“Judge Scolds Plaintiffs Lawyers for Brief With 76 Footnotes”: Marisa Kendall of The Recorder has this report (subscription or registration required for full access).

Fortunately, subscription or registration is not required to access in full the brief in question, Google’s objection to that brief, and the federal district judge’s order granting that motion to strike.

“Ted Cruz wins endorsement of Ginni Thomas”: CNN.com has this report.

My earlier coverage appears at this link.

“Colorado Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Office of the State Court Administrator launch Twitter accounts”: The Judicial Branch of Colorado issued this news release today.

“The Real Court Case Behind Bridge of Spies: The story of the prisoner exchange in Spielberg’s latest drama originates from a strangely decided, controversial case.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Texas v. United States: Fifth Circuit declares President Reagan’s immigration regulation unlawful.” Marty Lederman has this post at “Balkinization.”

“Does Fisher I Establish Jurisdiction For Fisher II?” Richard M. Re has this post today at “PrawfsBlawg.”

“Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch questions plans for moving Guantanamo prisoners to U.S.” Timothy M. Phelps of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Lynch douses talk of Obama going rogue on Guantanamo closure.”

“Video: A Conversation with Ken Starr.” The Texas Tribune posted this video online today.

“What a Breeze: The Case for the ‘Impure’ Opinion (Part 2).” Ross Guberman, a longtime “How Appealing” reader who I had the pleasure of meeting for the first time at the 2015 AJEI Summit on Sunday morning, is the author of the November 2015 installment of the “Plain Language” column in the Michigan Bar Journal.

You can also access part one of Guberman’s essay, from last month’s issue, at this link.

“Uber can’t appeal class certification order in U.S. driver lawsuit”: Dan Levine of Reuters has this report.

“Ginni Thomas: I Am Proudly Endorsing Ted Cruz for President in 2016.” The presidential campaign of Ted Cruz has posted this video online at YouTube.

Or as Adam Liptak of The New York Times notes on Twitter, “After mentioning that her husband is on the Supreme Court, Ginni Thomas endorses Ted Cruz.”

“Texas law leads to more attempts at self-induced abortions — study”: Reuters has this report.

“A Conversation with Sonia Sotomayor”: Live online from the University of Richmond School of Law via this link.

“Anthony Kennedy’s Right to Choose: The justice who cares about dignity and autonomy should vote against Texas’ abortion law.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“Criminal Justice System Reform: The Cato Institute held a discussion with two federal judges on criminal justice system issues.” Yesterday, Cato hosted this dialogue (video via C-SPAN) between Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and Fourth Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III.

Access online the NCAA’s opposition to rehearing en banc filed in the Ninth Circuit‘s O’Bannon case: Attorney Seth P. Waxman appears as counsel of record on the NCAA’s answer in opposition filed yesterday.

“Forensic Pseudoscience: The Unheralded Crisis of Criminal Justice.” Nathan J. Robinson has this article in the November/December 2015 issue of Boston Review.

“‘Outrageous Government Conduct’: Is It OK when the government makes up crimes to catch criminals? What if they’re not criminals?” Adam Wisnieski has this article online at The Crime Report.

“Supreme Court Landmark Case Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer“: C-SPAN has posted the video of last night’s broadcast, featuring law professor Michael Gerhardt and William Howell, at this link.

“Bryan Garner on interviewing Supreme Court Justices”: Thanks to Bloomberg BNA, an interesting podcast from “Hsu untied” has come to my attention.

You can follow “How Appealing” on Twitter: Via this link. Every post at this blog automatically generates a Tweet, alerting you to new content. And when I’m on the road, as I was last week at the tremendously worthwhile 2015 Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit, lots of appellate-related re-Tweets frequently will appear even though the blog itself shows no new activity.

“Do Supreme Court Justices Need Litmus Test?” Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

And in related coverage at “Above the Law,” David Lat has a post titled “Ten Years Of The Roberts Court.”

“11 amicus briefs filed in support of Bob McDonnell”: Andrew Cain of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.

And Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post reports that “Bob McDonnell’s high-profile supporters urge Supreme Court to take case.”

“Pa. voters to be asked: Is 70-plus too old for a judge?” Matthew Nussbaum has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

In today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Karen Langley has an article headlined “Pennsylvania voters will decide next year if judges can work to age 75.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania voters will decide whether mandatory retirement age for judges should be 70 or 75.”

“Justice Antonin Scalia Questions Logic Behind Gay Rights Protections”: Adam Liptak had this post last night at the “FirstDraft” blog of The New York Times.

“Prison Town in Colorado Doesn’t Want Guantanamo Detainees”: Jack Healy has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.