“One Of Trump’s Judicial Nominees Blogged Under A Pen Name That Ted Cruz Was A ‘Sore Loser'”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“R-E-S-P-E-C-T(ing) The Denial Of Rehearing En Banc: Paging all legal nerds . . . .” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

“8 judges on Venezuela’s Supreme Court hit with US sanctions”: Joshua Goodman and Christina Armario of The Associated Press have this report.

15 years of “How Appealing” — reader mail: Today’s email is from attorney Peter Goldberger:

Congratulations!

Amazing 15 year run. I have read the blog nearly every day for all those years. I have probably learned something interesting about my field every week from reading HA, and something I could use to help a client in a current case at least once a month. No other online resource comes close.

Peter, thank you for the very kind email, for your friendship over the years, and for sending along blog-worthy items from time to time. I will post another reader email tomorrow.

“11th Circuit Greenlights Smokers’ Suits Against Tobacco Companies”: Katheryn Hayes Tucker of The Fulton County Daily Report has an article that begins, “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a 284-page en banc opinion Thursday saying that smokers who won a class action against tobacco companies can also file individual lawsuits.”

And WUSF News reports that “Appeals Court Deals Blow To Tobacco Companies.”

Circuit Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. wrote yesterday’s majority opinion for the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Circuit Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat — who at least for the time being remains exempt from the word-count limits of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure — issued a 227-page dissenting opinion (excluding exhibits).

“The Constitutional Challenge To The CFPB”: Leah Litman has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“Developing law’s methodology”: Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” linking to a symposium issue of The University of Chicago Law Review now available online. The issue contains a bunch of interesting submissions, including two by currently serving Seventh Circuit judges.

“Faith, Family, and Religious Freedom: A Conversation with Justice Samuel Alito.” Eric Banecker has this post at the “Seminarian Casual” blog.

“Mark your calendars now for AJEI 2017, the nation’s premier appellate educational event!” The Appellate Judges Education Institute has posted this “Save the Date” notice online.

The Summit will take place from Thursday, November 2 through Sunday, November 5, 2017 in Long Beach, California. I will be attending the Summit and will be the moderator of a panel on the morning of Saturday, November 4th that fans of appellate law blogs and of the “First Mondays” podcast won’t want to miss.

“The Simple Answer to Judge Paez’s Question about Korematsu”: Josh Blackman has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.