“McConnell sets key vote on Kavanaugh nomination for Friday; McConnell said the Senate ‘will receive’ the FBI’s report on the Supreme Court nominee and senators will view it on Thursday”: John Bresnahan, Elana Schor, and Burgess Everett of Politico have this report.

And Elizabeth Zwirz of Fox News reports that “McConnell files cloture to end debate on Kavanaugh nomination, setting up key procedural vote later this week.”

“Kavanaugh’s answers in question as confirmation vote looms”: Marshall Cohen of CNN has this report.

“Kavanaugh’s Former Yale Classmate Explains Why He Withdrew His Support”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“FBI report on Kavanaugh nears completion: sources.” Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan of Reuters have this report.

“I Was Brett Kavanaugh’s College Roommate: He lied under oath about his drinking and terms in his yearbook.” James Roche has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“FBI Lacks White House Approval to Talk to Kavanaugh and Ford, Sources Say”: Chris Strohm and Shannon Pettypiece of Bloomberg News have this report.

“An FBI investigation that doesn’t interview Kavanaugh and Ford? What are Republicans thinking?” Columnist Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“As FBI background check of Kavanaugh nears its end, probe appears to have been highly curtailed”: Matt Zapotosky, Robert O’Harrow Jr., Tom Hamburger, and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post have an article that begins, “The FBI background check of Brett M. Kavanaugh appeared to remain curtailed in its scope Wednesday even as agents neared the end of their work, opening up the possibility that the bureau would again face criticism over what some will view as a lackluster investigation.”

“Jeff Flake let down the GOP — and served the nation”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“With a Transformed Judiciary in Sight, McConnell ‘Will Not Be Intimidated'”: Carl Hulse and Jonathan Martin of The New York Times have this report.

“The internet wants Penn Law prof Amy Wax fired (again) — this time for her comments on the Kavanaugh hearing”: Juliana Feliciano Reyes of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “Nearly 4,000 people have signed a petition calling for Penn Law professor Amy Wax’s firing after she aired her grievances about the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.”

“Where Brett Kavanaugh lost me: A conservative former appeals judge explains why he turned against the nominee.” Robert S. Smith, a former judge on the New York State Court of Appeals, has this essay online at The New York Daily News.

“Liberals Courted Neil Gorsuch’s Vote to Strike Down a Terrible Sex Offender Law; They’re playing with fire”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Rachel Mitchell Crossed a Line No Prosecutor Should Cross With Her Christine Blasey Ford Report”: Michael J. Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Abortion rights: Supreme Court considers overruling several lesser precedents. Could Roe v. Wade be affected?” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Christine Blasey Ford will only give documents to FBI”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers said Wednesday that they won’t give senators documents related to her sexual assault claim against Brett Kavanaugh, but will provide them to the FBI — if agents want to interview her about her allegation.”

“Prosecutors Don’t Bring Cases the Way Rachel Mitchell’s Kavanaugh Memo Says — Not Even in Her Own Arizona Office”: Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura of The Intercept have this report.

“The Man Behind the Brett Kavanaugh Strategy: Don McGahn; White House counsel shepherds the judge’s Supreme Court nomination, urging him to push back hard on sexual-assault accusations.” Peter Nicholas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Poll: More Believe Ford Than Kavanaugh, A Cultural Shift From 1991.” Domenico Montanaro of NPR has this report. More detailed results from the poll can be accessed via this link.

“The Wide Arc of the Supreme Court”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Kavanaugh Vote to Test Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Independent Streak; Alaska senator has called the volume of constituent feedback on the Supreme Court nomination unprecedented”: Siobhan Hughes and Jim Carlton of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Lawmakers Await FBI Report on Kavanaugh; Both parties criticize Trump’s mocking of Supreme Court nominee’s accuser”: Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Kavanaugh Has Already Failed the Test of Temperament: Whatever happened in 1982, he has shown himself unfit for the Supreme Court.” The Editorial Board of Bloomberg View has posted this editorial online.

“Fired for missing work to observe his religion, Orlando man asks U.S. Supreme Court for help”: Chabeli Herrera has this front page article in today’s edition of The Orlando Sentinel.

“Christine Blasey Ford’s Credibility Under New Attack by Senate Republicans”: Peter Baker of The New York Times has this report.

And Brooke Singman of Fox News reports that “Christine Ford’s friend denies being helped on polygraph, fires back at new claims.”

“Here Are the 30 People the FBI Needs to Interview in its Kavanaugh Investigation”: Norman L. Eisen, Asha Rangappa, and Kristin Amerling have this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“More Than 500 Law Professors Condemn Kavanaugh For ‘Lack Of Judicial Temperament’; Eight of the signatures in the letter to the Senate were from professors at Yale, where the Supreme Court nominee obtained his law degree”: Matt Ferner of HuffPost has this report.

“Republicans Embrace an Exclusionary Rule for Kavanaugh”: Michael Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

Yesterday at that blog, Neil H. Buchanan had a post titled “The Bracing Clarity Provided By the Kavanaugh and Graham Meltdowns.”

And Monday at that blog, Dorf had a post titled “The Kernel of Truth in Brett Kavanaugh’s Conspiracy Theory.”

“Kavanaugh’s parents have Keys connection”: Theresa Java of The Florida Keys Free Press has an article that begins, “The parents of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Judicial nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, own a home at the Ocean Reef Club, where the president’s sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, also lives.”

“Filing by Trump’s Federal Judge Sister Led to NYT Tax-Fraud Exposé”: The Daily Beast has this post.

“Democrats, key Republicans Flake, Collins denounce Trump for mocking Kavanaugh accuser Ford; Trump ridiculed Christine Blasey Ford during a Tuesday night rally in Mississippi”: Adam Edelman of NBC News has this report.

And Devan Cole of CNN reports that “Key Republican senators condemn Trump’s mockery of Ford.”

“Avenatti emerges with new sworn allegations against Kavanaugh, amid questions over 1st client”: Brooke Singman of Fox News has this report.

“Bacow Says Kavanaugh Chose to Leave Harvard Law School On His Own”: Aidan F. Ryan of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

“FBI has not contacted dozens of potential sources in Kavanaugh investigation; With the investigation winding down, multiple individuals who have tried to contact the bureau have not heard back”: Leigh Ann Caldwell and Heidi Przybyla of NBC News have this report.

“The Lawfare Podcast: High School SCOTUS Visits Lawfare.” Benjamin Wittes interviews Anna Salvatore, the creator of the “High School SCOTUS” blog, in this podcast at “Lawfare.” Thanks, Anna, for the shout-outs during your interview. It is gratifying to know that “How Appealing” helped bring your blog to the attention of others.