“Trump Lawsuit Against John Bolton Is Beyond Frivolous; The government is resorting to bizarre legal ploys to stop publication of the former official’s book”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“A Morally Empty Jurisprudence”: Hadley Arkes has this essay online at First Things.

And at the “Mirror of Justice” blog, Robert George has a post titled “Further thoughts on the Title VII cases and Textualism.”

“Supreme Court will decide (again!) if courts or arbritrators determine arbitrability”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“What Second Amendment? The Justices decline to take 10 cases that might clarify gun rights.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Gay-Rights Ruling Complicates Trump Effort to Hold Evangelical Voters; The president has been working to keep evangelicals on his side amid signs their support is eroding”: Catherine Lucey has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Gorsuch Paves Way for Attack on Affirmative Action; Liberals were relieved by his gay-rights opinion; Now look at it more closely”: Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The ‘villain’ in gay workers rights case has plenty to say; He applauds U.S. Supreme Court LGBTQ ruling, but calls lead plaintiff untruthful”: Columnist Bill Torpy has this essay online at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“Legal Theory Debate Rages After High Court LGBT Ruling; One law professor said Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion this week makes clear that textualism is not an inherently conservative legal philosophy”: Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Anger Over Gorsuch Ruling Spills Into Nominations Hearing”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “Senate Republicans wasted no time grilling Trump judicial nominees on their approach to ‘textualism’ — the legal theory championed by the late Justice Antonin Scalia — after being stung by Justice Neil Gorsuch’s application of the principle to protect LGBTQ workers from discrimination.”

And Ross Todd of The Recorder reports that “3 SoCal Lawyers Nominated to Federal Bench Receive Largely Friendly Welcome at Senate Hearing.”

You can view the video of today’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for various U.S. District Court nominees via this link.

“Gorsuch draws personal attacks for breaking ranks on gay rights”: Howard Kurtz has this essay online at Fox News.

“Gorsuch’s Supreme Court opinion for LGBTQ rights sends a shudder through conservative ranks”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Federal judge indicates he’s likely to unseal Prop 8 tapes”: John Ferrannini of The Bay Area Reporter has this article.

And Maria Dinzeo of Courthouse News Service reports that “Federal Judge Likely to Unseal Prop 8 Trial Videos.”

“A judge’s all-courthouse email sparks debate over removal of Confederate symbols”: Ann E. Marimow has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“The Supreme Court’s decision on LGBTQ protections shows the conflicting ideas of textualism”: Columnist George F. Will has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Why Scalia should have loved the Supreme Court’s Title VII decision”: George T. Conway III has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Pole Camera Didn’t Violate Fourth Amendment, First Circuit Says”: Blake Brittain of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.

In an opinion concurring in the judgment, Circuit Judge David J. Barron invoked the recent Major League Baseball scandals over pitch sign stealing and called for en banc review.

“Hershey, Nestle, Mars Beat Appeals in Child Labor Label Suits”: Julie Steinberg of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.

“Panel Blocks Rule Forcing Drugmakers to Show Prices in TV Ads”: Erika Williams of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued yesterday.

Access online the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit in an appeal asserting that New Jersey’s restrictions on large capacity ammunition magazines violates the Second Amendment: The audio of yesterday’s oral argument in Ass’n New Jersey Rifle et al. v. Attorney General New Jersey can be accessed via this link.

“DC Circuit Backs Rule Change on Big-Game Trophy Imports”: Megan Mineiro of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued yesterday.

“Penn State ex-president argues conviction properly tossed”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has this report.

And Quincey Reese of The Daily Collegian, the student newspaper of Penn State University, reports that “Federal Court of Appeals questions former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s child endangerment charges.”

The audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is not yet available online.

“The Obscure Supreme Court Decision the Trump Administration Could Use to Gut the First Amendment; The president may not be able to control what content Twitter and Facebook run, but he can still attempt to intimidate or silence the platforms”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“How the Supreme Court Is Quietly Enabling Trump; Using emergency relief at the court, the administration has imposed controversial policies without a final determination of their legality”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this essay online at The New York Times.