“In Puerto Rico, Romney repeats Sotomayor criticism”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Judges grill NRC over spent-fuel muddle”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report.

Upcoming blog-related milestones: At some point over the next day or so, this blog’s Sitemeter hit counter will pass the 20 million page view mark. When “How Appealing” came into being on May 6, 2002, I had yet to install the Sitemeter counter, and thus the blog has in all likelihood already eclipsed that mark. Soon, however, actual evidence of that accomplishment will exist.

A few days ago, this blog recorded its 45,000th post on the Movable Type blogging platform, which “How Appealing” switched to from Blogger in March 2005.

Last but not least, this blog will turn ten years old on May 6, 2012. Between now and then, I will try and find some appropriate way to commemorate the event.

“Court says no TV cameras at health care arguments”: The Associated Press has this report.

Joan Biskupic of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court to release audio in healthcare cases.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Prompt release of health care audiotapes.”

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Just In: Supreme Court Will Expedite Release of Audio for Health Care Arguments.”

And at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Jess Bravin has a rather humorous post titled “Supreme Court to Release Same-Day Audio of Health Care Arguments.”

The U.S. Supreme Court today issued this news release.

“Ninth Circuit certifies 2 legal questions for CNMI Supreme Court”: This article appears Saturday in The Saipan Tribune.

You can access Monday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“How the Roberts court could save Obama’s health-care reform”: Robert Barnes has this essay online at The Washington Post.

And at CNN.com, law professor James F. Simon has an essay entitled “Will healthcare law pit Obama vs. Roberts?”

“Kentucky high court hears Amish buggy case; Public safety versus religion is debated”: This article appears today in The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky.

“N.D. Supreme Court grills attorneys in nickname case; Justices weigh constitutional issues, with ruling likely within weeks”: The Grand Forks Herald today contains an article that begins, “After an hour of sometimes intricate legal questioning Thursday, the North Dakota Supreme Court took hold of the long-running and much-contested case of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname.”

“Washington Elites Queue Up to See Nine Justices on Hot Seat; Supreme Court Arguments on Health Law Trigger Mad Dash for a Few Dozen Spots”: Janet Adamy and Jess Bravin have this front page article today in The Wall Street Journal.

“No Way to Choose a Judge”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “In a serious setback for justice in Alabama, primary voters chose Roy Moore to be their candidate for chief justice of the State Supreme Court in November.”