“West Virginia’s Absurd, Dangerous Supreme Court Impeachment Crisis; The case just went to . . . the West Virginia Supreme Court, where every justice is either disqualified from hearing it or has been suspended without pay”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“WV Supreme Court Justice Loughry guilty on 11 of 22 federal charges”: Lacie Pierson of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has an article that begins, “Almost a year after West Virginians learned state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry had a $32,000 couch in his court office and a piece of historic state furniture in his home, a jury convicted him of 11 of 22 federal charges Friday.”

“Judge orders partial release of Watergate ‘road map'”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

And Carla Herreria of HuffPost reports that “Judge Unseals Watergate Report That Led To Articles Of Impeachment Against Nixon; The so-called Road Map could inform how special counsel Robert Mueller handles his investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia.”

“Military court rules against accused USS Cole bomber’s lawyers in ethics standoff”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review issued yesterday.

And in related news coverage, Brock Vergakis of The Virginian-Pilot reports that “It’s been 18 years and families of the USS Cole bombing victims are still awaiting justice.”

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: A Dog’s Breakfast.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“New SCOTUS petition invites justices to kill off M&A shareholder suits in federal court”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Clock Ticking for 10-Time SCOTUS Winner, Ninth Circuit Nominee Miller”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“More Americans disapprove of Kavanaugh’s confirmation than support it, new poll shows”: Robert Barnes and Emily Guskin of The Washington Post have an article that begins, “More Americans disapprove of Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court than approve, and a narrow majority says congressional investigation of the new justice should not end with his elevation to the court, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.”

You can access the poll results via this link.

“Harvard bias trial to spotlight use of race in college admissions”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Law professors divided on Kavanaugh clerkships”: Carly Wanna of The Yale Daily News has this report. According to the article, “with the controversy surrounding Kavanaugh’s appointment, professors at the Law School are divided on whether they would write recommendation letters for students looking to clerk for Kavanaugh in the future.”

“Law School Students, Faculty Meet Behind Closed Doors to Discuss Kavanaugh’s Confirmation”: Aidan F. Ryan of The Harvard Crimson has an article that begins, “Harvard Law School students, faculty, and administrators convened behind closed doors at an off-the-record forum Thursday for two hours to reflect on the recent, and contentious, confirmation of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.”

“Should Brett Kavanaugh be stopped from teaching at Harvard Law School?” On Monday, Alan M. Dershowitz had this essay online at The Boston Globe.

In response, The Boston Globe yesterday posted online an essay by Jessica Lynn Corsi and Lauren Birchfield Kennedy titled “It’s not ‘McCarthyism’ to demand Harvard Law School sever ties with Brett Kavanaugh.”

“The Secrets of Getting Into Harvard Were Once Closely Guarded. That’s About to Change. Trial beginning Monday will examine how the elite institution uses race to shape its student body; decision could upend practices of other colleges.” Nicole Hong and Melissa Korn have this front page article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.