“Is Harvard fair? Historic affirmative action trial begins Monday.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“On Eve of Harvard Bias Trial, Dueling Rallies Show Rifts Among Asian-Americans”: Anemona Hartocollis and Ted Siefer will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Trump defends mockery of Christine Blasey Ford, says it got Kavanaugh confirmed; ‘If I had not made that speech, we would not have won,’ the president says in a TV interview”: Alex Johnson of NBC News has this report.

“Let’s not buy the Republican spin on Brett Kavanaugh”: Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Harvard’s Affirmative Action Policy Goes On Trial”: This audio segment featuring Carrie Jung appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Elite-College Admissions Are Broken: The racial-discrimination lawsuit against Harvard, which goes to trial this week, raises questions about far more than affirmative action.” Alia Wong of The Atlantic has this report.

And Adam Harris of The Atlantic has an article headlined “The Supreme Court Justice Who Forever Changed Affirmative Action: Justice Lewis Powell’s ruling in the 1978 case Regents v. Bakke buoyed affirmative action — but in the process, it transformed how colleges think about race and equality in admissions.”

“As Harvard’s admissions policy goes on trial, alleged victims of racial bias remain anonymous”: Nick Anderson of The Washington Post has this report.

Anderson also has a related article headlined “‘We’re here to say no’: Asian-American critics rally against Harvard admissions policy.”

“Witches plan to hex Brett Kavanaugh using effigies, coffin nails, graveyard dirt and more”: Joel Shannon of USA Today has this report.

“Brett Kavanaugh gives back: Newly-appointed Supreme Court justice serves meals to the homeless as he volunteers with Catholic Charities in DC, just days after grueling confirmation process.” Ariel Zilber of The Daily Mail (UK) has this report.

“What One Student’s Marked-Up Harvard Application Reveals About the Admissions Process: One student’s reviewed application, made public as part of the admissions lawsuit, sheds light on how the College assesses candidates — and on just what it takes to be Harvard material.” Delano R. Franklin and Samuel W. Zwickel of The Harvard Crimson had this article last month.

“Brett Kavanaugh would not have been treated fairly had he been a defendant in federal criminal court”: David Oscar Markus, creator of the “Southern District of Florida Blog,” has this essay online at The Hill.

“Unease sweeping the halls of Harvard on eve of race-based admissions suit”: In today’s edition of The Boston Globe, Deirdre Fernandes has a front page article that begins, “As Harvard University prepares to defend its selective, highly secretive admissions process in a Boston courtroom Monday, outside groups are marshaling their forces, with protesters descending on the city, and a rally planned outside the university’s iron gates.”

In addition, the newspaper has posted online an editorial titled “To be race-blind is to be simply blind.”

“A Court Victory Heals All Wounds: Trump Calls McConnell ‘the Greatest Leader in History.'” Emily Cochrane has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Harvard and the Myth of the Interchangeable Asian: We’re mistaken for each other, but we’re not mistaken about ourselves.” Lisa Ko has this essay in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Trump Likely to Name Pat Cipollone as Next White House Counsel; Veteran Washington lawyer would succeed Don McGahn”: Vivian Salama and Michael C. Bender of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Colorado to Address Unfinished Business From Civil War; Voters will consider changing state constitution to abolish all forms of slavery”: Erica Snow of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“How Statistics Doomed Washington State’s Death Penalty: A half-century after Justice Lewis Powell applied the logic of tobacco manufacturers to dismiss empirical studies, a state supreme court decided to accept their findings.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.