“If a seventh grader starts trading fake burps for laughs in gym class, what’s a teacher to do?” So beings a dissenting opinion that Tenth Circuit Judge Neil M. Gorsuch issued today.

“State intends to fight new trial ruling for Adnan Syed of ‘Serial'”: Justin Fenton of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

“Ancient Treasures Shouldn’t Be Compensation for Terror Victims”: Law professor Noah Feldman has an essay online today at Bloomberg View that begins, “A federal appeals court has ruled that terrorism victims can’t seize priceless Iranian artifacts held by the University of Chicago in fulfillment of a judgment against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

“Two judges, best friends, bonded by gift of life”: Bill Glauber of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this heartwarming report.

“‘Activist judge’ compares surrogacy to human trafficking”: Daniel Bice has this front page article in today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“George Ryan lawyer blasts Easterbrook”: Patricia Manson of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin has this report today.

Law professor emeritus Albert W. Alschuler‘s article, described as a “Memoir,” appears in the current issue of the Valparaiso University Law Review under the title “How Frank Easterbrook Kept George Ryan in Prison.”

“The Top 5 Law Blogs All Lawyers Should Be Reading”: Bryan Koenig of Law360.com has an article (subscription required for full access) today that begins, “Attorneys everywhere are reading blogs for meaningful discussion on major events in their profession, and while exact interests vary by practice area, a number of blogs top the list of favorites for those looking to follow major happenings in the legal community.”

I am honored to see that “How Appealing” appears in second place on this list of the top-five must-read law blogs.

In the August 2016 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Juror strikes in capital murder case were based on race, SCOTUS rules.”

And Victor Li has an article headlined “50-year story of the Miranda warning has the twists of a cop show.”

Thanks to the excess of link-worthy material that accompanied the end of the U.S. Supreme Court‘s most recent Term, I previously neglected to link to the contents of the July 2016 issue of the ABA Journal magazine.

“Longtime federal judge Franklin Van Antwerpen has died”: Dan Sheehan of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has an article that begins, “Franklin Van Antwerpen of Palmer Township, a senior judge with the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, died Monday.”

“Daily Mail Must Face Defamation Suit After Using Photo of Porn Star in HIV Story; The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concludes that reasonable readers could have assumed that Danni Ashe had tested positive”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“[S]tate supreme courts have become, at least for the time being, the last safeguard of the United States Constitution in the vast majority of criminal cases”: So writes Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt, concurring in a decision that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today in a post-AEDPA case.

A separate concurring opinion that Circuit Judge Jay S. Bybee issued in the same case is also worth a look.

“Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media”: Nick Tabor has this Daily Intelligencer interview online at New York magazine.

“There ought to be a law, but there isn’t: Upskirting not a crime in Ga.” Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Georgia appeals court says ‘upskirting’ not against the law.”

You can access this month’s 6-to-3 en banc ruling of the Court of Appeals of Georgia at this link.

“Justices Show How Disclosing Revisions Offers (Confers?) Benefits”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court Smacked Down this Draconian Anti-Abortion Law, but Texas Has Other Plans; The war on women is far from over”: Becca Andrews has this article online at Mother Jones.

“Property rights disputes might dominate docket”: Robin Bravender of Greenwire has this report.

“Why Obama Has Failed to Close Guantanamo: Congress is blamed for preventing the President from fulfilling his pledge; But that’s not the whole story.” Connie Bruck has this article in the August 1, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.