“The Impeached President: Ken Starr led the investigation that almost brought down Bill Clinton. Now he tells his side of the story — and sees lessons for today.” Ken Starr will have this essay — in which he mentions D.C. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh — in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Brett Kavanaugh’s Record Shows Push to Restrain the Regulatory State; The Senate on Sept. 4 will begin grilling President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee; A look at his writings reveals what senators will likely find”: Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And Bravin and Kendall also have an article headlined “The Case That Shaped Brett Kavanaugh’s Thinking on Presidential Power: Court nominee has repeatedly cited ‘Humphrey’s Executor’ as a dilution of president’s executive branch authority.”

“Do Public School Students Have Constitutional Rights? The Supreme Court used to answer with a resounding yes. In recent decades, regrettably, it has changed its mind.” Law professor Justin Driver has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Inside Kavanaugh’s hearing prep: Mock hearings and faux protesters; The White House is setting up a pair of war rooms in which aides will provide rapid responses as the Supreme Court nominee testifies next week.” Andrew Restuccia, Elana Schor, and Lorraine Woellert of Politico have this report.

“‘Liberal Feminist Lawyer’ Stands To Gain From Her Public Advocacy For Brett Kavanaugh; Lisa Blatt is a corporate lawyer and conveniently, Brett Kavanaugh is expected to be a pro-corporate justice”: Amanda Terkel of HuffPost has this report.

“How Modern Medicine Has Changed the Supreme Court; Longer lives, longer terms and tougher nomination fights, as well as a premium on youth”: Physicians Dhruv Khullar and Anupam B. Jena have this post at “The Upshot” blog of The New York Times.

“Abortion looms over Senate fight on Supreme Court nominee”: Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters have this report.

“Donald Trump’s legal woes shadow Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before confirmation hearing”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court denies Catholic Social Services attempt to force Philly to reinstate foster contract in same-sex dispute”: Julia Terruso of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Justice Anthony Kennedy To Kick Off Inaugural Karsh Event; David Rubenstein Will Interview Retired Jurist for Broadcast at UVA Law”: Eric Williamson of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“Trump-appointed judges are shifting the country’s most politically conservative circuit court further to the right; The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases from Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, has already welcomed five new judges under President Donald Trump”: Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Basketball, Popeyes, 2 Live Crew: The year Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh clerked for Anthony Kennedy.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

And Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Decades of ‘Fancy meeting you here!’ for Gorsuch, Kavanaugh.”

All others pay cash: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report headlined “U.S. court rejects atheists’ appeal over ‘In God We Trust’ on money” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Satanic Temple’s Missouri abortion law challenge dismissed”: Summer Ballentine of The Associated Press has this report on a non-precedential ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yesterday.

“White House Counsel Don McGahn Will Leave Post in the Fall; President Trump’s announcement catches McGahn and other White House aides by surprise”: Michael C. Bender of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Michael S. Schmidt, and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times report that “Don McGahn to Leave White House Counsel Job This Fall, Trump Says.”

Robert Costa and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post report that “Trump says White House Counsel Donald McGahn will leave his job in the fall.”

Eli Stokol and Noah Bierman of The Los Angeles Times report that “White House counsel Donald McGahn will leave in the fall, Trump announces on Twitter.”

Christal Hayes of USA Today reports that “White House counsel Don McGahn will leave Trump administration in the fall.”

And Gabriella Muñoz and Dave Boyer of The Washington Times report that “Trump confirms White House counsel Don McGahn will step down.”

“Departed but Still Deciding?” The Daily Journal of Los Angeles recently posted online this new installment of its Weekly Appellate Report podcast on a topic that’s received much attention here — dead judges voting. You can access earlier installments of the podcast via this link.

“Kavanaugh to be introduced by Republicans Rob Portman and Condoleezza Rice, liberal Lisa Blatt”: Ariane de Vogue and Sophie Tatum of CNN have this report.

“Democrats have themselves to blame for Trump’s judicial juggernaut”: Columnist David Von Drehle has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Oracle v. Google ain’t over yet — Google vows it’ll appeal to Supreme Court; The decision comes after a federal appeals court declined to rehear the case”: Abrar Al-Heeti of c|net has this report.

“Brett Kavanaugh Is a Mensch; The Supreme Court nominee is thorough, fair-minded, and committed to religious freedom for all”: Attorney Jay P. Lefkowitz has this essay online at National Review.

“Clinton lawyer backs Kavanaugh”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this blog post.

“Trump announces 17th wave of judicial nominees, tabs two women for circuit courts”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Sarah D. Wire of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Trump picks 9th Circuit Court nominee for Arizona seat.”

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez of The Arizona Republic reports that “Trump nominates federal judge recommended by senators John McCain, Jeff Flake.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Trump Announces Six More Judicial Nominees.”

“Without a Swing It’s Game Over for Democrats”: At his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog, Adam Feldman has a post that begins, “The Democrats are in a precarious position in the latest battle for a seat on the Supreme Court.”

“Appeals court sides with death row inmate Ernest Lee Johnson”: Pat Pratt of The Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune has an article that begins, “A Columbia man convicted of murdering three people with a claw hammer will get another chance to argue he should not be executed by lethal injection because his medical condition makes the punishment unconstitutionally cruel.”

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

“Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gets personal in chat with MSU students”: Sarah Lehr of The Lansing State Journal has this report.

And Jonathan Oosting of The Detroit News has an article headlined “Sotomayor at MSU: ‘I was the perfect affirmative action child.’“

“Woman who claimed she was harassed at retirement home for being gay wins round in court against operators”: Matthew Walberg of The Chicago Tribune has this report.

And Lydia Wheeler of The Hill reports that “Appeals court allows lesbian resident to sue senior living facility over discrimination.”

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

“Judge Brett Kavanaugh — First Amendment Rulings”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventeenth Wave of Judicial Nominees”: The White House issued this news release this afternoon, which includes two federal appellate court nominees — both women — one to the Fourth Circuit, the other to the Ninth Circuit.

“$17k win for man falsely accused of a terrible crime: Downloading an Adam Sandler movie; That’s for his legal bills and court costs — not defamation.” Iain Thomson of The Register (UK) had this report back in December 2016.

Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this decision affirming the district court’s judgment.

“Ex-NYU student gets 16 years in jail for trying to buy ricin”: Lia Eustachewich of The New York Post had this report back in March 2016.

Also at that time, Nate Raymond of Reuters reported that “Chinese man gets U.S. prison term for trying to buy ricin online.”

Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued this decision affirming the defendant’s conviction.

“Supreme Court ruling could upend thousands of deportation cases, sowing chaos in court”: Daniel González of The Arizona Republic has this report.

“Internet groups urge U.S. court to reinstate ‘net neutrality’ rules”: David Shepardson of Reuters has this report.

“AG Ferguson: Court agrees to block 3D-printed guns until case is resolved.” The Washington State Office of the Attorney General has issued this news release about a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington issued today.

“Some Reluctant Skepticism About the New Law Clerk Hiring Plan: An important post by Professor Aaron Nielson asks whether the new law clerk hiring plan is broken, and worse than no plan at all.” Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Good Behaviour #9: ‘A Bunch of Printers.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps with guest Will Baude, via this link.