“Democrats need a Plan B for the Supreme Court. Here’s one option.” Law professors Ian Ayres and John Fabian Witt have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Brett Kavanaugh will likely be confirmed to Supreme Court by fall: Mike Pence.” Megan Henney of FOXBusiness has this report.

“The left’s strategy to block Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court”: Jessica Yarvin of PBS NewsHour has this report.

“Retiring U.S. Supreme Court justice speaks in Anaheim about career, motivation when making decisions”: Sean Emery of The Orange County Register has an article that begins, “Retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy raised concerns over the United States ‘drifting away’ from Europe and criticized the use of solitary confinement amid recollections of his early career during a speech at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Anaheim.”

And C-SPAN has posted online the video of the remarks in a segment titled “Retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on Legacy and Court.”

“In first for state, more women than men apply for Idaho Supreme Court opening”: Betsy Z. Russell has this front page article in today’s edition of The Idaho Press of Nampa, Idaho.

“Can a pharmacist legally deny a patient a prescription? It depends; Recent cases highlight the gray area around ‘conscience clauses’ that many patients don’t even know exist.” Elizabeth Chuck of NBC News has this report.

“Appeals court to reconsider rejection of settlement against Hyundai, Kia”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court to reconsider Hyundai-Kia gas mileage settlement.”

And Linda Chiem of Law360.com reports that “Full 9th Circ. To Review Hyundai, Kia Fuel Economy Ruling” (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link. And this blog’s earlier coverage of the now-vacated divided three-judge panel’s ruling can be accessed here.

“No mystery to Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s gun views”: Michael Kunzelman and Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press have this report.

“‘A different level of intensity’: Collins and Murkowski find pressure over Supreme Court lacks emotional pleas on health care.” Paul Kane of The Washington Post has this report.

“An obscure federal law may give corporations immunity from lawsuits over terrorism”: Matt Pearce of The Los Angeles Times has an article that begins, “For MGM Resorts International, millions of dollars could hinge on a single question: Was the shooting massacre of 58 people at a concert in Las Vegas last year an act of terrorism?”

“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.

“Dismissal of lawsuit over Birmingham’s minimum wage hike reversed by appeals court”: Ivana Hrynkiw of the Alabama Media Group has this report.

Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg News has an article headlined “Black Cities in Red States Win Key Victory in Minimum Wage Fight; A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit claiming Alabama legislators were motivated by race when they quashed a Birmingham pay law.”

John Blake of CNN reports that “Fight to raise minimum wage wins court victory in Birmingham.”

And Dave Jamieson of HuffPost reports that “Fast-Food Workers Notch Win In Alabama Minimum Wage Fight; The workers have a plausible claim that white Alabama lawmakers violated their rights by blocking Birmingham’s minimum wage, an appeals court ruled.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“9th Circuit Court: Chino Valley Unified school board prayer unconstitutional.” Beau Yarbrough has this front page article in today’s edition of The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin of Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “9th Circuit Court panel rejects prayer at Chino Valley school board meetings.”

And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Appeals court rules that prayers at school board meetings are unconstitutional.”

You can access yesterday’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Court says women have ‘ability to reason’ in upholding block on abortion waiting period”: Vic Ryckaert of The Indianapolis Star has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued on Wednesday.

And in other coverage, Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Indiana loses appeal in lawsuit over abortion ultrasound measure.”

“Pennsylvania transgender bathroom case splits U.S. appeals court”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today on panel rehearing and an opinion in which four judges joined dissenting from the denial of a sua sponte rehearing en banc on today’s revised ruling.

“Employers must pay workers for brief time they spend opening and closing workplaces, California’s top court says.” Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article headlined “In Starbucks case, California court says workers owed for off-the-clock time.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“Retiring Justice Kennedy sees European ties as vital”: Amy Taxin of The Associated Press has this report.

“This court has gone to the left. Trump has a chance to move it to the right.” Emma Dumain and Brian Murphy of McClatchy DC have a report that begins, “President Donald Trump has spent his first 18 months in office restocking, and reshaping, courts all across the federal judiciary. Now he has the chance to make his mark on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”

“Sen. Pat Toomey meets Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, promises support”: Jonathan Tamari of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

And Laura Olson of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reports that “After meeting with SCOTUS nominee, Pat Toomey say he’ll vote for Brett Kavanaugh.”

“Boys on the Bench: All the lame excuses conservatives are making to explain why the president isn’t nominating female judges.” Mark Joseph Stern and Sofie Werthan have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Legal Opinions Or Political Commentary? A New Judge Exemplifies The Trump Era.” Carrie Johnson of NPR has a report that begins, “Less than a year into a lifetime appointment, a 45-year-old federal appeals court judge named James Ho may embody President Trump’s most enduring legacy.”

“Kagan: Confirmation gridlock makes Supreme Court look like ‘junior varsity politicians.'” Jamie Ehrlich of CNN has this report.

And The Chicago Maroon reports that “UChicago Students Question Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.”

The student newspaper posted an audio recording from the event on YouTube at this link.

“America!: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Summer Beach Party.” Ali Fitzgerald has this comic strip online at The New Yorker.

“The Highest Court in the Land: A converted storage room on the top floor of the Supreme Court building has become a place for justices and their clerks to get a run in — and a source of a great many tales.” Stanley Kay has this article in the July 30, 2018 issue of Sports Illustrated.

“Brock Turner wanted nothing more than ‘outercourse,’ not intercourse, lawyer argues”: Tracey Kaplan has this front page article in today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News.

And Courtney Douglas of The Stanford Daily reports that “At appellate oral argument, attorney says Turner sought ‘outercourse,’ did not intend rape.”

“The one Republican who could pay dearly for backing Kavanaugh: Nevada Sen. Dean Heller is the lone Republican senator up for reelection in a state President Donald Trump lost.” James Arkin and Burgess Everett of Politico have this report.

And Jordain Carney of The Hill reports that “Dems struggle on Kavanaugh.”

“Kavanaugh is right to have major doubts about special counsels”: Seth Lipsky has this essay online at The New York Post.

“Indirectly Inferring Kavanaugh’s Positions in Abortion Cases”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Tricky Dick Schumer: The latest anti-Kavanaugh claims are, well, Nixonian.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.