“The Supreme Court Could Use a Few Good Politicians; Justices who have faced voters could teach legal intellectuals a lot”: Albert R. Hunt has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Kavanaugh’s Collegial Nature Could Change Supreme Court’s Tenor; Trump’s nominee to succeed Justice Kennedy is a down-the-line conservative, but his collaborative demeanor has won him plaudits from those who disagree with him”: Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Democratic Voters Want To See A Fight Against Brett Kavanaugh. Democratic Officials Worry There’s Not Much To Do.” Molly Hensley-Clancy of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

“For questions of presidential power, Brett Kavanaugh has several answers”: Matt Viser has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

“Red-State Democrats’ Fears Over Kavanaugh Vote May Be Overblown”: Jane Mayer has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Kavanaugh has most important quality in Supreme Court picks: character.” Ruben Navarrette has this essay online at The Sacramento Bee.

“Lawmakers look to Kavanaugh’s past confirmation fight for lessons in new Supreme Court battle”: Paul Kane of The Washington Post has this report.

“Should Democrats Have Saved Their Filibuster for the New Court Fight?” Carl Hulse will have this new installment of his “On Washington” column in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Influential Judge, Loyal Friend, Conservative Warrior — and D.C. Insider”: Scott Shane, Steve Eder, Rebecca R. Ruiz, Adam Liptak, Charlie Savage, and Ben Protess will have this front page article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“We Are All Supreme Court Skeptics Now”: Columnist Ross Douthat will have this op-ed in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

“Guns to marriage to the environment: What a new Supreme Court could mean to Calif.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Nebraska Supreme Court rules exotic dancer is entitled to wages, employment benefits”: Martha Stoddard of The Omaha World-Herald has this report.

And back in April 2017, Lori Pilger of Lincoln Journal Star had an article headlined “Judge: Strip club owes dancer back pay.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Nebraska at this link.

“Supreme Court nominee, wife met when working for President George Bush”: Taylor Goldenstein of The Austin American-Statesman has an article that begins, “The common link between U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his West Texan wife, Ashley, was none other than former President and Texas Gov. George W. Bush.”

“What Judge Kavanaugh’s ‘Originalism’ Means for the Country”: Christopher Sprigman has this post at “Just Security.”

“Red state Democrats plan to give Kavanaugh a fair hearing”: Seth McLaughlin of The Washington Times has this report.

Amanda Terkel, Igor Bobic, and Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost have a report headlined “Inside Democrats’ Plan To Fight Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee: They’re not going to shut down the Senate; They might scare the crap out of you though.”

And online at The Atlantic, Dick Polman has an essay titled “The Red-State Democrats’ Many Paths to ‘No’; Conventional wisdom holds that the four vulnerable senators are screwed if they vote against Brett Kavanaugh; But there’s a counter-case to be made.”

“After U.S. Supreme Court nomination, attention turns back to Brett Kavanaugh’s University of Minnesota speech; Old remarks of Supreme Court nominee attract a new level of scrutiny”: Chao Xiong of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

“The slow but steady decline of abortion access in the U.S.” Elizabeth Renzetti of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report.

“White House says Judge Kavanaugh didn’t know about claims of sexual harassment against mentor”: Dave Boyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“I was Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s law clerk — Let me tell you about the man I know”: Amit Agarwal has this essay online at Fox News.

On a related note, Agarwal will be a panelist at this November’s AJEI Summit in Atlanta, which I too will be attending.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Justice Brett Kavanaugh? Some Preliminary Thoughts.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Dem infighting erupts over Supreme Court pick”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

“A low-key week 1 for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee”: Trish Turner of ABC News has a report that begins, “In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s stunning retirement announcement, and President Trump’s drama-filled unveiling of conservative federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace him, the nominee’s first week was maybe most remarkable for its low-key, gaffe-free, buttoned-up orderliness.”

“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.”