“The First Amendment Protects Plans for 3-D Guns; The government can’t ban a pipe-bomb recipe just because its use is criminal; The same principle is at stake here”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“A top outside advisor to Trump secretly assures Koch donors that a lot more conservative judges are on the way”: Brian Schwartz of CNBC has a report that begins, “One of President Donald Trump’s most important outside advisors assured a group of top Koch network donors over the weekend that the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is just the beginning of an even bigger effort to load up the federal judiciary with conservative judges.”

“The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court to Curb the Racial Disparities of the Justice System; White Arkansans, fearful of what would happen if African-Americans organized, took violent action, but it was the victims who ended up standing trial”: Francine Uenuma has this article online at Smithsonian.com.

“Maryland senators ask Supreme Court to weigh in on debate over ‘Peace Cross’ memorial”: Jeff Barker of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

“The Pope’s Death Penalty Message Is for a Small Audience; American lawmakers — and three or four judges in particular — should be listening”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Virginia asks Supreme Court for delay in resentencing Beltway sniper Malvo”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

“11th Circuit panel not happy about the newly created ‘panel published order’ rule created by another panel”: David Oscar Markus has this post at “The SDFLA Blog” about two notable concurring opinions that accompanied a per curiam ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“Kavanaugh aside, consider what’s happening to the courts”: Russell Wheeler has this post online at the Brookings Institution.

“A Comeback but No Reckoning: Judge Alex Kozinski retired in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him; He’s now making his way back.” Leah Litman, Emily Murphy, and Katherine H. Ku will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“National Archives says it won’t be able to produce all Kavanaugh documents until end of October”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article headlined “GOP senators dismiss Dem demands for Kavanaugh records: ‘It’s about delay.’”

Laura Litvan and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News report that “Kavanaugh Documents Won’t Be Ready Until October, Archives Says.”

Manu Raju and Lauren Fox of CNN report that “Republicans won’t budge on Kavanaugh documents amid Dem accusations of hiding records.”

Elana Schor and Burgess Everett of Politico report that “GOP plans to blow past new Kavanaugh confirmation obstacle.”

Igor Bobic of HuffPost reports that “Brett Kavanaugh Hits Hurdle On Road To Supreme Court; But Republicans say they’ll press forward with confirmation hearings anyway.”

And Jordain Carney of The Hill reports that “National Archives warns it can’t fulfill Kavanaugh documents request until October.”

You can view today’s letter from the National Archives at this link.

“Democrats have gone ‘borking mad’ on Brett Kavanaugh; Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh is an extremely qualified and compassionate individual, who does not deserve to be Borked by Democrats”: U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) has this essay online at USA Today.

“In private, Kavanaugh hints at views on Mueller”: Manu Raju of CNN has this report.

“Is Clarence Thomas the Supreme Court’s Future? The conservative justice’s obsession with the past was on full display during the recent term.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“I’m a Liberal Feminist Lawyer. Here’s Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh.” Lisa Blatt has this essay online at Politico Magazine.