“Sarah Palin email hacker loses appeal”: Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report.

My earlier coverage of today’s Sixth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

“Full D.C. Circuit Examines Use Of Machine Guns In Violent Crime”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Long-Dead Ohio Farmer, Roscoe Filburn, Plays Crucial Role in Health Care Fight”: Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has this report.

In today’s mail: An advance review copy of the book “The Last Justice,” by Anthony J. Franze.

And speaking of works of fiction involving U.S. Supreme Court Justices being gunned down, last month attorney David A. Wollin sent me a letter announcing his new e-book — “Death to the Bone” — which according to the author was inspired in part by a post (perhaps this one?) that the author read here at “How Appealing.”

“Why Jones is still less of a pro-privacy decision than most thought”: Tom Goldstein has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“TN Supreme Court to decide role of Nashville sheriff’s office in immigration; Immigration enforcement is at heart of lawsuit”: Today’s edition of The Tennessean contains an article that begins, “The future role of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office is in the hands of the Tennessee Supreme Court, which has been asked to weigh in on a federal lawsuit that challenges the authority of the department to enforce federal immigration law.”

“Supreme Court Fails to Communicate Effectively to Public, Law Scholar Argues”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

“Conviction and sentence upheld in Palin email case”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.