“Barrett emerges as the anti-Kavanaugh; Both parties had their reasons for pursuing a less drama-fueled Supreme Court confirmation hearing”: Burgess Everett and John Bresnahan of Politico have this report.

“To Democrats’ frustration, GOP predicts clear sailing as Barrett testimony ends”: Robert Barnes, Seung Min Kim, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

“Bernard Cohen, lawyer who won victory for interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia, dies at 86”: Emily Langer of The Washington Post has written this obituary.

“Amy Coney Barrett Won’t Say Trump’s Obvious Lawlessness Is Lawless; Her refusal to answer basic questions is not judicial independence; It’s aiding and abetting the president’s election fraud”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Amy Coney Barrett Closes Out Testimony, on Track for Senate Approval; Republicans line up behind Supreme Court nominee while Democrats suggest she is a threat to widely accepted rights”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Delayed election, mail-in ballots and transfer of power: Barrett steers clear of Trump’s strike zone; The Supreme Court nominee was careful not to contradict legally dubious assertions by Trump or address political controversies that he stokes on Twitter.” Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“‘Severability’ Could Save Health Law, Graham Says and Barrett Seems to Agree; Warnings from Democrats that Republicans and their Supreme Court nominee threaten the Affordable Care Act elicited reassuring words from both Senator Lindsey Graham and Judge Amy Coney Barrett”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“Barrett, Vowing Independence, Is Haunted by Trump’s Demands; Judge Amy Coney Barrett is not the first Supreme Court nominee to profess her independence, but her task has been made far more complicated by the president who nominated her”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Be Afraid of Coney Barrett’s Views on Supreme Court Precedents; The Supreme Court nominee was particularly elusive about a landmark contraceptive case”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly.

“As Supreme Court Case on Affordable Care Act Looms, GOP Divided on How — and Whether — to Replace It; Some Republicans are playing down the possibility that the high court will invalidate the health law, while others believe the party should emphasize its ideas for a replacement”: Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“The size of the Supreme Court is only part of the problem”: Law professor Judith Resnik has this essay online at CNN.

“Supreme Court Justices Are Politicians, Too; And just like Republican politicians, the conservative justices are dedicated to preserving the right’s minority rule”: Alex Pareene has this post online at The New Republic.

“The Heartlessness of Amy Coney Barrett’s Originalism; The nominee embraces originalism and claims it’s a neutral reading of the law; Here’s what that misses”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“How Conservative Is Amy Coney Barrett?” Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, Laura Bronner, and Anna Wiederkehr have this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“How Would Amy Coney Barrett Rule as a Supreme Court Justice?” Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this post online at The New Yorker.