“Special Report on Supreme Court Nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh”: From Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, at this link.

“Kavanaugh May Face Stealth Hurdle in Confirmation: Rand Paul.” Steven T. Dennis of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Igor Bobic of HuffPost reports that “Brett Kavanaugh’s Pro-Surveillance Record Could Haunt Him In SCOTUS Fight; Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a privacy rights advocate, remains undecided on the Trump nominee.”

“Red-state Democrats could put party in bind over Brett Kavanaugh”: Nicole Gaudiano of USA Today has this report.

And Burgess Everett and Elana Schor of Politico have an article headlined “‘Kiss my you know what’: Schumer hamstrung in SCOTUS fight; The Democratic leader has little sway over the Democrats he needs the most.”

“How Brett Kavanaugh’s religious upbringing shaped his thinking”: Michael Walsh of Yahoo News has this report.

“Brett Kavanaugh Isn’t the Real Threat to Obamacare: John Roberts is.” Jim Newell of Slate has this report.

“The Supreme Court Has a Longevity Problem, but Term Limits on Justices Won’t Solve It”: David Fishbaum has this article online at Harvard Business Review.

“Ben Sasse lauds Trump’s Supreme Court pick as ‘brilliant,’ blasts tariffs”: Andrew J. Nelson of The Omaha World-Herald has this report.

And Don Walton of The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star reports that “Fischer, Sasse meet with Judge Kavanaugh.”

“Yale Law Fails the Kavanaugh Test: After one of its graduates was nominated to the Supreme Court, the elite school put out a fawning press release, while a group of its alumni released a scathing letter.” Conor Friedersdorf has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Brett Kavanaugh Held a Door for Me Once When My Hands Were Full With Groceries”: A. Woman has this post at Jezebel’s “The Slot” blog.

“Here are the three finalists for the open Iowa Supreme Court seat”: Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register has this report. According to the article, “Iowa is currently the only state in the country to have an all-male supreme court, but that is now certain to change with all three finalists being women.”

“Revenge for Merrick Garland? Democrats don’t have history on their side.” Dan McLaughlin has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Trump Picks Two Perkins Coie Partners for Federal Judgeships”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And The White House today issued a news release titled, in pertinent part, “President Donald J. Trump Announces Sixteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees.”

“Mitch McConnell predicts Kavanaugh confirmation by October 1”: Ted Barrett of CNN has this report.

And Phillip M. Bailey of The Louisville Courier Journal reports that “McConnell optimistic Trump’s Supreme Court nominee will be confirmed.”

“Far-left scare tactics won’t stop Kavanaugh’s confirmation”: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has this essay online at The Cincinnati Enquirer.

“Kavanaugh looks a lot like some former justices. Just not Anthony Kennedy.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court [nominee] Brett Kavanaugh likes conservative, and some liberal, justices and judges”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“What We Learn from Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings: The questioning of would-be Justices isn’t just political theater; It often reveals crucial differences in judicial philosophy; What kind of conservative jurist is Brett Kavanaugh?” Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Does Brett Kavanaugh Spell the End of Voting Rights?” Ari Berman will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Kennedy Off the Bench But Still on the Job”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“In counter petition, Yale community defends Kavanaugh”: Britton O’Daly of The Yale Daily News has this report.

In today’s mail: I received an advance copy of the forthcoming book “Objection: Disgust, Morality, and the Law,” by Debra Lieberman and Carlton Patrick.

“Talking Art”: Anna Salvatore has this post at her “High School SCOTUS” blog.

“The Smears Begin on Kavanaugh: The left tries some #MeToo guilt by association.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.