Programming note: My all-too-brief visit to lovely southern California will be coming to an end on Saturday morning (local time) as I begin my journey back east. This evening, I will be making my first-ever visit to Angel Stadium to see the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim host the Chicago White Sox. [Update: Final score — Angels 7, White Sox 0. Both the game and my visit to Angel Statium were great fun.]

Additional posts will appear here on Saturday night. As always while I am traveling, “How Appealing” readers are invited to follow this blog’s Twitter feed, where appellate-related retweets are likely to appear more frequently. I am reliably advised that this blog’s Twitter feed is only a few followers shy of 6,000, so you could help me reach that milestone if you act soon.

“Democracy Has Its Costs, Including Your Mug Shot”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

Johnny Love Vodka scores win on appeal against Pucker Vodka: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this ruling yesterday.

“Appeals court: Florida must provide prisoners kosher food.” The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“Tom Brady says he will ‘no longer proceed with the legal process’ in Deflategate; Brady will serve his 4-game suspension”: Henry McKenna of boston.com has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Brady to drop appeal, serve 4-game ‘Deflategate’ suspension.”

“The True Story of the Last Cuban Diplomat to the U.S. . . . and why his son is suing the CIA”: CJ Ciaramella had this article online at The Washington Free Beacon back in May 2014.

Yesterday, the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued this ruling in favor of the son in his suit against the CIA.

“Election Cases Move Toward U.S. Supreme Court, Risking Deadlocks”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.