Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. The Kavanaugh saga has taken over the usual preparations for the new Supreme Court term that begins Oct. 1. We offer a vignette of court advocates clearly pondering what will happen next. On a much-needed lighter note, we report on a Supreme Court trivia contest that stumped some top-tier lawyers. And then, a look at the life and hard times of the “reasonable expectation of privacy” standard in Fourth Amendment annals. Thanks for reading, and we welcome feedback at [email protected] and [email protected].

Kavanaugh Controversy Takes Its Toll Among Supreme Court Bar

No matter what happens to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the hastily reopened Senate Judiciary Committee hearing next Monday, the stunning turn of events has already cast a pall on the Supreme Court bar.