“SCOTUS Tells N.H. To File Response In ‘Free the Nipple’ Appeal, Signaling Court’s Interest”: Annie Ropeik of New Hampshire Public Radio has this report.

“Stitt picks justice as major abortion case heads to Supreme Court”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has an article that begins, “Gov. Kevin Stitt’s appointment on Tuesday of a Supreme Court justice who apparently shares his anti-abortion views came just as the high court is expected to hear a challenge to a state law restricting the most common form of abortion.”

“Ahead of DACA’s date with Supreme Court, beneficiaries of the Obama-era program are on edge; DACA recipients cite quality of healthcare, food access and physical safety in their home countries as top concerns if they are deported, according to a survey released this week”: Obed Manuel of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to Deliver Eighth Annual Stevens Lecture Oct. 22”: The University of Colorado Law School has issued this news release.

In news coverage, John Marinelli of The Denver Post reports that “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to speak at CU Boulder; Visit is part of CU Law School’s annual John Paul Stevens Lecture.”

“Amy Coney Barrett Is Not a Safe Pick for the Supreme Court; Her writings on faith and jurisprudence should worry conservatives”: John Zmirak has this essay online at Human Events.

“Adnan Syed case: Defense lawyers group asks Supreme Court to review ‘Serial’ subject’s case.” Phil Davis of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

“All roads lead to ‘Roe’: What’s behind the latest Kavanaugh uproar.” Columnist Michael Gerson has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Kavanaugh impeachment calls mark latest strike on ‘judicial independence,’ Republicans say”: Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report.

“A Critical Threat to Sex Discrimination Protections: Three Supreme Court cases could redefine workplace rights for gay and trans people — and for everyone else.” Melissa Gira Grant of The New Republic has this report.

“The Kavanaugh Fight Left Wounds That Will Never Heal; From the scorched earth of last summer’s confirmation battle, nothing good can bloom”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

“Packing the Court Is a Real Threat: FDR’s legislation went nowhere but intimidated the justices into rewriting the Constitution.” Mario Loyola has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The newest mural in town: Ruth Bader Ginsburg is larger than life on U Street.” Teddy Amenabar of The Washington Post has this report.

“Democrats need to take a page from Republican playbook on the Supreme Court”: Dan A. Cotter and law professor Kermit Roosevelt III have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“The GOP May One Day Regret Brett Kavanaugh”: Lili Loofbourow has this essay online at Slate.

“Pastafarian pastor leads prayer at Alaska government meeting”: The Associated Press has this report.

And in local coverage, Megan Pacer of Homer News of Homer, Alaska reports that “Borough assembly comes to Homer.”

“CFPB just told SCOTUS it’s unconstitutional. What does that mean for its mission?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“U.S. Abortion Rate Drops to Lowest Level Since 1973; Researchers attribute decline to fewer pregnancies, falling birth rates”: Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“What lawyers can learn about typography from a Bibas opinion”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

“GOP Senator ‘Doubtful’ He’ll Support Trump Court Pick Steven Menashi; ‘If he’ll treat a United States senator the way he treated us, I wonder how he would treat the people,’ said Sen. John Kennedy”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“Trump just asked the Supreme Court to let him fire the CFPB’s head. The implications are enormous. A war over the limits of Trump’s power is about to get real.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Trump’s Latest Assault on the CFPB Could Backfire; After a messy takeover of the CFPB, the administration now wants the agency’s structure declared unconstitutional.”

“In whiplash moment, Democrats are now backing away from Kavanaugh allegations”: Paul Kane of The Washington Post has this report.

“Teresa Ficken Sachs Named Counsel to Pennsylvania Supreme Court”: Congratulations to my friend and quite frequent adversary Terry Sachs on this news release that the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts issued today.

During the October 2018 term of the U.S. Supreme Court, Terry had the distinction of not only arguing her first case before that Court, but also getting to do it again a second time for good measure.

“Trump Administration Looks to Supreme Court to Rein In Consumer Finance Agency; The CFPB was created under the Dodd-Frank Act in the wake of the mortgage-lending crisis”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Programming note: Later this morning, I will be arguing four related appeals before a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania sitting in Philadelphia. As a result, additional posts will appear here this evening.

“Constitution Day Is Also About State-Level Protections”: Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton has this essay online at Real Clear Politics.

“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?“