“Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk, in Washington”: The New York Times has this report.

“The Slave-State Origins of Modern Gun Rights: The idea that citizens have an unfettered constitutional right to carry weapons in public originates in the antebellum South, and its culture of violence and honor.” Saul Cornell and Eric M. Ruben have this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2015?” You can access the audio and video from today’s Federalist Society event via this link.

“In Session With U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer”: The audio from yesterday’s broadcast of KQED Radio’s “Forum with Michael Krasny” can be accessed via this link.

“Pope Francis Sends Wrong Message to Kim Davis”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Keeping Conspiracy Out of Guantanamo Trials”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Court upholds California law to control paparazzi’s driving”: The Associated Press has this report.

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “California Law Punishing Paparazzi for High-Speed Celebrity Chases Is Upheld; Appeals court rules that it doesn’t impinge free speech or press rights under First Amendment.”

You can access today’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District at this link.

“Supreme Court justice says she owes female predecessors”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Wednesday she stands ‘on the shoulders’ of the women who came before her on the court.”

“‘Mr. Clean Water Act’ faces his biggest challenge”: Jeremy P. Jacobs and Annie Snider of Greenwire have this report.

“Gov. Mary Fallin postpones Richard Glossip’s execution until Nov. 6”: The Tulsa World has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Governor halts execution for Oklahoma inmate.”

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has issued a statement titled “Governor Fallin Issues Stay of Richard Glossip Execution While State Reviews Protocol Questions.”

“Billionaire Koch defeats appeal in fake wine case”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a non-precedential summary order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Inmate challenges execution over use of ‘secret’ drugs”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Retroactivity, the Due Process Clause, and the Federal Question in Montgomery v. Louisiana“: Jason M. Zarrow and William H. Milliken have this essay at Stanford Law Review Online. Earlier this year, they published a related article in the Indiana Law Review.

“Court Rules N.C.A.A. ‘Is Not Above Antitrust Laws'”: The New York Times has this news update reporting on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

In other coverage, Dan Levine and David Ingram of Reuters report that “U.S. appeals court upholds most of antitrust ruling against NCAA.”

Pamela A Maclean and Eben Novy-Williams of Bloomberg News report that “U.S. College Athletes Get School Costs Paid But No Cash.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court rules NCAA in violation of antitrust laws.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Appeals court rules that ban on pay for college athletes is illegal.”

NextGen Appellate CM/ECF e-filing update: Earlier this month, I had a post titled “Is the current method of federal appellate electronic filing becoming technologically obsolete?” and a related follow-up post the next morning.

Yesterday evening, I received the following email from longtime “How Appealing” reader David A. Sellers, who serves as Public Affairs Officer at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts:

I am pleased to notify you that earlier today we informed the courts that the first release of the appellate version of the Next Generation of CM/ECF (NextGen) software is now available to all appellate courts and bankruptcy appellate panels. The AO will provide training and support assistance to these courts as they begin the process of installing, configuring, testing, and training their staff and the bar on the new features provided in this release. Each court determines when it is prepared to go-live, so implementation dates will vary.

As you know, the Second and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, serving as pilot courts, have been live on the first release of NextGen CM/ECF since October 2014, working closely with the AO to identify improvements to the application. This effort has resulted in a NextGen CM/ECF product that is stable and ready for deployment to the remaining appellate courts and bankruptcy appellate panels.

NextGen CM/ECF Release 1.0.1 for the appellate courts and bankruptcy appellate panels will provide enhanced Appellate Attorney Filing. This means the Java plug-in for attorney filers has been removed and a more modern and streamlined interface has been provided. (The removal of the Java plug-in allows attorneys to be able to continue to file using browsers such as Microsoft Edge and Chrome, which have recently dropped support of the Java plug-in.)

It also will provide Central Sign-on, so all public and judiciary users will be able to maintain one account to access all courts that are live on the first release of the NextGen CM/ECF software.

I thank David for sending along this welcome news and for allowing me to share it with this blog’s readership.

“US supreme court: conservatives set to retake reins after year of liberal wins; After a spate liberal decisions on gay marriage and Obamacare, experts predict the court’s conservative majority will reassert itself ahead of the 2016 election.” Dan Roberts of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Snyder expected to name new Michigan Supreme Court justice Wednesday”: MLive.com has this report.

“Colorado Supreme Court weighs avalanche risk in ski-area wrongful-death case; Lawyers spar over whether lawmakers intended list of risks in Colorado Ski Safety Act to be exclusive”: Jason Blevins has this front page article in today’s edition of The Denver Post.

And The Associated Press reports that “Colorado high court weighs ski resorts’ avalanche liability.”

“Doug Kendall, Liberal Who Challenged Supreme Court’s Conservatives, Dies at 51”: This obituary appears online at The New York Times.