“After outpouring of personal stories, Congress still grappling with Kavanaugh confirmation fallout”: Clare Foran of CNN has this report.

“Ed Whelan theory of Christine Ford’s mistaken identification of Kavanaugh ultimately prevailed; Susan Collins believed that Ford was sexually assaulted, just not by Kavanaugh, a theory floated by Whelan, though Collins did not name a suspect”: William A. Jacobson has this post today at his “Legal Insurrection” blog.

“SF judge throws out charges against homeless people camping on sidewalk”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that begins, “A San Francisco judge dismissed criminal charges Thursday against three homeless people who were arrested for camping or sleeping on the streets, a decision that follows a federal appeals court ruling barring cities from prosecuting such cases when no shelters are available.”

“Democrats think they can flip a key seat on the NC Supreme Court. Here are the candidates.” Will Doran of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

“Judges appear skeptical of a nationwide injunction that bars exemptions to birth control mandate”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And Helen Christophi of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit May Lift Block of Trump Contraceptives Exemptions.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted on YouTube at this link the video of yesterday’s oral argument before a three judge panel consisting of Circuit Judge Susan P. Graber and Senior Circuit Judges J. Clifford Wallace and Andrew J. Kleinfeld. The Ninth Circuit also provides via this link free access to the briefs filed in this appeal.

“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas encourages judges to uphold constitutional principles”: Alice Queen has this front page article in today’s edition of The Newton Citizen of Covington, Georgia.

And Kate Brumback of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court Justice Thomas stresses need for neutrality.”