“Day after Arkansas Supreme Court justice takes stand, judge says he won’t block attack ads”: John Moritz of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has an article that begins, “A federal judge on Thursday denied Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson’s request for an injunction to stop attack ads that have been airing against Goodson during her re-election campaign.”

“Well-financed foes give Michigan Supreme Court justices a fight”: Oralandar Brand-Williams of The Detroit News has this report.

According to the article, “Sam Bagenstos, a Democratic nominee and University of Michigan law professor, was the top fundraiser through July 21. He had received more than $791,000 contributions for the cycle and had more than $500,000 in cash reserves heading into the final weeks of the election.”

“Abortion May Be Mobilizing More Democratic Voters Than Republicans Now”: Daniel Cox has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“How the Supreme Court Takes Constitutional Rights Away From Students: A conversation with Justin Driver.” Melinda D. Anderson has this interview online at Slate.

“Harvard Law Gives Public Free Access to Four Centuries of U.S. Court Cases”: Laura C. Espinoza and Katherine S. Li of The Harvard Crimson have an article that begins, “The Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School published a full collection of United States court cases dating from 1658 to 2018 on Monday as part of a years-long project to make case law more accessible.”

On Monday, Kelly Fitzpatrick of the Library Innovation Lab at the Harvard Law School Library had a blog post titled “Caselaw Access Project (CAP) Launches API and Bulk Data Service.”

You can access the case law via this link.

“The Simplest Way to Kill Trump’s Birthright-Citizenship Ban: Save the heavy hammer of the Constitution and start with a scalpel called the Avoidance Canon.” Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Life Story Fuels Justice Sotomayor’s Passion for Education, Civics”: Mark Walsh of Education Week has this report.

“Majority of Americans support term limits for Supreme Court justices, new poll finds”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has this report.

The organization Fix the Court sponsored the poll, whose results you can access here.

“Supreme Court Weighs Google Settlement That Paid Class Members Nothing”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court considers class-action suit in which millions receive $0.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court divided over Google class-action deal that rewarded lawyers, nonprofits . . . but not customers.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court divided over Google privacy settlement.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Justices Weigh Limits on Settlements in Google Case.”

Laura Hautala of c|net reports that “Supreme court appears divided on Google settlement that gave to charities; The case focused on user privacy, but users didn’t get any money in the deal.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Ronald Mann has a post titled “Argument analysis: Justices skeptical of ‘cy pres’ class-action settlements.”

You can access at this link the transcript of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Frank v. Gaos, No. 17-961

“5 Harvard Friends, and a Frank Talk About How They Got In; As a lawsuit challenging the use of affirmative action in admissions plays out, five freshmen reflect on why they beat the competition”: Kate Taylor has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Kavanaugh’s debut: After bitter confirmation fight, court’s newest member settles in.” Shannon Bream and Bill Mears of Fox News have this report.

“With a Little Help from Academic Scholarship”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Judges Shouldn’t Have the Power to Halt Laws Nationwide: A court in Texas may put Obamacare on ice — everywhere.” Law professors Nicholas Bagley and Samuel Bray have this essay online at The Atlantic.

“A Supreme Court Impeachment Fight That’s Already Under Way: A decade ago, West Virginia foreshadowed the influence that money and politics have come to have on state judiciaries; Now it may warn of a worrying new trend.” Kevin Townsend has this article online at The Atlantic.

“The GoFundMe Campaigns That Have Raised $840,000 for Christine Blasey Ford Make Me a Little Squeamish”: Christina Cauterucci has this essay online at Slate.

“Outraged by Brett Kavanaugh confirmation? Make 2018 another Year of the Woman. In a 2018 election echo of the 1992 Anita Hill effect on me and many others, the Kavanaugh fight will create activists and propel women into Congress.” Neera Tanden has this essay online at USA Today.

“Kavanaugh turns down nearly $600G raised online for his defense: reports.” Louis Casiano of Fox News has this report.

“O’Connor, Rehnquist And A Supreme Marriage Proposal”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”