“The Constitutional Amendment That Reinvented Freedom: The 14th Amendment, the one that empowered the Bill of Rights, turns 150 on Saturday.” T.J. Stiles has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Harvard Says Ignoring Race in Admissions Would Hurt School’s Diversity, Academic Excellence; School argues in new court filing that plaintiffs’ analysis of admissions data is ‘fundamentally’ flawed”: Melissa Korn of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Delano R. Franklin of The Harvard Crimson reports that “Harvard Rejects Allegations of Discrimination in New Court Filings.”

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: More Artful Dodging.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Kavanaugh, Nixon and the Death of Rational Discourse: The landmark case that sealed Richard Nixon’s fate gave legal scholars plenty to chew on, but at least the debate was open and civil.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Kopf Twitter Flap Shows #MeToo Reform Must Be Inclusive”: Andrew Strickler of Law360.com has this report (subscription may be required for full access).

“SG Francisco Turns Shifting U.S. Policy Into SCOTUS Wins”: Patrick Gregory and Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Kopf: My Short Response To The Response.” Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf (D. Neb.) has this post at the “Simple Justice” blog.