“Supreme Court nominee out in cold as election heats up”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Administration asks new immigration review with 9 justices”: The Associated Press has this report.

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Obama administration asks Supreme Court to rehear immigration case.”

You can view the rehearing petition at this link.

“Possible sequel for Patricia Cornwell saga”: Milton J. Valencia of The Boston Globe has an article that begins, “Crime writer Patricia Cornwell, who won a $50.9 million lawsuit against her former financial services company only to see it disappear because of a legal technicality, won an appeal Monday, granting her a sequel to the first trial.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link.

“November trial date set for Sigfredo Garcia”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report. The article explains that “Garcia will stand trial on charges of first-degree murder in the shooting of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel.”

And at “The Sisterhood” blog of The Forward, Veronika Bondarenko has a post titled “Ex-Wife of Slain Law Professor Dan Markel Speaks Out.”

“ELB Podcast Episode 14. Erwin Chemerinsky: Did Justice Ginsburg Cross the Line?” Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

“Kosher Prison Food Isn’t Strictly for Kosher Prisoners”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“The Supreme Court and political world are more entangled than either acknowledges”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Markel murder marks two years; Details flood second anniversary of Markel slaying”: Karl Etters has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat.

“Merrick Garland Deserves a Vote — For Democracy’s Sake; Playing political football with a Supreme Court nomination erodes the rule of law and leaves major issues in limbo”: President Barack Obama has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Judge as Umpire: Ten Principles.” On March 30, 2015, D.C. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered that year’s Pope John XXIII Lecture at the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.

The video of Judge Kavanaugh’s lecture has been available online on YouTube via this link since April 2015, although fewer than 500 people have viewed it as of moments before I published this post. The text of the lecture is now receiving wider distribution (even apart from the foregoing link on “How Appealing”), as it appears in the Spring 2016 issue of The Catholic University Law Review.

“How Mike Pence Became a Conservative Hero: Unwavering Opposition to Abortion.” Monica Davey and Michael Barbaro have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Ginsburg’s damage to the Supreme Court”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“On Trump, ACLU Hits Target That Ginsburg Missed”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his “Jost on Justice” blog.

“FSU law professor fought ex-wife in the courts until murderous end”: Rebeca Piccardo has this front page article in today’s edition of The South Florida Sun Sentinel.

“The right to bear arms has mostly been for white people; Gun laws, historically, weren’t colorblind”: Law professor Adam Winkler has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Clinton will push constitutional amendment to ‘overturn Citizens United'”: David Weigel of The Washington Post has this report.

“Cloud-Storage Ruling for Microsoft Helps Criminals, Not Privacy”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“Punished for Being Poor: The Virginia scheme that suspends the driver’s license of anyone who can’t pay trivial fines.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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.

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg Expresses Regret for Criticizing Trump”: Michael D. Shear of The New York Times has this report.

“Appeals court rules feds can withhold criminal mug shots”: Tresa Baldas of The Detroit Free Press has this report.

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. can withhold defendants’ mug shots, appeals court says.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Feds can withhold mug shots of criminal defendants.”

My earlier coverage of today’s en banc Sixth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

View live, online the UC Irvine School of Law‘s “6th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review” this afternoon: Via this link. I am honored to be one of the panelists, and my distinguished co-panelists — including Dahlia Lithwick and Robert Barnes — are not to be missed. The event begins at 3 p.m. eastern time, noon pacific time.

By vote of 9-to-7, en banc Sixth Circuit holds that FOIA does not require the release of federal indictees’ booking photos: You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Ginsburg expresses ‘regret’ for remarks criticizing Trump”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologizes for ‘ill-advised’ criticism of Donald Trump.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Ginsburg regrets ‘ill-advised’ criticism of Trump.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg apologizes for Trump remarks.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Ginsburg Says She Regrets ‘Ill-Advised’ Comments on Trump.”

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has a report headlined “Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘I regret making’ Donald Trump remarks.”

“McConnell’s historic judge blockade: The window for approving more Obama court picks is narrowing — but it’s not slammed completely shut.” Seung Min Kim of Politico.com has this report today.

“Microsoft wins U.S. appeal over warrant for emails held abroad”: Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel of Reuters have this report.

And Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News reports that “Microsoft Wins Protection for E-Mails Stored Outside U.S.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Ninth Circuit grants en banc review in case where dissenting judge wrote that “[t]he majority opinion is needless, wrong, and raises serious constitutional concerns with the separation of powers”: Today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting en banc review can be accessed here.

My earlier coverage of the original divided three-judge panel’s opinion appears at this link.

“Former Oregon governor’s personal emails ordered withheld from investigators”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“GM not protected from ignition switch claims: U.S. appeals court.” Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court ruling opens GM to billions in death, injury claims.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.