“As a jurist formerly known as reasonable, I disagree.” Today, Senior D.C. Circuit Judge Stephen F. Williams issued a dissenting opinion that begins, “My colleagues have determined that no ‘jurists of reason would find . . . debatable’ whether Carlton Blount’s habeas petition is timely. As a jurist formerly known as reasonable, I disagree.”

“What the Supreme Court’s Travel Ban Ruling Means in Practice”: Jonathan Blitzer has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Goodbye, Establishment Clause: The Supreme Court’s ruling in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer threatens to obliterate the divide between church and state.” Perry Grossman and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Supreme Court Weakens Wall Between Church and State: Allowing a Missouri church to receive state money for playground resurfacing opens the door to other payments.”

And online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay titled “A Major Church-State Ruling That Shouldn’t Have Happened: In Trinity v. Comer, there was no remaining dispute between the actual parties — and both the majority opinion and the leading dissent got the issue wrong.”

“Justice Gorsuch Wastes No Time Stirring Up Trouble: His dissent in a gay-rights case reads like a rallying cry for conservative resistance.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“U.S. High Court lets stand Philly ruling on gun ownership by people convicted of minor crimes”: Joseph A. Slobodzian of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Supreme Court Turns Down Case on Carrying Guns in Public”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Refuses to Review California Concealed-Weapon Restrictions; Move frustrates gun activists who saw case as path to expand individual right to possess firearms.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court won’t rule on carrying guns in public.”

Andrea Noble of The Washington Times reports that “Stung by denial, gun rights advocates vow to bring other concealed carry cases before Supreme Court.”

And in today’s edition of The San Diego Union-Tribune, Dana Littlefield and Kristina Davis have a front page article headlined “Supreme Court declines review of San Diego concealed-weapons case.”

“Gorsuch Joins Thomas as Supreme Court’s New Conservative Anchor”:
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Supreme Court term ended much different than it began”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court’s recent unity faces looming test”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“With 3 Words, Supreme Court Opens a World of Uncertainty for Refugees”: Miriam Jordan of The New York Times has this report.

“That’s a SCOTUS Wrap”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Gorsuch is the new Scalia, just as Trump promised”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“A Cautious Supreme Court Sets a Modern Record for Consensus”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in five new cases. And Neil M. Gorsuch has been assigned as the Circuit Justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

“Minor league baseball players lose appeal over wages”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Monday.