“Paying Tribute to Justice Breyer’s Quarter Century on the Court”: Law professor Vikram David Amar has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“How a short-term rental dispute in Indio landed in the California Supreme Court”: Amy DiPierro of The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, California has this report.

“With a new vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court, attention turns to diversity concerns; Gov. Greg Abbott has his third opportunity to appoint a judge to the state’s highest civil court; His first two picks were white men”: Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Parents reflect on case to be reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court”: In today’s edition of The Daily Inter Lake of Kalispell, Montana, Hilary Matheson has an article that begins, “Kalispell parents Kendra Espinoza and Jeri Anderson and Bigfork parent Jaime Schaefer are the faces of a Montana case regarding religious schools and funding that will have its day in the United States Supreme Court.”

“A Relentless Jailhouse Lawyer Propels a Case to the Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Brett Kavanaugh wants to make it even easier for gunmen to obtain assault rifles; And he’s probably got the votes to do it”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“Trump judges face scrutiny over president’s cases”: Naomi Jagoda and Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill have this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s lecture moved to North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena”: Maggie McNeary of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has this report.

“Supreme Court justices address reforms one year since impeachment”: In today’s edition of The Parkersburg (W. Va.) News and Sentinel, Steven Allen Adams has a front page article that begins, “Nearly one year after the West Virginia House of Delegates impeached four justices of the state Supreme Court of Appeal, Chief Justice Beth Walker is able to look back and see the positive that came out of that process.”

“Supreme Court Justice Jeff Hughes defends handling of case that prompted apology”: Andrea Gallo and John Simerman of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana have this report.

“McConnell Says He ‘Saved the Supreme Court for a Generation'”: Anna Edney of Bloomberg News has this report.

In local coverage, Phillip M. Bailey of The Courier Journal of Louisville, Kentucky reports that “McConnell couldn’t escape ‘Moscow Mitch’ at Kentucky’s biggest political picnic.”

And Daniel Desrochers and Jack Brammer of The Lexington Herald-Leader report that “McConnell fires back at Kentucky Democrats wearing ‘Moscow Mitch’ shirts.”

“Abortion Pills Should Be Everywhere: I bought them online; They’re easy to get, and they’ll change everything.” In the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times, columnist Farhad Manjoo will have an essay that begins, “One afternoon about a year ago, just as the Senate began considering Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, I logged on to Day Night Healthcare, an online pharmacy based in India, and ordered a pack of abortion pills.”

“The Gilroy Shooting and What the Democratic Candidates Should Remember About Justice John Paul Stevens”: Adam Gopnik recently had this post online at The New Yorker.

“Fed Cir: File Your Regulatory Takings Claims Early (And Often?); The Statute Of Limitations Starts Running Before The Impacts Of The Regulation Are Felt.” Robert H. Thomas has this post at his “inversecondemnation” blog about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued yesterday.

“Israeli Official Immune in US Suit Over Deadly Flotilla Attack”: Martin Macias Jr of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Court Upholds Handcuffing of 2nd Grader Who Resisted Being Led to School Office”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Appeals Court: Officer Was ‘Reasonable’ to Handcuff a Sobbing 7-Year-Old; Another entry in the parade of perverse decisions protecting reckless and brutal policing.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

“7th Circ. Says Pepsi, Gatorade ‘Sports Fuel’ Slogan Is Fair Use”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

“Appeals court won’t reverse Mississippi district line change”: Jeff Amy of The Associated Press has this report on a per curiam ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

And Sarah Ulmer of Y’all Politics has a report titled “By a 2-1 decision, appeals panel decides SD 22 stands for 2019 election.”

“Privacy Groups Aghast Over Warrant Tied to Link Click”: Brad Kutner of Courthouse News Service has an article that begins, “A Fourth Circuit ruling that backs the search of a house for child porn based solely on evidence that its inhabitant clicked a single link in the dark reaches of the web is stirring outrage.”

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

“Film critic’s estate can sue Rochester school over writings”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“DC Circuit Refuses to Toss Limits on Airport Traffic”: Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“A Green Light on the Border Wall as Trump’s Supreme Court Victories Mount”: Cristian Farias has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Trump’s Judicial Legacy”: Carrie Johnson had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“Democrats Still Haven’t Learned Their Lesson About the Courts: Even after Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, the presidential candidates still don’t have a plan for Mitch McConnell.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Capra Meets Kafka: Political Intrigue Too Bizarre for Fiction.” At the “Law & Liberty” blog, Mark Pulliam has this review of the new book “Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court.”

And last month, the Heritage Foundation posted online this video of an event featuring that book’s authors.

“Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh won’t face discipline over Senate confrontation”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Justice Kavanaugh ‘bias and hostility’ complaint dismissed.”

Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill reports that “Judicial panel dismisses ethics complaints against Kavanaugh.”

Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “All 83 Ethics Complaints Against Justice Brett Kavanaugh Have Been Dismissed For Good; Now, the only way Kavanaugh could be investigated is if Congress decides to do something about it — and so far they haven’t.”

And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Kavanaugh Misconduct Complaint Saga Could Be Over.”

You can access today’s Memorandum of Decision of the Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability of the Judicial Conference of the United States at this link.

“Bar association panel finds Trump’s Kentucky judicial nominee Justin Walker unqualified”: Andrew Wolfson has this front page article in today’s edition of The Courier Journal of Louisville, Kentucky.

And Jake Holland of Bloomberg Law reports that “Ex-Kavanaugh Clerk Scrutinized Over Experience for Judicial Post.”

“Arkansan up for seat on U.S. court queried; ex-solicitor general admits regrets on joining briefs supporting gay marriage”: In today’s edition of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Frank E. Lockwood has a front page article that begins, “President Donald Trump’s pick to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas disavowed his past advocacy regarding same-sex marriage, saying Wednesday that his previous legal reasoning had been flawed. During his confirmation hearing, Lee Philip Rudofsky distanced himself from a February 2013 friend-of-the-court brief he had signed that challenged California’s Proposition 8, a ballot measure that had stripped gay couples there of the right to marry.”

You can view the video of yesterday’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing via this link.

“The Supreme Court Is Bad for Your Health: Its decision to let states opt out of the Medicaid expansion turned out to have lethal consequences.” Annie Lowrey of The Atlantic has an article that begins, “Did Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts kill almost 16,000 people? That is one way, if a hyperbolic one, to read a new study on federalism and Medicaid.”

“Court of a-peel: nasty split over banana costume leads to legal monkey business; Judge found a full-body banana costume sold by Arizona company may be too similar to one originally sold by a New Jersey costumer.” Kari Paul of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

And Blake Brittain and Alexis Kramer of Bloomberg Law have a report headlined “Court OKs Copyright for Banana Costume’s Artistic Features.”

Third Circuit Judge Thomas M. Hardiman may not have gotten to fill either of the last two U.S. Supreme Court vacancies, but he did get to write today’s ruling (with photos) on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

“Words Matter Library: The Ginsburg Tapes.” You can access today’s new installment of the “Words Matter” podcast via this link.

“Jeffrey Epstein’s bid for bail suffers apparent setback”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today in a similar case.

“On the Border Wall, the Supreme Court Caves to Trump; Increasingly, the court risks becoming identified as the president’s lap dog”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman have a post titled “What is the Plaintiffs’ Cause of Action in the Wall Litigation? Like in the Emoluments Clauses cases, plaintiff’s mere allegation that the government is acting ultra vires is not enough to establish an equitable cause of action.”