“Supreme Court rules police don’t need warrant to get past cell phone location data”: Dan Carden of The Times of Munster, Indiana has this report.

And Dave Stafford of The Indiana Lawyer reports that “Justices rule police may get cell location data without warrant.”

You can access today’s 3-to-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of Indiana at this link.

“Arguments heard in Carr brothers’ case before state Supreme Court”: Jonathan Shorman of The Wichita Eagle has this report.

And Steve Fry of The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that “Cases of Jonathan Carr, Reginald Carr return to Kansas Supreme Court; Carrs want prison terms, blame one another.”

“Utah Supreme Court’s first female judge retiring from the bench”: Pamela Manson of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

“Who is Arizona’s second-most famous U.S. Supreme Court justice?” Columnist Mark Nothaft has this essay online at The Arizona Republic.

“Yellowhammer’s Exclusive Interview with Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Lyn Stuart”: Yellowhammer News has posted online this interview.

“Combating the Ninth Circuit Judicial Vacancy Crisis”: Law professor Carl W. Tobias has this article at Washington and Lee Law Review Online.

“Supreme Court Protesters Plead Guilty To Misdemeanor Charges”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Hogan Lovell’s Katyal on Gorsuch, Diversity and the President’s ‘Corrosive’ Influence”: Casey Sullivan of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Court challenges to Trump policies may multiply”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

15 years of “How Appealing” — Reflections from the author: On Saturday, May 6, 2017, this blog will celebrate its 15th birthday. Fittingly, I will be in Atlanta then, looking forward to attending a baseball game with my family that evening at SunTrust Park, the St. Louis Cardinals at the Atlanta Braves. This weekend’s focus will be, as it should be, on my son, who on Monday will graduate from college and who, in the fall, will embark on his law school career.

During the 15 years that this blog has been in existence, five justices have departed from, and another five justices have joined, the U.S. Supreme Court. This blog chronicled it all. The Philadelphia Phillies reached the World Series twice, winning once. This blog chronicled that, too. Over the past 15 years, my wife and I have celebrated our 15th, 20th, and 25th wedding anniversaries. My son was 7 years old when this blog began; today he is 22. In February 2004, I decided to launch my solo appellate practice in suburban Philadelphia, and every year has been better than the last. Aside from everything else that my solo appellate practice has allowed me to do, it also afforded more time for me to spend both with my family and publishing posts here at “How Appealing.”

Over the past decade and a half, this blog has posted countless installments of “In Bashman News from Australia” and far fewer installments of “In Bashman Newz from New Zealand.” One of my favorite instances of “Bashman News” during this blog’s tenure originated from London in this article, which I’m not sure I previously linked to.

During this blog’s lifespan, I have learned that this blog’s readers include both Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and a man who really wants to visit his local public library without wearing shoes. For me, meeting so many of this blog’s readers in person has been one of the greatest rewards of this endeavor. Here’s hoping I can meet many more of you in the years ahead.

Finally, thanks to all of this blog’s readers who have already sent emails to appellateblog@hotmail.com describing what “How Appealing” means to them, why they read this blog, what they like or dislike about it, or describing a moment in the history of this blog that was memorable for them. I will begin publishing those emails on Wednesday of next week, so that you can see for yourselves what a wonderful group of readers this blog is fortunate to have. Thanks again for making this possible!

“Rev. Paul Scalia, son of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, on faith and doubt”: Joe Heim will have this Q&A in this Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post Magazine.

“Top Kansas court to revisit death penalty in Wichita murders”: John Hanna of The Associated Press has this report.

“Police Don’t Need a Search Warrant to Use Your Cell Phone Records to Track Your Location. Will SCOTUS Do Something About it? The Supreme Court is asked to give the third-party doctrine a second look.” Damon Root has this post at Reason.com’s “Hit & Run” blog.

“If retail politics doesn’t kill this $1 trillion tax, the Supreme Court should”: Theodore B. Olson has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“What’s Left for Supreme Court this Term?” Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy fate is now up to Chief Justice John Roberts”: Nathan Bomey of USA Today has this report.

“Rumors surround Justice Kennedy exit, but he’s not talking”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.