“We need careful, restrained justices on the Supreme Court”: This editorial appears online at The Washington Post.

“A GOP ‘disaster’ averted: The final harrowing hours of Kavanaugh’s confirmation; How Republicans pushed through a damaged nominee with a relentless focus on three undecided senators.” Elana Schor, Burgess Everett, and Nancy Cook of Politico have this report.

“Show How You Feel, Kavanaugh Was Told, and a Nomination Was Saved”: Peter Baker and Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times have this report.

“There’s Nowhere for Justice Kavanaugh to Go But Right: Liberals won’t forget this ugly confirmation fight.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Senate Republicans Set Kavanaugh FBI Probe Scope, McConnell Says”: Laura Litvan and Steven T. Dennis of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Demonstrators at U.S. Capitol protest Kavanaugh confirmation”: Joe Heim, Steve Hendrix, and Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post have this report.

Andrew Duehren and Alex Leary of The Wall Street Journal report that “Hundreds March on Capitol Hill Against Kavanaugh’s Confirmation; Police arrest more than 150 demonstrators in the capital as protests also take place in several states.”

And Ralph Ellis of CNN reports that “Anti-Kavanaugh protesters keep up the fight, even after he’s confirmed.”

Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh is expected to take the bench with his new colleagues at the U.S. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on Tuesday, and I will be surprised if those oral arguments are not continually interrupted by protesters just as today’s confirmation vote was.

“Impeaching Kavanaugh rouses progressive Democrats after confirmation; The movement could pick up steam if the party wins the House in November, but some legal scholars warn it’s a terrible idea”: Alex Seitz-Wald of NBC News has this report.

“Brett Kavanaugh vote: Will ‘asterisk justice’ bring political stain to Supreme Court?” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“The Kavanaugh court is the one conservatives have worked decades to build”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Kavanaugh Is Sworn In After Close Confirmation Vote in Senate”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times has an article that begins, “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Saturday by one of the slimmest margins in American history, locking in a solid conservative majority on the court and capping a rancorous battle that began as a debate over judicial ideology and concluded with a national reckoning over sexual misconduct.”

Seung Min Kim and John Wagner of The Washington Post report that “Kavanaugh sworn in as Supreme Court justice after divided Senate votes for confirmation.”

Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Senate narrowly approves Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court, cementing conservative majority.”

Deborah Barfield Berry, Herb Jackson, and Christal Hayes of USA Today report that “Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as Supreme Court justice, cementing conservative control.”

Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews of The Wall Street Journal report that “Senate Votes to Confirm Kavanaugh to Supreme Court; President Trump’s pick to be sworn in on Saturday, cementing a 5-4 conservative majority.’

And Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Kavanaugh confirmed to Supreme Court; Chief Justice Roberts to swear him into office Saturday evening.”

Alan Fram, Lisa Mascaro, and Matthew Daley of The Associated Press report that “Kavanaugh sworn to high court after rancorous confirmation.”

Richard Cowan, Amanda Becker, and David Morgan of Reuters report that “After fight that split U.S., Kavanaugh wins place on Supreme Court.”

Laura Litvan and Steven T. Dennis of Bloomberg News report that “Kavanaugh Confirmed to Supreme Court After Brutal Partisan Fight.”

And John Bresnahan and Burgess Everett of Politico report that “Kavanaugh wins confirmation to the Supreme Court; The high court nominee was approved by the narrowest of margins, and sworn in hours later.”

You can access the U.S. Senate‘s official roll call tally at this link.

“D.C. Circuit sent complaints about Kavanaugh’s testimony to Chief Justice Roberts”: Carol D. Leonnig, Ann E. Marimow, and Tom Hamburger of The Washington Post have this report.

“Conservatives played the long game. Will they benefit in the long run?” Amanda Hollis-Brusky has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Blame Kavanaugh’s naked partisanship for this mess”: Law professor Justin Levitt has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Resisting the Juristocracy”: Law professor Samuel Moyn has this essay online at Boston Review.

“The Supreme Court Needs Term Limits: More vacancies would make the confirmation process less vicious.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Confirming Kavanaugh: A Triumph for Conservatives, but a Blow to the Court’s Image.” Adam Liptak will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Brett Kavanaugh Cannot Have It Both Ways: As the former dean of Yale Law School, I’m shocked by the judge’s partisan turn.” Law professor Robert Post has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

Therein, Post writes, “Judge Kavanaugh cannot have it both ways. He cannot gain confirmation by unleashing partisan fury while simultaneously claiming that he possesses a judicial and impartial temperament. If Kavanaugh really cared about the integrity and independence of the Supreme Court, he would even now withdraw from consideration.”

“Constitutional Rot Reaches the Supreme Court”: Jack Balkin has this post at his “Balkinization” blog.

“Senate Poised to Confirm Kavanaugh for Supreme Court; President Trump’s pick could join the Court as early as Tuesday, likely cementing a 5-4 conservative majority”: Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Kavanaugh’s Rise Heralds New Conservative Era on Supreme Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“You know history will be unkind to Kavanaugh, right?” Columnist Eric Zorn has this essay online at The Chicago Tribune.

“Murkowski to vote ‘present’ on Kavanaugh so Daines won’t have to leave daughter’s wedding”: Paul LeBlanc of CNN has this report.

“I am an independent, impartial judge”: Columnist Alexandra Petri has this essay online at The Washington Post. Two other examples of this genre of commentary appear in this earlier post.

“There is no cleaning up this Brett Kavanaugh mess”: Columnist Megan McArdle has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The High Court Brought Low: Don’t let Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh have the last word about American justice.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Statement of Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson Regarding Judicial Misconduct Complaints”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued this Kavanaugh-related news release today.

“Here’s why the protests against Kavanaugh (and the Trump administration) won’t go away”: Dana R. Fisher has this entry at the “Monkey Cage” blog of The Washington Post. Yesterday, I had this related tweet.

“Partisanship questions threaten to shadow Kavanaugh on the court”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“As Kavanaugh is all but confirmed, questions linger about his judicial temperament”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Justice Kennedy sometimes sided with the Supreme Court’s four liberals. Don’t expect that from Kavanaugh.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.