President Free Rein to Fire Consumer Board Chief, Justice Dept. Argues.”

And Lisa Lambert of Reuters reports that “Trump administration fights its own agency in U.S. court.”

“Neil Gorsuch’s Dissertation Opposes Same-Sex Marriage”: Corey Brettschneider has this essay online at Time magazine.

“Newly Public Emails Hint at Gorsuch’s View of Presidential Power”: Charlie Savage has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“U.S. Supreme Court’s ideological balance at stake in confirmation fight”: Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters have this report.

“Posner and Gorsuch”: Philip Hamburger has this post at the blog of the Library of Law and Liberty (via Eric Posner).

“Neil Gorsuch Made Up A Legal Standard That Weakens Promises To Kids With Disabilities; Now his would-be colleagues on the Supreme Court may rule he was wrong”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has an article that begins, “At the Supreme Court podium in January, lawyer Neal Katyal was hit with a series of questions that he wasn’t really ready for.”

Neal Katyal has posted on Twitter this response to the article.

Update: After Katyal’s Tweet appeared, Farias substantially rewrote this article, which now contains a revised headline and opening sentence.

“Questions for Judge Gorsuch”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Gorsuch recommended to Justice Dept. that federal judges visit Gitmo”: Seung Min Kim of Politico.com has this report.

“Here’s why I support Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court”: Online at The San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Mammen has an essay that begins, “I first met Neil Gorsuch in 1994, during my second year at Oxford University.”

“Disarmingly warm Gorsuch loves ‘cold neutrality’ of law”: Nancy Benac and Mark Sherman of The Associated Press have an article that begins, “It’s poker night in a row house on Cranham Street, Oxford, England, and Neil Gorsuch, studying for yet another degree, is feeling down. His housemates decide that what Gorsuch needs is a girlfriend.”

“An ‘Ideological Food Fight’ (His Words in 2002) Awaits Neil Gorsuch”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“In Gorsuch, Conservative Activist Sees Test Case for Reshaping the Judiciary”: Eric Lipton and Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times have this report.