“Trump, Gorsuch, and the Concentration of Economic Power”: The Center for American Progress hosted this event yesterday, and you can view the video on YouTube at this link.

“Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch: Expected by Big Business to be Another Reliable Vote on the Roberts Court.” Judith E. Schaeffer of the Constitutional Accountability Center has this issue brief.

“This Is How Neil Gorsuch Thinks”: Roger Parloff has this post online today at New York Magazine.

“How a Wonky National-Security Blog Hit the Big Time”: Emily Bazelon has this report online at The New York Times Magazine.

“A New Phase of Chaos on Transgender Rights”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this post online at The New Yorker.

“AO Releases Annual Report and Court Statistics”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

Among the information available is “U.S. Courts of Appeals — Judicial Business 2016.”

“Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks education, opposing views”: Aparna Verma of The Stanford Daily has this report.

And Alex Shashkevich of Stanford News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor emphasizes importance of broad education, empathy in her talk at Stanford; Sonia Sotomayor, who became a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 2009, spoke about the importance of broad education and charity at Stanford Memorial Auditorium.”

“Roger Taney, Dred Scott families reconcile 160 years after infamous Supreme Court decision”: Jonathan M. Pitts of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

“Democrats paralyzed as Gorsuch skates; The party is split over how aggressively to oppose Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee”: Seung Min Kim and Burgess Everett of Politico.com have this report.

“New Hire Fuels Munger as Emerging SCOTUS Powerhouse”: Melissa H. Stanzione of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“The (Not So) New Face of the OSG”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“When a Common Sedative Becomes an Execution Drug”: Alan Blinder of The New York Times has this report.

“Court: Discrimination against gay workers not prohibited.” Kate Brumback of The Associated Press has this report.

My earlier coverage of Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge Eleventh Circuit panel can be accessed at this link.

Stanford Law Review Online has posted 14 essays about Tenth Circuit Judge Neil M. Gorsuch: Including Mark C. Hansen‘s essay titled “Before the Robe: Judge Neil M. Gorsuch” and law professor (and former Tenth Circuit Judge) Michael W. McConnell‘s essay titled “A Personal Reflection on Judge Neil M. Gorsuch from a Former Colleague.”

“Make Neil Gorsuch actually answer questions in his Supreme Court confirmation hearings”: Law professor Eric J. Segall has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“The stealth Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Colorado’s Neil Gorsuch carries the weight of Washington”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee provides online access via this link to the nearly 175,000 pages that the U.S. Department of Justice has produced in connection with the nomination.

“When Gorsuch Promises ‘Equal Right to the Poor'”: Richard M. Re has this post today at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“Democrats’ Line of Attack on Gorsuch: No Friend of the Little Guy.” Matt Flegenheimer of The New York Times has this report.

“Atticus Finch, Perry Mason and Michael Clayton Have Nothing on the Legal Profession’s Favorite Attorney: Vinny; The 1992 comedy ‘My Cousin Vinny,’ with its smart-aleck hero played by Joe Pesci, is still a hit with lawyers; ‘a paean to the American system of justice.'” Jacob Gershman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Donald Trump and the Chamber of Secrets: The president’s solicitor general nominee Noel Francisco thinks executive privilege should shield pretty much everything. Uh-oh.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor at UC Berkeley”: Berkeley Law has posted this video on YouTube.

Lavenski R. Smith is the first African-American to serve as the Eighth Circuit’s chief judge: On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued two related press releases, which you can access here and here.

Eighth Circuit Chief Judge Smith — not to be confused with Third Circuit Chief Judge Smith — is no doubt used to federal judicial milestones, as upon his confirmation to the Eighth Circuit in 2002 he became the first federal judge with the first name Lavenski.

In news coverage, Emerson Clarridge of The Omaha World-Herald reports that “First African-American to serve as chief judge of Eighth Circuit takes office Saturday.”

“Sex between lawyer and client: State Bar sets narrow limits.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press reports that “California State Bar bans sex between attorneys and clients.”

“Gorsuch has ruled for police, and suspects, in crime cases”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

“Democrats Who Support Neil Gorsuch Will Pay A Price, Progressive Groups Warn; Opponents of the Supreme Court nominee are getting serious ahead of this month’s confirmation hearings”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Preet Bharara Is Said to Refuse Order to Step Down as U.S. Attorney”: Maggie Haberman of The New York Times has an article that begins, “Preet Bharara, the Manhattan federal prosecutor who was told to submit his resignation along with 45 others on Friday, has no plans to do so — forcing a potential showdown with President Trump and the Department of Justice.”

“11th Circuit Rules Title VII Does Not Prohibit Anti-Gay Discrimination in Deeply Confused Opinion”: Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online at Slate.

And Patrick Saunders of Georgia Voice reports that “Federal court rules against Georgia lesbian fired for being gay.”

You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link. U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez (S.D. Fla.) issued the opinion of the court. Circuit Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. issued a concurring opinion. And Circuit Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum issued an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

“At UC Berkeley, Justice Sotomayor discusses obstacles to justice”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press reports that “Justice Sotomayor laments perception of judges as political.”

“Supreme Court brings gavel down on O’Connor workout class”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.

Things judges can say at oral argument that you can’t: Jimmy Hoover of Law360.com has an article headlined “ComEd Appeal ‘Pain In The Ass,’ Fed. Circ. Judge Says” (subscription required for full access).

You can access via this link (9.9 MB mp3 audio file) the oral argument audio from the case, argued yesterday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

“There is no principled reason to vote against Gorsuch”: Attorney David C. Frederick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Fortune cookies as appellate authority: Today, Circuit Judge John B. Owens issued an opinion on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit containing this sentence, which includes a quote (a Bill Paxton tribute, no less) from the movie Aliens: “Indeed, defendants — each having filed its own set of briefs — cannot cite a single court, a treatise, or even a fortune cookie message that supports the ‘Game Over, Man!’ reading of Rule 25 that they urge us to adopt.”

“DOJ sends 144,000 pages of Gorsuch documents to Senate”: Seung Min Kim of Politico.com has this report.

“Idaho Clerk Elizabeth A. ‘Libby’ Smith Named Ninth Circuit’s New Executive”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.