“The Court After Kennedy: The consequential jurist has done the country a favor by retiring.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“With Kennedy Gone, Justice Must Be Won at the Ballot Box”: The New York Times has published this editorial.

“For the first time, conservatives might thank God for Kennedy”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Kennedy’s retirement opens a void at the court’s center”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“Turns out ‘But Gorsuch’ was a good argument after all”: Hugh Hewitt has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“We’re About to Find Out How Bad It Will Get Without Justice Kennedy”: Emily Bazelon has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Here are potential Supreme Court nominees to replace Justice Kennedy”: Ariane de Vogue and Eli Watkins of CNN have this report.

“Kavanaugh Emerges as Key Contender for Trump Supreme Court Pick”: Chris Strohm, Jennifer Jacobs, Justin Sink, and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Pa. federal judge Thomas Hardiman likely to be considered for U.S. Supreme Court”: Thomas Fitzgerald of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“The Last of the Small-Town Lawyers: Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement marks the end of an era on the Supreme Court — and a turn toward hard-edged partisanship.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“The Most Conservative Supreme Court in a Century Will Move Further Right: The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy and the rise of Neil Gorsuch are an indication of what’s to come.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at Rolling Stone.

“McConnell Promises Fall Vote to Confirm Next Supreme Court Justice”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

“Anthony Kennedy Was No Moderate: The Supreme Court’s swing vote ended his career the way he began it: as a true-blue conservative.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Justice Kennedy played an unexpectedly pivotal role at the Supreme Court”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy DC has this report.

“The Only Thing That Might Stop Trump From Replacing Kennedy With a Scalia Clone”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Justice Kennedy’s Legacy Is the Dignity He Bestowed: His record was conservative at heart, even as he upheld abortion and gay rights.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Justice Kennedy’s retirement leaves the future of U.S. constitutional law entirely up for grabs”: Law professor Jack Goldsmith has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Supreme Court will now fall to chaos”: Joshua Matz has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Tribute: Remembering little things that matter.” Law professor Jeffrey Pojanowski has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Judicial Politics, Roberts’ Dilemma, and One Crazy Term”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Justice Anthony Kennedy set to retire from Supreme Court; Trump gets a second nominee”: Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller of The Washington Times have this report.

“Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire, opening Supreme Court seat for President Trump”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

And Jessica Estepa and David Jackson of USA Today report that “President Trump says process to replace Kennedy on Supreme Court will ‘begin immediately.‘”

“Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement; His retirement opens pivotal vacancy on the high court going into midterm elections”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire, giving Trump a chance to shift Supreme Court sharply right”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Justice Kennedy, the pivotal swing vote on the Supreme Court, announces retirement”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Justice Anthony Kennedy to Retire From Supreme Court”: Michael D. Shear of The New York Times has this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is retiring, a move that will give Trump a chance to shift the institution to the right”: The Washington Post has this report.

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Justice Anthony Kennedy Is Retiring From The Supreme Court; Kennedy’s retirement is effective July 31, giving President Donald Trump a legacy-shaping opportunity to nominate his replacement — a decision that could affect the country for decades.”

“Now Conservatives Get to Say What Free Speech Means; Public-sector unions take a hit when the Supreme Court rules they can’t compel payment of fees”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Supreme Court ends term with no retirements”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has this report.

“Anti-Abortion Groups Rally After U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Prompts Hartford To Suspend Pregnancy Center Restrictions”: Ruth Bruno has this front page article in today’s edition of The Hartford Courant.

And Ian Duncan of The Baltimore Sun reports that “Supreme Court ruling on pregnancy centers that don’t offer abortions deals blow to Baltimore law.”

“Sonia Sotomayor Delivers Sharp Dissent in Travel Ban Case”: Catie Edmondson has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Also in today’s edition of that newspaper, Charlie Savage has an article headlined “Korematsu, Notorious Supreme Court Ruling on Japanese Internment, Is Finally Tossed Out.”

“Supreme Court’s conservatives mark return to power with major rulings, minor punts”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court issued its final two rulings in argued cases of the October 2017 Term.

1. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees, No. 16-1466. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion. And Justice Elena Kagan issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Florida v. Georgia, No. 142, Orig. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Alito, Kagan, and Neil M. Gorsuch joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Programming note: At 10 a.m. eastern time today, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its final two rulings in argued cases for the October 2017 Term. Because I will be attending a meeting that is scheduled to start at the very same time, I will not be able to post links to the rulings as the Court publishes them online. You can access the opinions yourself via the Court’s web site both here (scroll down) and here starting soon after 10 a.m. eastern time.

Additional posts will appear here either later this morning or early this afternoon.

“How Justice Neil Gorsuch Has Helped Republicans Reshape The Supreme Court”: Susan Davis had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”