“U.S. Supreme Court May Curb SEC Power to Recoup Illegal Gains”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Kokesh v. SEC, No. 16-529.

“U.S. top court urged to decide church case despite state policy flip”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Is the Trinity Lutheran Church case moot?” Marty Lederman has this post at “Balkinization.”

“Listen to Justice Gorsuch’s first words — on Friday”: Columnist Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Can we handle ‘the truth about SCOTUS’?” Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Missouri playground at center of Supreme Court church-state dispute”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in two argued cases. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch did not participate in either ruling, as both cases were argued before he reached the Court.

1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger, No. 15-1406. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Coventry Health Care of Mo. v. Nevils, No. 16-149. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court sides with Goodyear in personal injury dispute.”

On the agenda: From Wednesday afternoon through midday on Friday, I will be attending the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Law professor Orin Kerr will be there, enabling him to communicate in person his recommendations (see here and here) for how that court’s current vacancies should be filled.

On Tuesday of next week, I will be arguing an appeal on behalf of the plaintiff-appellee before a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

And on Thursday of next week, I will be arguing an appeal on behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants before a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit.

“Neil Gorsuch Sounded A Lot Like Justice Scalia On His First Day On The Job; The rookie justice tried to make a good impression, but he wasn’t afraid to leave a mark”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Court Decisions Force Arkansas to Halt Execution”: Alan Blinder of The New York Times has this report.

The Associated Press has reports headlined “Arkansas vows to keep pushing for executions despite setback” and “Arkansas execution drugs intended for surgery, heart issues.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Arkansas Thwarted In Attempt To Carry Out Scheduled Executions.”

“Does the Freedom of Information Act require disclosure of booking photos of publicly named, federal indictees who have already appeared in open court?” Last week, the federal government filed its Brief in Opposition to the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari that The Detroit Free Press filed last November in the U.S. Supreme Court presenting this question (links to documents via “SCOTUSblog“).

My earlier coverage of the Sixth Circuit’s 9-to-7 en banc ruling in this case can be accessed here and here.

“Justice Neil Gorsuch Is Greeted by Highly Technical Cases; New member of Supreme Court argues his preferred method of legal interpretation, textualism, can easily solve problems”: Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And Lyle Denniston has a blog post titled “Active — and comfortable — first day for Gorsuch.”

“America’s Most Political Food: The founder of a popular South Carolina barbecue restaurant was a white supremacist; Now that his children have taken over, is it O.K. to eat there?” Lauren Collins has this lengthy article in the April 24, 2017 issue of The New Yorker. The article mentions several U.S. Supreme Court rulings and focuses on a chain of restaurants involved in this U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

“Bitter Fight Behind Him, Justice Gorsuch Starts Day With Relish”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Hearing first arguments as member of the Supreme Court, Gorsuch jumps right in.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “A confident Justice Gorsuch plunges into the debate on his first day at the Supreme Court.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchyDC reports that “Gorsuch gets some laughs — and answers — at his first Supreme Court oral argument.”

And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Justice Gorsuch Finds His ‘Easier’ Solution Has Few Takers On 1st Day.”

“Gorsuch fits in on Supreme Court’s ‘hot bench’ on first day on the job”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“The Third Circuit has 3 open seats. Who should fill them?” Matthew Stiegler has this interesting post today at his “CA3blog.”

“Justices, Tenure, and What to Expect Moving Forward”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Neil Gorsuch’s First Big Test: Which side will he come down on in an important religious liberty case?” Dahlia Lithwick and Camille Mott have this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“Trump appointee Gorsuch energetic in first U.S. high court arguments”: Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters have this report.

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Gorsuch Full of Questions in First U.S. Supreme Court Argument.”

You can access the transcripts of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments via this link.

Access the contents of the April 2017 issue of The Yale Law Journal: Via this link. The issue includes a collection titled “In Memoriam: Justice Antonin Scalia” featuring tributes from each of the three current Justices who graduated from Yale Law School — Clarence Thomas; Samuel A. Alito, Jr.; and Sonia Sotomayor.

“Gorsuch asks his first questions from Supreme Court bench”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Alternative Facts & History, and Alarming Implications, in DOJ’s CFPB Brief”: Neil J. Kinkopf has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“Judge Richard Posner’s unimpeachable honesty: Judges cloak their decisions behind a smokescreen of legalism.” Law profesor Glenn Harlan Reynolds recently had this essay online at USA Today.

“To Fix the Confirmation Process We Need to Face the Truth About SCOTUS”: Eric Segall has this post today at “Dorf on Law.”

“Why Gorsuch May Not Be So Genteel on the Bench”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Gorsuch era on U.S. high court begins with his first three cases”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

“Ready or Not, Gorsuch to Take Supreme Court Bench a Week After Oath”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“OT2016 #18: ‘Not Exactly Mr. Bluebook.'” You can access today’s new episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.

“Supreme Court action to show Donald Trump’s impact”: Kimberly Atkins of The Boston Herald has this report.

“May it please the court: an alumna’s journey to the Supreme Court.” Sonali Seth of The Daily Trojan, the student newspaper of the University of Southern California, has this report.

“Supreme Court next stop in Kokesh, SEC saga”: Bruce Krasnow of The Santa Fe New Mexican has this report.

“Will Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recuse himself on his first day on the job?” Cody Derespina of FoxNews.com has this report.

“Is the Supreme Court acting less like a court?” Professor Daniel N. Rockmore and law professor Michael A. Livermore recently had this essay online at The Conversation.

“A civility award for the Supreme Court’s odd couple”: Columnist Michael McGough recently had this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.