“Trump Administration Asks Top Court to Curb CFPB’s Independence”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“New allegations against Brett Kavanaugh mean Congress must finish what the FBI started; The FBI’s apparent failure to fully investigate Kavanagh’s background and interview all witnesses in all incidents raises critical questions”: Barbara McQuade has this essay online at NBC News.

“An Evening with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch”: The National Constitution Center has posted this video on YouTube.

“Trump Has Confirmed 150 Lifetime Federal Judges. That’s A Lot. Democrats say they really only have one option for stopping more unqualified nominees: winning back the Senate in 2020.” Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“Federal Court Rules in Favor of Atheist Group in COLTS Lawsuit”: ABC affiliate WNEP of Scranton, Pennsylvania has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“Supreme Court sets October date for Cheshire murderer’s request for new trial in Petit case”: Dave Altimari of The Hartford Courant has an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court will hear arguments in October on whether convicted Cheshire triple murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky should get a new trial based partly on taped police calls from the morning of the 2007 murders that were never turned over to the defense.”

“Detained for His Last Name, US Citizen’s Suit Revived by 2nd Circuit”: Adam Klasfeld of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Judiciary Adopts New Model EDR Plan, Doubles Fee Waiver for PACER”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“Confirmed: Powerful men ignored women in short-circuited Brett Kavanaugh investigation; Does Kavanaugh belong on the Supreme Court? The public needs to know who limited the FBI and how, and if officials are capable of listening to women.” Mimi Rocah has this essay online at USA Today.

“‘Lies and smears’: Senate investigators reject N.Y. Times’ new Kavanaugh claims.” Alex Swoyer and David Sherfinski of The Washington Times have this report.

And Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has an article headlined “Could Kavanaugh sue New York Times over allegation report?“

“Mad About Kavanaugh and Gorsuch? The Best Way to Get Even Is to Pack the Court; Their lifetime appointments cry out for Democratic hardball.” Columnist Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley to file Brett Kavanaugh impeachment resolution”: Emily Tillett of CBS News reports that “Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley to file Brett Kavanaugh impeachment resolution.”

“We Spent 10 Months Investigating Kavanaugh. Here’s What We Found. Two journalists detail the results of their reporting on the Supreme Court justice’s past.” Kate Kelly and Robin Pogrebin — co-authors of the new book “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation” — have this article online at The Atlantic.

And Luke Mullins of Washingtonian magazine has an interview headlined “Interview: The Coauthor of ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’ Explains How She Dug Into DC’s Private-School Scene; Kate Kelly, a National Cathedral School grad, knows the territory well.”

“Seeking Interlocutory Appellate Review When A Pennsylvania State Trial Court Refuses To Certify That Its Order Sustaining Venue Or Personal Jurisdiction Presents A Substantial Issue”: This was the title I proposed for this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column, which appears in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

As is sometimes the case, that newspaper decided to opt for a different title, which is no doubt a risk I assumed when I decided to devote this month’s column to one particular intricacy of Pennsylvania state appellate court practice.

“An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know; This book and video series teaches the narrative of constitutional law as it has developed over the past two centuries.” Josh Blackman has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about a book that he and Randy E. Barnett have co-authored whose official on-sale date is today.

“Kavanaugh allegations agitate White House, Capitol. Supreme Court is quiet.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

And at “The Fix” blog of The Washington Post, Aaron Blake has an entry titled “A key witness in the Brett Kavanaugh saga comes down on his side.”