“Independent Judiciary, RIP: With the Coney Barret vote, Republicans complete their hostile takeover of the Supreme Court.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly.

“How the Senate GOP’s right turn paved the way for Barrett; The new Supreme Court justice was considered potentially too conservative to be confirmed just two years ago”: Burgess Everett and Marianne LeVine of Politico have this report.

“Murkowski predicts Barrett won’t overturn Roe v. Wade”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

“Biden Rules Out Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices”: Jennifer Epstein of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Senate Confirms Barrett, Delivering for Trump and Reshaping the Court; The vote capped a brazen feat for Republicans, who pushed through a Supreme Court nominee in little more than five weeks with the election looming”: Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times has this report.

Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post reports that “Senate confirms Barrett to Supreme Court, cementing its conservative majority.”

Jennifer Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to Supreme Court by GOP senators.”

Lindsay Wise and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice; GOP-led Senate approves her nomination largely along party lines.”

Nicholas Wu and Christal Hayes of USA Today report that “Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to the Supreme Court, giving conservatives a 6-3 majority.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett, gives Trump 3rd Supreme Court justice.”

Lisa Mascaro of The Associated Press reports that “Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote.”

Steve Holland and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “U.S. Senate confirms Trump’s Supreme Court pick Barrett in nearly party-line vote.”

Steven T. Dennis of Bloomberg News reports that “Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court.”

Sahil Kapur, Julie Tsirkin, and Rebecca Shabad of NBC News report that “Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett, heralding new conservative era for Supreme Court; Some legal experts say this will be the most conservative court since before World War II.”

Clare Foran and Ted Barrett of CNN report that “Senate confirms Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a week ahead of Election Day.”

Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, cements 6-3 conservative majority; Barrett will be Trump’s third justice appointed to the Supreme Court, the most for any president since Ronald Reagan.”

Andrew Desiderio of Politico reports that “Senate confirms Barrett to Supreme Court, sealing a conservative majority for decades; Her confirmation caps off Trump and McConnell’s reshaping of the federal judiciary.”

Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett but controversy follows her to the Supreme Court; Political spotlight will quickly shift from the Senate chamber to the Supreme Court docket.”

And Jordain Carney of The Hill reports that “GOP Senate confirms Trump Supreme Court pick to succeed Ginsburg.”

“Trump’s taxes, election and abortion cases await Amy Coney Barrett in her first week”: Devan Cole, Ariane de Vogue, and Caroline Kelly of CNN have this report.

“Longtime federal appeals court Judge Juan Torruella dies”: Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press has this report.

“Barrett’s evasiveness alarms LGBTQ advocates fearful Supreme Court may roll back protections”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Senate to vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to Supreme Court following all-night Senate session”: Nicholas Wu and Christal Hayes of USA Today have this report.

Sarah N. Lynch of Reuters reports that “Senate likely to confirm Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court, cementing conservative majority.”

Clare Foran and Ted Barrett of CNN report that “Senate to confirm Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a week ahead of Election Day.”

Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Senate Democrats speak all night on Senate floor as Barrett confirmation edges closer to Monday night vote; Democrats spoke all night Sunday into Monday on the Senate floor.”

And on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Carrie Johnson had an audio segment titled “The Senate Nears Confirming Trump’s 3rd Supreme Court Justice.”

“How Amy Coney Barrett Could Shape The Supreme Court For Decades”: This interview with law professor Randy Barnett appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

“How to safeguard progressive legislation against the Supreme Court: Poison pills; It’s a less-confrontational approach than court-packing.” Law professors Aziz Huq and Darrell A.H. Miller have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation jeopardizes more than abortion; The threat to birth control — and in vitro fertilization — is increasingly plausible, especially in an America without Roe v. Wade”: Law professors Mary Ziegler and Rachel Rebouché have this essay online at NBC News.

“GOP bets Democrats won’t expand Supreme Court. Progressives say: Call their bluff. Progressives saw Mitch McConnell’s recent comments that Democrats ‘won’t be able to do much about [Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation] for a long time to come’ as a dare.” Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“Republicans have already packed state supreme courts; Norms against changing the size of courts for partisan reasons are selectively upheld”: Law professor Marin K. Levy has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Missing From Supreme Court’s Election Cases: Reasons for Its Rulings; In a series of terse, unsigned orders, the court has been deciding many election disputes on its ‘shadow docket’ without a murmur of explanation.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Trump’s conservative imprint on the federal judiciary gives Democrats a playbook — if they win”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.