“Justice Gorsuch can forget about ethics code for court now”: Law professor Steven Lubet has this essay at CNN.com.

“When the separation of church and state leads to children with scraped knees”: Columnist George F. Will has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“With Trump pick aboard, top U.S. court tackles religious rights”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch is no Antonin Scalia”: Online at The San Jose Mercury News, attorney Christian Mammen has an essay that begins, “I am a proud Berkeley liberal. I have lived in the Bay Area for the past 20 years, and have been a registered Democrat since college. I have also known Neil Gorsuch for over 20 years, since we were graduate students at Oxford, churning out our dissertations in the Law Library.”

“Playground of Liberty: An important church-state case at the Supreme Court centers on tire scraps repurposed for kids’ play areas.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

“How Civil-Rights Law Can Apply to Sexual Orientation, Too”: Law professor Cass R. Sunstein recently had this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Supreme Court, with Gorsuch, set to hear church-state case”: Mark Sherman and Maria Danilova of The Associated Press have this report.

“Who Will President Trump Nominate To The Circuit And District Courts?” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

In somewhat related news coverage, late last month, Paul Egan of The Detroit Free Press reported that “Justice Young leaving Michigan Supreme Court for Detroit law firm job.”

And Michael Gerstein of The Detroit News reported that “Young leaves rule-of-law legacy on Supreme Court.”

“Starr plays key role in bringing Supreme Court Justice Thomas to MCC”: Phillip Ericksen of The Waco Tribune-Herald has this report.

“Federal judge issues order blocking Arkansas executions; Arkansas attorney general plans ‘immediate’ appeal, spokesman says”: Gavin Lesnick and Emma Pettit of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette have this report.

And Alan Blinder of The New York Times reports that “Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Executions.”

“Supreme Court Ruling Draws a Vague Line in Bankruptcy Cases”: Stephen J. Lubben has this new installment of his “In Debt” column at the “DealBook” blog of The New York Times.

“The Worst System of Citation Except for All the Others”: David J.S. Ziff has this review of “The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation” (20th ed.) in the Spring 2017 issue of the Journal of Legal Education. And at his “Ziff Blog,” he has a related post titled “My Review of The Bluebook: The Reviews Are In!”

As PG noted at the “De Novo” blog back in 2005, the 18th edition of The Bluebook included “How Appealing” in an example of how to cite to a blog, a development that sparked some law blog commentary (see here, here, here, here, and here) and at least one law review mention.

“NASA detained a 75-year-old woman selling a tiny moon rock. An appeals court says she can sue.” Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Woman, 74, sues after sting and tough questioning over moon rock.”

And Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Detention of woman during moon rock sting ‘degrading.’”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Greitens instructs DNR to consider religious organizations for grants”: Celeste Bott of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an article that begins, “Days before the U.S. Supreme Court is due to hear a pivotal case over whether Missouri can use public money to aid religious institutions, Gov. Eric Greitens announced that he’s instructed the Department of Natural Resources to allow such organizations to apply for and receive DNR grants.”

Jason Hancock of The Kansas City Star reports that “Gov. Greitens reverses state policy, allowing tax dollars to aid religious groups.”

Katie Kull of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Greitens: Religious organizations can apply for state grants.”

And Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies of St. Louis Public Radio report that “Missouri Gov. Greitens issues policy change regarding state grants and religious groups.”

“Court grants Duane Buck relief that could remove him from Texas death row”: Cindy George of The Houston Chronicle has this report on a per curiam ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“How One Man Brought Justices Roberts, Alito And Gorsuch To The Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin spoke about his article in the current issue of The New Yorker on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Fresh Air.”

“Federal judge ordered to rehab for alcoholism, records show”: Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press has this report.

And Marilyn Monroe of American Press of Lake Charles, Louisiana reports that “Minaldi diagnosed with brain disorder caused by severe alcohol abuse.”

“There’s a word that no longer describes the federal appeals court in Richmond”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“Court revives harassment lawsuit over blog posts, menacing free speech”: Hans Bader has this post today at the “Liberty Unyielding” blog about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued recently.

And earlier, at his “Technology & Marketing Law Blog,” Eric Goldman had a post titled “Can Blogging Violate the Fair Housing Act? — Revock v. Cowpet Bay West Condo Ass’n.”

“Police Believe New York Judge Found in Hudson River Committed Suicide”: Alan Feuer, Matthew Haag, and William K. Rashbaum of The New York Times have this report.

“For Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court job may seem subordinate”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this article, which includes a law professor’s prediction of which opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court‘s sitting that begins next week the newest Justice may be assigned to write.

“Below the Surface of the Gorsuch Confirmation Hearings”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“The Broken Supreme Court”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Partisan battles over nominees pose ‘real danger’ for Supreme Court, chief justice says”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

In today’s edition of The Record of Troy, New York, Nicholas Buonanno has a front page article headlined “Supreme Court Chief Justice speaks at RPI.”

In today’s edition of The Times Union of Albany, New York, Bethany Bump has a front page article headlined “At RPI, Chief Justice says high court isn’t partisan; Roberts addresses issues ranging from diversity to transparency.”

Maria Espinosa of The Polytechnic, the student newspaper of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, reports that “Chief justice of the United States visits RPI.”

And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has an article headlined “Neil Gorsuch Is Neither Republican Nor Democrat, Says Chief Justice Roberts; The Supreme Court’s chief really, really dislikes the confirmation process.”

“Being a Supreme Court newbie isn’t all drudgery. Elena Kagan will be throwing a party for Neil Gorsuch.” Emily Heil has this installment of the “Reliable Source” feature in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Florida Bar wants to regulate Avvo and other legal marketers. Will state Supreme Court allow it?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“Ohio asks appeals court to review lethal injection process”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “State lawyers want an entire appeals court to review Ohio’s new and twice-rejected lethal injection process as the state struggles to resume executions.”

“Why Is Arkansas Rushing to Execute Seven People?” Lincoln Caplan has this post online today at The New Yorker.

“A Conversation with Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.” Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has posted this video on YouTube.

“If Gorsuch is like his colleagues, he’ll constantly interrupt the female justices; At the Supreme Court, men talk over women; The reverse almost never happens”: Law professor Tonja Jacobi and Dylan Schweers have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“How Courts Avoid Ruling on Issues of Privacy: When it comes to technology privacy cases, judges often focus on side issues instead of tackling the big questions.” Jill Priluck has this essay online at Slate.

“In Consumer Bureau Showdown, it’s Trump’s DOJ versus . . . Trump’s DOJ”: Deepak Gupta and Jonathan Taylor have this post today at the “Take Care” blog.

“Trump’s Chance to Fill Lower Court Vacancies Rest on Bipartisanship; Grassley is eager to begin processing judicial nominations”: Niels Lesniewski of Roll Call has this report.

“The Supreme Court Is Hazing Neil Gorsuch”: This video segment appeared on last night’s broadcast of the TBS program “Conan.”

“David Souter Killed the Filibuster”: Columnist Ross Douthat has this essay online at The New York Times.