“Supreme Court Justice Kagan on Pro Bono Service”: C-SPAN has posted this video online.

“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says Congress is culpable for polarizing judicial process”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“Will RedForEd get election day revenge on state Supreme Court? Two judges are up for ‘retention’ on this year’s ballot and some disappointed education advocates are aiming to exact a little frontier justice.” Columnist EJ Montini has this essay online at The Arizona Republic.

“Newport congregation takes Touro Synagogue ownership case to U.S. Supreme Court”: Katie Mulvaney of The Providence (R.I.) Journal has this report.

“WV Supreme Court formally annuls Ketchum’s law license”: Lacie Pierson of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has an article that begins, “Almost three months after he resigned from the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, former justice Menis Ketchum no longer is admitted to practice law in the Mountain State.”

“Senate Judiciary Committee Considers 4 Nominees, With Only 2 Lawmakers Attending”: Carrie Johnson had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“A Nation of Laws, Not Legal Fees: The government shouldn’t charge citizens to see the laws they must abide by.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg View about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued last Friday.

In other coverage of that ruling, at the “Techdirt” blog, Mike Masnick has a post titled “Appeals Court Says Of Course Georgia’s Laws (Including Annotations) Are Not Protected By Copyright And Free To Share.”

“Thank You, Justice O’Connor, for the Art of Compromise; As the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court steps back from public life, it’s easy to see how much she’s already missed”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“How Bad Will Things Become? Part Six: Will the Supreme Court’s Reactionaries Make a Mockery of Precedent?” Neil H. Buchanan has this post at “Dorf on Law.”

“The Committee That Dictates the Rules of American Courts Looks Nothing Like America — or the Federal Judiciary”: Law professor Brooke D. Coleman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Voters in 3 states to decide abortion curbs as Supreme Court shifts right”: Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico has this report.

“Conservatives Have Lost the Supreme-Court Excuse for Supporting Trump; If the talk-radio host Hugh Hewitt is right that the war for the judiciary is over and his side has won, then it’s also time for him to abandon his support for the president”: Conor Friedersdorf has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Sandra Day O’Connor was a trailblazer. Too bad Bush v. Gore ruined her legacy.” Linda Hirshman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Republicans push ahead with conservative Trump judicial nominees”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“Justice Kavanaugh Investiture Ceremony”: The U.S. Supreme Court‘s Public Information Office issued this news release today.

A separate commemorative ceremony occurred this past Saturday night in Brooklyn, New York. In news coverage of that event, Katherine Lavacca of The New York Post reports that “Brooklyn witches place hex on Brett Kavanaugh.”

Raanan Geberer of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports that “Witches’ ceremony against Kavanaugh draws supporters, protesters in Bushwick.”

Peter Stubley of The Independent (UK) has an article headlined “Brett Kavanaugh: Witches placed mass hex on Supreme Court Justice during New York protest ritual.”

Caitlin O’Kane of CBS News reports that “‘Hex’ put on Kavanaugh at Brooklyn bookstore, event met with counter-protesters.”

Alaina Demopoulos of The Daily Beast has an article headlined “Inside the Brooklyn Witches’ Antifa Hex on Kavanaugh: Despite protests, the Brooklyn antifa witches’ hex on Brett Kavanaugh went on; Both vengeful hate and intense love filled the event.”

And Matthias Gafni of The San Jose Mercury News has an article headlined “Witches curse Kavanaugh? S.J. exorcist delivers Mass to fight the ‘hex.’“

“Trump Judicial Nominees Outnumber Senators at Recess Hearing”: Patrick L. Gregory of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Can State Courts Save the Liberal Agenda? Trump has seized the federal bench, but there’s hope for Democrats in the lower judiciary.” Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report. The headline’s use of “lower” to insinuate that state courts are somehow subsidiary to federal courts is unfortunate.

“Supreme Court Orders Documents Seized From Sandy Hook Shooter Lanza’s Home Released; Key Win In Courant’s Yearslong Fight For Records”: Dave Altimari has this front page article in today’s edition of The Hartford Courant.

And Dave Collins of The Associated Press reports that “Sandy Hook shooter’s writings ordered released to public.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Connecticut at this link.

“In Minnesota Poll, divisions linger over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh; Poll finds support among 57% of men and 42% of women”: Maya Rao of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

“Ford quotes spray painted around campus”: Sammy Westfall and Asha Prihar of The Yale Daily News have an article that begins, “Almost four weeks after Christine Blasey Ford testified against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ’87 LAW ’90, quotations from the Senate testimony were found spray painted on the steps outside Yale Law School’s main entrance, on the doors of Lawrance Hall on Old Campus and on the sign of Sprague Hall Monday morning.”

“Sen. Jeff Flake unconvinced if Brett Kavanaugh or Christine Blasey Ford were telling the truth”: Gabriella Muñoz of The Washington Times has this report.

“A Political Scientist Explains Why Democrats Must Pack the Courts to Restore Democracy; The founder of 1.20.21 explains how the courts can become a winning issue for progressives in 2020”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“State Fault Lines That Might Lead to Big Cases Before the Supreme Court”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Oct. 30 Livestream Hearing: Proposed Changes to Judicial Conduct Code and Rules.” The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“Were the framers originalists (and does it matter)?” William Baude has this post at the “Balkinization” blog.

Yesterday, I had this round-up of earlier posts in this symposium.

“What Would Happen if Harvard Stopped Considering Race in Admissions?” Anemona Hartocollis has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Deirdre Fernandes of The Boston Globe has an article headlined “Among those rejected from Harvard: the judge in the Harvard trial.”

From The Harvard Crimson, Shera S. Avi-Yonah and Molly C. McCafferty have an article headlined “‘Arrogance.’ ‘Small-Town Insecurity.’ Here’s Why Harvard Hesitates to Accept Some Applicants.” And Alexandra A. Chaidez and Molly C. McCafferty have an article headlined “In Harvard Admissions Trial, Former FAS Dean Smith Defends Namesake Committee’s Work.”

In commentary, in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times, columnist Bret Stephens had an op-ed titled “The Curse of Affirmative Action: A lawsuit challenges Harvard’s betrayal of ‘Veritas.’”

And online at The Boston Globe, Niall Ferguson has an essay titled “The week identity politics ate itself.”

Pump Up The Jam: Fans of this Technotronic song and others may find of interest a post titled “How the Supreme Court Should Decide Jam v. International Finance Corp.” that Ingrid Wuerth has at the “Lawfare” blog. And other music relating to toast spreads, The Flaming Lips offer “She Don’t Use Jelly.” To which the Crash Test Dummies offered this musical response.

Watch live, online today’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for judicial nominees: The hearing, which features two Ninth Circuit nominees, can be viewed live, online via this link once it gets underway at or shortly after 10 a.m. eastern time today.

“Did Chief Justice Marshall Suborn Perjury in Marbury v Madison?” Anthony Gaughan has this blog post at “The Faculty Lounge.”

“U.S. appeals court revives Nestle child slavery lawsuit”: Tina Bellon of Reuters has this report.

Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “Nestle, Cargill Again Face Suit by Ex-Slaves in Cocoa Fields.”

And Helen Christophi of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit Revives Child Slave Labor Case Against Candy Makers.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“How Republicans outsmarted themselves on the NC Supreme Court”: Online at The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina, Colin Campbell has an essay that begins, “Incumbent N.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jackson is probably going to lose her seat, and her own political party is at fault.”