“Supreme Court Set to Leave Town With Trump Challenges Unsettled”: Greg Stohr and Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Watching environmental law get eclipsed by Skrmetti”: Mark Walsh has this View from the Court post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Trump Submits Bove Nomination for Third Circuit New Jersey Seat; Bove listed as pending nominee for New Jersey vacancy; Leaves Delaware vacancy without pending nominee”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

As the article notes, the White House’s formal transmission (see also here) identifies the nominee as “Emil J. Bove III, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit,” so perhaps if the nominee is confirmed this Third Circuit seat will exist in Pennsylvania instead of in New Jersey.

“The Supreme Court Is Taking the Easy Way Out on Trans Care; In its ruling on Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, the majority made clear it wants no part of the debate”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Good Supreme Court Sense on Trans Hormones; The Justices uphold a Tennessee law barring adolescent treatments”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Online at The Los Angeles Times, law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has an essay titled “The Supreme Court failed when it decided against gender-affirming care.”

Online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a Jurisprudence essay titled “John Roberts’ Anti-Trans Opinion Is a Garbled Mess. It’s Easy to See Why.”

Online at Balls and Strikes, Madiba K. Dennie has an essay titled “Supreme Court Not Sure Why You Thought the Equal Protection Clause Meant Anything; A law banning healthcare for trans kids does not discriminate against trans kids, and other pearls of wisdom from the country’s sharpest legal minds.”

And also online at Balls and Strikes, Jay Willis has an essay titled “Amy Coney Barrett Cannot Wait to Legalize Discrimination Against Trans People; Pundits in search of the next Anthony Kennedy should probably consider other options.”

“Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump’s Judicial Nominees Off the Hook; The president’s first batch of nominees included some eye-popping answers in their written questionnaires; If only Democrats had thought to ask the questions in person when they had the chance”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Ban on Transgender Care for Minors; The justices ruled that the state’s law, which prohibited some medical treatments for transgender youths, did not violate equal protection principles”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times reports that “Sotomayor Writes the Court ‘Abandons’ Transgender Children to ‘Political Whims’; Justice Sotomayor also read her dissent from the bench, a move typically reserved to emphasize a justice’s extreme displeasure with a decision.”

Ann E. Marimow and Casey Parks of The Washington Post report that “Tennessee can ban gender transition care for minors, Supreme Court says; The court’s decision allows the law in Tennessee and has implications for the 23 other states that have banned similar treatments in recent years.”

David G. Savage and Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times report that “Supreme Court upholds red-state laws that ban hormones for transgender teens.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Allows States to Restrict Transgender Treatments for Minors; By 6-3 vote, justices say Tennessee ban is constitutional, the latest setback to transgender rights.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court upholds state ban on transgender minors using puberty blockers, hormone therapy; In her dissent, Justice Sotomayor said the Supreme Court ‘abandons transgender children and their families to political whims.’”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court upholds state law banning transgender treatments for minors.”

And Melissa Brown and Evan Mealins of The Tennessean report that “U.S. Supreme Court rules Tennessee ban on gender transition treatments for minors is legal.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.