Justice Neil Gorsuch will be on the Supreme Court long after Donald Trump has left the White House.
* “Trump’s Most Lasting Legacy? America’s courts.” [The Atlantic via How Appealing]
* Speaking of the Supreme Court, which justice is most frequently first out of the gate when it comes to questioning at oral argument? Adam Feldman runs the numbers. [Empirical SCOTUS]
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* Floyd Abrams, celebrated First Amendment lawyer and author (affiliate link), laments the sad state of freedom of speech on college campuses today. [Concurring Opinions]
* Well, this is interesting: DOJ Pride, the Justice Department’s group for LGBT employees, will honor Gavin Grimm this year, as Chris Geidner reports. [BuzzFeed]
* Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who’s not exactly a Donald Trump fan, thinks the Donald has a better than even chance of winning reelection in 2020. [Instapundit]
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* And he’s not alone, as Ann Althouse’s round-up of reactions to Jon Ossoff’s failed congressional run suggests. [Althouse]
David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].