“Feinstein’s ‘Temperament’ Gambit: Democrats lobby the ABA to reopen its Kavanaugh evaluation.” This editorial appears online at The Wall Street Journal.

And also online at that newspaper, Alan M. Dershowitz has an essay titled “This Is No Mere ‘Job Interview’: Even in the court of public opinion, basic fairness should preclude conviction without clear evidence.”

“FBI interviews accuser; Yale friend remembers heavy drinker”: Darlene Superville and Mike Balsamo of The Associated Press have this report.

“‘This is march or die’: Kavanaugh urged to hit back hard; Allies push for an aggressive offense even as some concede that confirmation to the Supreme Court is an uphill battle.” Annie Karni of Politico has this report.

“Will the Kavanaugh episode damage the Supreme Court?” Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Cass R. Sunstein has an essay titled “Kavanaugh Confirmation Won’t Affect Supreme Court’s Legitimacy; After all, conservative and liberal justices agree on most cases; That’s one key to the institution’s reputation.”

And online at The Los Angeles Times, columnist Virginia Heffernan has an essay titled “If Kavanaugh is confirmed, the Supreme Court will lose its magic power: prestige.”

“Supreme Court kicks off term without 9th justice, as Kavanaugh vote nears”: Bill Mears of Fox News has this report.

“Amid Kavanaugh Drama, Supreme Court Is Back In Session”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“The F.B.I. Can Do This: Despite limitations and partisan attacks, the bureau can find out a lot about the Kavanaugh accusations in a week.” James Comey has this essay online at The New York Times.

Samuel Chamberlain of Fox News reports that “Comey blasts Kavanaugh probe deadline, says FBI shouldn’t have ‘shot clock.’”

And Talal Ansari of BuzzFeed News reports that “James Comey Says Limiting The FBI’s Investigation Of Brett Kavanaugh To One Week Is ‘Idiotic.’“

“FBI interviews Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez as part of its narrow scope”: Eli Watkins, Jeff Zeleny, and Josh Campbell of CNN have this report.

“Overshadowed by Kavanaugh drama, new Supreme Court term looms”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“A Quiet Docket May Be Just the Right Medicine for the Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Fight over Kavanaugh intensifies amid confusion over limits of FBI sexual assault investigation”: Mike DeBonis and Josh Dawsey of The Washington Post have this report.

Dustin Volz, Peter Nicholas, and Kristina Peterson of The Wall Street Journal report that “Scope Of FBI’s Kavanaugh Probe Reignites Tensions; As contours appear to shift, signs of any limits on the inquiry spur criticism on Capitol Hill.”

Quint Forgey of Politico has a report headlined “Senators digging in for last stand in Kavanaugh confirmation fight; The parties are battling over the scope of a new FBI investigation that could have monumental consequences for the government.”

And at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Chas Danner has a post titled “FBI’s Kavanaugh Investigation May Be Designed to Fail.”

“Amid fight over Kavanaugh, annual Red Mass for Supreme Court skips the politics; Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has touted his Catholic faith throughout his nomination hearings, was not spotted at the annual service”: Julie Zauzmer of The Washington Post has this report.

“Yale Classmate Accuses Kavanaugh of ‘Blatant Mischaracterization’ of His Drinking”: Michael D. Shear and Robin Pogrebin of The New York Times have this report.

Earlier, at “The Cut,” a blog of New York magazine, Lisa Miller had a post titled “Brett Kavanaugh’s Former Roommate Describes Their Debauched Dorm at Yale.”

“Supreme Court Opens New Term Without Ninth Justice in Place; Pending cases range from endangered species to sex-offender registration; a moose hunter gets a second chance”: Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Let the FBI do its job. Don’t make Kavanaugh investigation a fig leaf for Republicans. Will FBI pursue a skin-deep Kavanaugh investigation or a real one? It depends on the meaning of ‘limited in scope’ and ‘current credible allegations.'” Michael J. Stern has this essay online at USA Today.

“Jeff Flake Explains Himself: The Arizona Republican’s dramatic call for further FBI review came because he felt the Senate was ‘coming apart at the seams.'” McKay Coppins of The Atlantic has this report.

“3rd Kavanaugh accuser has history of legal disputes”: Michael Kunzelman, Michael Biesecker, and Martha Mendoza of The Associated Press have this report.

Law professor Amy Wax discusses the allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh on bloggingheads.tv’s “The Glenn Loury Show”: You can view the video at this link.

“Details of F.B.I.’s Kavanaugh Inquiry Show Its Restricted Range”: Michael D. Shear, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Maggie Haberman, and Michael S. Schmidt have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.