“His Case Made It to the Supreme Court. He Didn’t Have to Look Far for a Lawyer.” In Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column. It begins, “Theodore H. Frank is familiar with the adage that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But later this month, he will stand before the Supreme Court to argue his own case.”

“OT2018 #3: ‘Ordinary Pinch.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Dan Epps and recurring guest host Will Baude, via this link.

“Is Harvard fair? Historic affirmative action trial begins Monday.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“On Eve of Harvard Bias Trial, Dueling Rallies Show Rifts Among Asian-Americans”: Anemona Hartocollis and Ted Siefer will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Trump defends mockery of Christine Blasey Ford, says it got Kavanaugh confirmed; ‘If I had not made that speech, we would not have won,’ the president says in a TV interview”: Alex Johnson of NBC News has this report.

“Let’s not buy the Republican spin on Brett Kavanaugh”: Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Harvard’s Affirmative Action Policy Goes On Trial”: This audio segment featuring Carrie Jung appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Elite-College Admissions Are Broken: The racial-discrimination lawsuit against Harvard, which goes to trial this week, raises questions about far more than affirmative action.” Alia Wong of The Atlantic has this report.

And Adam Harris of The Atlantic has an article headlined “The Supreme Court Justice Who Forever Changed Affirmative Action: Justice Lewis Powell’s ruling in the 1978 case Regents v. Bakke buoyed affirmative action — but in the process, it transformed how colleges think about race and equality in admissions.”

“As Harvard’s admissions policy goes on trial, alleged victims of racial bias remain anonymous”: Nick Anderson of The Washington Post has this report.

Anderson also has a related article headlined “‘We’re here to say no’: Asian-American critics rally against Harvard admissions policy.”

“Witches plan to hex Brett Kavanaugh using effigies, coffin nails, graveyard dirt and more”: Joel Shannon of USA Today has this report.

“Brett Kavanaugh gives back: Newly-appointed Supreme Court justice serves meals to the homeless as he volunteers with Catholic Charities in DC, just days after grueling confirmation process.” Ariel Zilber of The Daily Mail (UK) has this report.

“What One Student’s Marked-Up Harvard Application Reveals About the Admissions Process: One student’s reviewed application, made public as part of the admissions lawsuit, sheds light on how the College assesses candidates — and on just what it takes to be Harvard material.” Delano R. Franklin and Samuel W. Zwickel of The Harvard Crimson had this article last month.

“Brett Kavanaugh would not have been treated fairly had he been a defendant in federal criminal court”: David Oscar Markus, creator of the “Southern District of Florida Blog,” has this essay online at The Hill.

“Unease sweeping the halls of Harvard on eve of race-based admissions suit”: In today’s edition of The Boston Globe, Deirdre Fernandes has a front page article that begins, “As Harvard University prepares to defend its selective, highly secretive admissions process in a Boston courtroom Monday, outside groups are marshaling their forces, with protesters descending on the city, and a rally planned outside the university’s iron gates.”

In addition, the newspaper has posted online an editorial titled “To be race-blind is to be simply blind.”

“A Court Victory Heals All Wounds: Trump Calls McConnell ‘the Greatest Leader in History.'” Emily Cochrane has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Harvard and the Myth of the Interchangeable Asian: We’re mistaken for each other, but we’re not mistaken about ourselves.” Lisa Ko has this essay in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Trump Likely to Name Pat Cipollone as Next White House Counsel; Veteran Washington lawyer would succeed Don McGahn”: Vivian Salama and Michael C. Bender of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Colorado to Address Unfinished Business From Civil War; Voters will consider changing state constitution to abolish all forms of slavery”: Erica Snow of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“How Statistics Doomed Washington State’s Death Penalty: A half-century after Justice Lewis Powell applied the logic of tobacco manufacturers to dismiss empirical studies, a state supreme court decided to accept their findings.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Justice Sotomayor focuses on kids, not Kavanaugh, at Chicago event to promote her latest books”: Ese Olumhense of The Chicago Tribune has this report.

And Sandy Mazza of The Tennessean has an article headlined “5 things to know about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s Nashville visit.”

“WV Senate to convene Monday with impeachment trial on hold”: Phil Kabler has this front page article in today’s edition of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail.

“America’s compromised Supreme Court: With Kavanaugh on the bench, the court will struggle to retain its authority.” Dahlia Lithwick has this essay online at Prospect Magazine (UK).

“Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment may have undermined the US Supreme Court for years to come”: Matt Bevan of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has this news analysis.

“Indiana asks U.S. Supreme Court to permit Pence-enacted abortion restrictions law to take effect”: Dan Carden of The Times of Munster, Indiana has an article that begins, “A lawsuit over a 2016 Indiana abortion statute, enacted by now-Vice President Mike Pence, could be the vehicle used by new Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority, to dial back abortion rights across the nation.”

You can access the State of Indiana’s petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Trump has chosen Washington lawyer Pat Cipollone as next White House counsel, people familiar with decision say”: Carol D. Leonnig and Rosalind S. Helderman of The Washington Post have this report.

“Due Processing: As Justice Kavanaugh takes his seat, Dahlia Lithwick takes stock with Sen. Jeff Merkley and Matthew Yglesias.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast.

“What’s at Stake in the Harvard Lawsuit? Decades of Debate Over Race in Admissions.” Anemona Hartocollis of The New York Times has this report.

And Jaweed Kaleem of The Los Angeles Times has an article headlined “Does Harvard discriminate against Asians? In a case that could upend college admissions, the Ivy League goes on trial.”

“Does Anyone Still Take Both Sexual Assault and Due Process Seriously? In the aftermath of the Kavanaugh debacle, I will remain pessimistic, on the sunset side of the mountain.” Emily Yoffe has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“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.