“There won’t be a backlash against the court’s new ruling on gay rights; Opponents will look for other places to fight”: Sasha Issenberg will have this essay in the Outlook section of tomorrow’s edition of The Washington Post.

“The Tempting of Neil Gorsuch: Another conservative justice’s arc bends toward juristocracy.” Columnist Ross Douthat will have this op-ed in tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

“Doctor’s Conviction Over Opioid Scripts Nixed Due to ‘Piling On'”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Bostock v. Clayton County and the Debate over the Meaning of ‘Ordinary Meaning’; Both sides in the landmark employment discrimination decision agree that laws should generally be interpreted based on the ‘ordinary meaning’ of their words; But they differ on what that entails”: Ilya Somin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Trump Personally Fires U.S. Attorney Who Investigated His Associates; The president’s move deepened a crisis over the independence of law enforcement and the president’s purge of officials he views as disloyal”: Alan Feuer, Katie Benner, Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum, and Nicole Hong of The New York Times have this report.

Ellen Nakashima, Matt Zapotosky, Seung Min Kim, and Rosalind S. Helderman of The Washington Post report that “Barr says at his request, Trump has removed Geoffrey Berman as U.S. attorney in Manhattan.” And Colby Itkowitz of The Washington Post has a profile headlined “Acting New York U.S. attorney, Audrey Strauss, once defeated Roy Cohn, investigated Iran-contra.”

Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Sadie Gurman, and Rebecca Ballhaus of The Wall Street Journal report that “Barr Says Trump Fired Manhattan U.S. Attorney; Geoffrey Berman went into his office at the Southern District of New York after rejecting claim he had resigned.” And Dave Michaels of The Wall Street Journal reports that “SEC’s Jay Clayton Thrust Into Political Minefield; Attorney General William Barr has chosen the Securities and Exchange Commission’s chairman to be next U.S. attorney in Manhattan.”

“Federal appellate judge chides Supreme Court over qualified immunity doctrine”: Michael Martz of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report. I previously linked to the op-ed in question in this earlier post.

“Former Thomas clerk: Roberts ‘complicit’ in Supreme Court ‘being used as a partisan tool’ against Trump.” Joe Concha of The Hill has this report.

And online at Fox News, Carrie Severino — the former Thomas clerk to whom the headline above refers — has an essay titled “Supreme Court on DACA — this double standard weaponizes the judiciary.”

“Don’t be fooled. The US supreme court hasn’t suddenly become leftwing. A few decisions that help progressives do not mean the justices have become enlightened.” Nathan Robinson has this essay online at The Guardian (UK).

“Trump setbacks elevate Supreme Court as voting issue in the 2020 election; Some conservatives worry that this week’s immigration and LGBTQ rights rulings undermine the president’s pitch to evangelicals that he’ll install judges who advance their goals”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“When Is It Time to Claim Victory in the Gay Rights Struggle?” Andrew Sullivan has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Indiana looks to Supreme Court to overturn Lafayette same-sex couple’s victory on birth certificates”: Dave Bangert of The Lafayette (Ind.) Journal & Courier has this report.

You can access Indiana’s petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Supreme Court ruling redefining ‘sex’ affects more than a funeral home”: Online at The Detroit News, John Bursch has an essay that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court ruling against my client, Harris Funeral Homes, should be a concerning sign for all of us. In redefining ‘sex’ in federal employment law to include ‘gender identity’ and ‘sexual orientation,’ the court signaled that Americans cannot rely on the plain meaning of the law.”

“The SDNY Debacle And The Supreme Court”: Leah Litman has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“Barr Tries to Fire U.S. Attorney in Trump-Related Cases, but He Won’t Go; The United States attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman, had been leading the inquiry into Rudolph Giuliani; The clash sets up a crisis in the Justice Department”: Benjamin Weiser, William K. Rashbaum, Nicole Hong, Maggie Haberman, and Katie Benner of The New York Times have this report, an earlier version of which appears on the front page of today’s edition of that newspaper.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Devlin Barrett has an article headlined “Trump administration in standoff with Manhattan U.S. attorney who investigated the president’s associates.”

And in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Dave Michaels, and Sadie Gurman have a front page article headlined “Manhattan Prosecutor Refuses to Leave Post, Setting Up Showdown With Attorney General; ‘I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning,’ Berman says; Trump plans to nominate SEC Chairman Jay Clayton to succeed Berman.”

“Why Trump Keeps Losing at the Supreme Court: The legal reasoning may look like it turns on obscure technicalities, but the administration’s cases are falling apart because of something much more deeply wrong.” Law professors Neal K. Katyal and Joshua A. Geltzer have this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Trump has no patience for legal intricacies. The Supreme Court is all about them.” Robert Barnes and Seung Min Kim have this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“U.S. judge declines to block release of book by former national security adviser John Bolton”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued today.