“Brett Kavanaugh delivers first major speech at conservative Federalist Society gala”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“DOJ sidesteps Supreme Court battle over illegal immigrant teen abortions”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

“Senate confirms Menashi to U.S. Court of Appeals in New York”: Felicia Sonmez and Colby Itkowitz of The Washington Post have this report.

Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “White House Lawyer Confirmed to Federal Judgeship Over Democratic Objections; Senate puts Steven Menashi on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals despite controversial writings on race, sexual assault.”

Matthew Daly of The Associated Press reports that “Senate confirms White House lawyer as appeals court judge.”

Ted Barrett of CNN reports that “Controversial Trump judicial pick Steven Menashi confirmed 51-41.”

Jordain Carney of The Hill reports that “Senate confirms controversial circuit court nominee.”

Niels Lesniewski of Roll Call reports that “Democrats protest, but Senate confirms Steven Menashi to federal appeals court; Nominee for Second Circuit described as ‘bottom crawler’ by Democratic leader.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Trump Flips Second Circuit With Controversial Judge.”

You can access the U.S. Senate‘s official roll call vote tally confirming this nominee by a vote of 51-to-41 at this link.

“Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Looking to Establish Fund to Compensate Victims of Abuse; Program would be run by architects of Sept. 11 fund, including attorney Kenneth Feinberg”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Trump Asks Supreme Court to Bar Release of His Tax Returns; A fight over a Manhattan grand jury subpoena could yield a major decision on presidential power”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Trump asks Supreme Court to shield his tax returns from prosecutors, setting up historic separation-of-powers showdown.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to shield his tax returns from investigators.”

Jess Bravin, Brent Kendall, and Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block New York Subpoena for Tax Records; Manhattan district attorney seeks records from Trump’s accountants in probe of hush-money payments to women.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “President Trump asks Supreme Court to block access to his tax returns, setting up separation of powers battle.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Trump wants Supreme Court to block subpoena for his taxes.”

Lawrence Hurley and Karen Freifeld of Reuters report that “Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to prevent release of his tax returns.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Asks High Court to Block N.Y. Subpoena for Tax Returns.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to block subpoena for tax returns.”

Dareh Gregorian of NBC News reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to keep his tax returns away from prosecutors; The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has subpoenaed Trump’s accountants for the returns.”

Darren Samuelsohn and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Trump lawyers take fight over tax returns to Supreme Court.”

And John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Trump appeals to Supreme Court to keep tax returns from NY prosecutors.”

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Kavanaugh to address the conservative legal establishment that championed his nomination”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “A large group of protesters and a video replay of accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s Senate testimony greeted Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh Thursday night as he appeared at a gala for the conservative legal establishment that championed his nomination.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to get hero’s welcome from conservative Federalist Society.”

Marty Johnson of The Hill reports that “Protesters roll out a screen playing Blasey Ford’s testimony ahead of Federalist Society dinner.”

And Caitlin Yilek of Washington Examiner reports that “Protesters dressed as handmaids blare Blasey Ford testimony at Kavanaugh dinner.”

Greetings from Pentagon City, Virginia: Which will be my home for the next four nights as I attend the 2019 Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit in Washington, DC.

The event gets underway this afternoon with a keynote talk from Justice Neil M. Gorsuch. The next panel will focus on news coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court and features Adam Liptak of The New York Times. Today’s final event consists of a reception this evening at the U.S. Supreme Court itself.

At this blog’s Twitter feed, I will be posting photos and coverage of the event. And as always while I am traveling, more frequent appellate-related retweets will appear there as well.