“51 Imperfect Solutions: An Interview With Judge Jeffrey Sutton.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

“There is no liberal case for Brett Kavanaugh”: Law professors David Singh Grewal, Amy Kapczynski, and Issa Kohler-Hausmann have this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Kavanaugh hearings likely to push to September”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

And lex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Democratic senators suggest Kavanaugh will make Trump a king.”

“Why the Abortion Debate Feels Like Such a Stalemate: Since Roe v. Wade was decided, abortion politics have become increasingly partisan; It’s not just due to the moral weight of the issue.” John Ehrenreich has this essay online at Slate.

And at Mother Jones, Sophie Murguia reports that “Kavanaugh’s Nomination Renews Fight Over Outdated State Abortion Bans; Nine states still have laws on the books that ban abortion.”

“As Hoeven prepares for Kavanaugh meeting, Heitkamp says she’ll do the same in two weeks”: John Hageman of The Forum of Fargo, North Dakota has this report.

“Liberals, Don’t Lose Faith in the First Amendment”: David Cole has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Fox News Taken to Supreme Court in Potential Blockbuster Case; In an application to the high court, TVEyes says it is presenting an ‘exceptionally important question’ about how to balance copyright with the First Amendment right to criticize and comment”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

“Reynolds names Susan Christensen, district court judge, to Iowa Supreme Court”: Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register has this report.

“Seeking a Vulgar Trademark? Better Wait for Supreme Court Review.” Susan Decker of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Appeals court rules Trump can’t withhold funds from California ‘sanctuary’ cities”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Trump’s order to penalize SF, other sanctuary cities unconstitutional, court says.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Court rules Trump anti-sanctuary policy unconstitutional.”

Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press has a report headlined “US appeals court: Trump ‘sanctuary cities’ order is illegal.”

Katherine Lam of Fox News reports that “Trump ‘sanctuary cities’ executive order is unconstitutional, US appeals court rules.”

And Rebecca Morin of Politico reports that “9th Circuit rules White House can’t withhold money from ‘sanctuary cities.’”

My earlier coverage of today’s Ninth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

Update: In other coverage, Dominic Holden and Hamed Aleaziz of BuzzFeed News report that “A Federal Court Just Ruled Against Trump On Sanctuary Cities But Gave A Win To Jeff Sessions; The 9th Circuit agreed with a lower court that the order is unconstitutional, but rejected making the injunction apply nationwide.”

“‘Unprecedented partisan interference’: Senate escalates bitter fight over Kavanaugh’s record.” Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.

Sarah D. Wire of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Key GOP senators side with party as Democrats seek documents about Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.”

And Elana Schor of Politico reports that “Senate hits stalemate over release of disputed Kavanaugh documents.”

Alex Kozinski‘s resignation may have flipped the result in this Ninth Circuit en banc decision issued today: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this 6-to-5 en banc ruling today.

Majority on divided three-judge Ninth Circuit panel affirms grant of summary judgment invalidating the withholding of federal grants to sanctuary cities but vacates nationwide injunction: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco v. Trump at this link.

“Reynolds to announce Iowa Supreme Court appointment Wednesday”: Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register has this report.

“Judiciary chair Chuck Grassley: Brett Kavanaugh could be confirmed to Supreme Court by Oct. 1.” Eliza Collins of USA Today has this report.

“A Little Change Will Do You Good: Oral Argument Interruptions 2017.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Supreme Court Pick Has Often Favored Employers in Labor Cases; Brett Kavanaugh sided with SeaWorld in case involving trainer’s death, as well as employer who didn’t want to bargain with union that included undocumented immigrants”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.