“Trump’s Tweets Must Now Be Taken Seriously: The 9th Circuit’s travel ban ruling declares the president’s Twitter feed is a legally binding stream of consciousness.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Biometric Hand Scanner Violated Coal Miner’s ‘Mark of the Beast’ Belief: Court; 4th Circuit upholds ruling against company over refusal to make reasonable accommodations.” Erin Mulvaney of The National Law Journal has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“A ‘view’ from the courtroom: Justice Gorsuch’s first opinion.” Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Expert didn’t think ABC’s Avila wanted both sides of BPI story”: Nick Hytrek of The Sioux City (Iowa) Journal has an article that begins, “David Theno refers to himself as one of the foremost experts in ground beef in the United States.”

“Lurking in latest SCOTUS class action ruling: long-running question of standing.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Gorsuch’s First Opinion Comes With a Hat-Tip to Scalia; The justice’s interpretation of a debt-collection law is based on its text alone, not Congress’s intention to protect consumers”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“The Ninth Circuit Shows the Supreme Court How to Strike Down Trump’s Travel Ban: Sidestepping thorny constitutional questions and focusing on substance and procedure, the appellate panel offered the justices an escape route, if they care to take it.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“See You In Court: Ninth Circuit Round 2.” Leah Litman has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“Why America still executes people: The legal reasoning behind the continued use of the death penalty.” Steven Mazie has this blog post online at The Economist.

“Decision time at the Supreme Court: Rulings expected soon on religion, free speech and immigration.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“When a liberal power lawyer represents the Trump family, things can get ugly”: Marc Fisher has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Ninth Circuit issues its ruling in Hawaii v. Trump: You can access the per curiam opinion at this link. The opinion’s opening paragraph concludes, “we affirm in large part the district court’s order preliminarily enjoining Sections 2 and 6 of the Executive Order.”

In early news coverage, Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “Trump Loses Travel Ban Ruling in Appeals Court.”

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “9th Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to reinstate Trump’s travel ban.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Federal appeals court in SF deals Trump another travel ban defeat.”

Alan Gomez and Richard Wolf of USA Today report that “President Trump’s travel ban struck down by second appeals court.”

Gene Johnson of The Associated Press reports that “Another US appeals court keeps Trump’s travel ban blocked.”

Reuters reports that “Another U.S. appeals court rules against Trump’s revised travel ban.”

And Kartikay Mehrotra of Bloomberg News reports that “Second U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Revised Travel Ban.”

“Remembering the Murder You Didn’t Commit: DNA evidence exonerated six convicted killers; So why do some of them recall the crime so clearly?” Rachel Aviv has this article in the June 19, 2017 issue of The New Yorker.

“The Long, Lonely Road of Chelsea Manning: Her disclosure of classified documents in 2010 ushered in the age of leaks; Now, freed from prison, she talks about why she did it — and the isolation that followed.” Matthew Shaer will have this article in the June 18, 2017 issue of The New York Times Magazine.

“America Needs Closure on the Travel Ban”: Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at The New York Times.

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in four argued cases.

1. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., No. 16-349. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, No. 15-457. Justice Clarence Thomas issued an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Ginsburg also delivered the opinion of the Court in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, No. 15-1191. Justice Thomas issued an opinion concurring in the judgment part, in which Justice Alito joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. And Justice Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., No. 15-1039. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in one new case.

And in Virginia v. LeBlanc, No. 16-1177, the Court issued a per curiam summary reversal of the judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued an opinion concurring in the judgment.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court won’t hear appeal from former Qwest CEO.”

“Unions Come Into the Justices’ Cross Hairs, Again”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“OT2016 #24: ‘Six Degrees of Caleb Nelson.'” You can access this week’s new episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Dan Epps and guest host Leah Litman, via this link.