“U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Tennessee’s abortion measure, Amendment 1”: Anita Wadhwani of The Tennessean has this report.

“Supreme Court With Vacancy Could Split 4-4 on Endangered Frog”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Walker expresses regret in spending as impeachment trial begins”: Lacie Pierson of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has this news update.

And in today’s edition of that newspaper, Pierson has a front page article headlined “Trials begin in Senate, federal court for Supreme Court justices.”

“Trump Calls for ‘Comprehensive’ F.B.I. Inquiry of Kavanaugh Accusations but ‘Within Reason'”: Peter Baker of The New York Times has this report.

“Reckless Republicans aren’t giving any thought to tomorrow”: Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Therein, Rubin writes: “Likewise, Senate Democrats never got around to quizzing Kavanaugh about his interaction with Ed Whelan, the conservative legal activist who, with zero evidence, cooked up a cockamamie theory pointing the finger at an innocent classmate. Should it come out afterward that Kavanaugh had any role in that scheme, this, too, would be grounds for seeking impeachment of Kavanaugh.”

“Judge Kavanaugh Is One Angry Man: He’s shown us that he’s up for a fight, but can he rule dispassionately?” Greg Weiner has this essay online at The New York Times.

Access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv., No 17-71: At this link.

“How Jeff Flake May Have Saved Republicans From Themselves”: Carl Hulse has this new installment of his “On Washington” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Record Number of Alumni Clerking for Federal Appellate Judges; 38 Graduates Include Clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“Kavanaugh Fight in State of Uncertainty; GOP’s McConnell plans vote on Supreme Court nominee by week’s end; doubts linger over FBI probe”: Natalie Andrews and Kristina Peterson of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“The Elite Legal World’s ‘Conspiracy of Silence’: What do the Kavanaugh hearings reveal about many of our top law schools, professors, judges and former clerks? A self-interested blindness, where every incentive works in favor of those with the most power.” John F. Muller has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“In memo, outside prosecutor argues why she would not bring criminal charges against Kavanaugh”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases, but the Court did invite the Solicitor General to express his views in six cases.

“Is The Supreme Court Facing A Legitimacy Crisis?” Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“Democrats must investigate Brett Kavanaugh — and be ready to impeach him”: Ryan Cooper has this essay online at The Week.

“Limits to FBI’s Kavanaugh investigation have not changed, despite Trump’s comments; Trump’s Saturday night tweet has not changed the limits imposed by the White House counsel’s office on the FBI’s Kavanaugh investigation, sources say”: Ken Dilanian, Geoff Bennett, and Kristen Welker of NBC News have this report.

“The Confusion Surrounding the F.B.I.’s Renewed Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh”: Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow have this post online at The New Yorker.

In the October 8, 2018 issue of The New Yorker: Jill Lepore has an article headlined “Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Unlikely Path to the Supreme Court: Before she became a hero to feminists, she had to overcome their distrust.”

And in the Talk of the Town section, Margaret Talbot has a comment titled “On the Attack.”

“Supreme Court begins new term in shadow of Kavanaugh fight”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“OT2018 #1: ‘Rearranging Deck Chairs.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.