“The Axe Files with David Axelrod” — Interview with Justice Sonia Sotomayor: You can access the podcast audio via this link.

“Trump Proposes a New Way Around Birth Control Mandate: Religious Exemptions and Title X.” Robert Pear will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Judges: Louisiana breast-and-buttocks law is clear enough.” Kevin McGill of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday on panel rehearing. The panel’s original ruling reaching the opposite result, from September 2018, can be accessed here.

And in other coverage, Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report headlined “Louisiana can enforce ban on strippers under 21: U.S. appeals court.”

“National Injunctions: Historians Enter the Lists; A major new brief in the Seventh Circuit sanctuary city case.” At “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Samuel Bray has this post, along with a related post titled “More Notes on the Historians’ Brief.”

Update: You can access the amicus brief at this link.

“Did President Trump make a sex joke about the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia?”: Christal Hayes of USA Today has this report.

Anne Gearan of The Washington Post reports that “Trump jokes and jabs as he bestows Presidential Medal of Freedom.”

Adam Edelman of NBC News has a report headlined “‘Very busy’: Trump jests about Scalia widow at Medal of Freedom event for having 9 kids; ‘I always knew I liked him,’ Trump wisecracked about the Supreme Court justice and father of many.”

And Sara Boboltz of HuffPost has a report headlined “‘You Were Busy’: Trump Marvels At Antonin Scalia’s Large Brood At Medal Ceremony; To the Supreme Court justice’s widow, Maureen Scalia, the president remarked, ‘Wow.’”

Elsewhere, in related coverage, Paul Walsh of The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that “President Trump honors Minnesota’s Alan Page with Medal of Freedom; The retired state Supreme Court justice, Vikings legend and tireless philanthropist was among seven honored in a White House ceremony with the nation’s most prestigious civilian honor.”

“Justice Sonia Sotomayor Allows Stephen To Approach The Bench”: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has this posted this video on YouTube.

“Trump’s Nominee to Replace Kavanaugh Is a Staunch Defender of Dwarf-Tossing; Neomi Rao is best known as Trump’s anti-regulation czar, but she’s a veteran of the culture wars”: Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones has this report.

“At UVa, Kennedy calls for civil discourse in democracy”: Ruth Serven Smith has this front page article in today’s edition of The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Retired Justice Kennedy Says Supreme Court Will Work in ‘Inspiring Way.’”

And Eric Williamson of the University of Virginia School of Law has a report headlined “The Supreme Court Still Works, Says Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy; Karsh Center for Law and Democracy Launches With David Rubenstein Interview.”

“Sotomayor says Kavanaugh a part of the Supreme Court ‘family'”: Paul LeBlanc of CNN has this report.

“With Kavanaugh on Supreme Court, Lawyers Shift Strategies; Some groups on the right are emboldened to push new policy”: Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Technology, Social Media and Professional Ethics”: This panel is now underway at the Federalist Society’s 2018 National Lawyers Convention. You can view the session live, online on YouTube via this link.

“Justices Asked to Rule on Legality of Acting Attorney General’s Appointment”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Devlin Barrett has an article headlined “Whitaker’s opponents take legal challenge to Supreme Court.” And Deanna Paul and Robert Barnes have an article headlined “Supreme Court will hear arguments concerning Census citizenship question.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court will weigh Trump’s plan to add citizenship question to 2020 census.”

Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal report that “Lawyer Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Matthew Whitaker’s Role as Acting Attorney General; Critics have argued President Trump’s selection of Mr. Whitaker is an invalid run around constitutional requirements.”

From USA Today, Richard Wolf and Kevin Johnson report that “Supreme Court asked to rule on Trump’s choice of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general.” And Wolf has an article headlined “Supreme Court to hear case on Trump administration plan to add citizenship question to 2020 Census.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “High court obliges Trump, will enter census citizenship fray.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has articles headlined “Lawyers Challenge Matthew Whitaker’s Appointment As Acting Attorney General At The Supreme Court” and “The Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments Over What Evidence Can Be Used In The Census Citizenship Question Case.”

“Grassley to Lead Senate Finance Panel; Veteran Iowa senator to switch from Judiciary Committee next year”: Richard Rubin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Elana Schor of Politico reports that “Grassley to trade Judiciary gavel for Finance; His departure paves the way for Lindsey Graham to lead Judiciary.”

“Julian Assange Charge Raises Fears About Press Freedom”: Charlie Savage has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.