“Rendell’s role in Third Circuit en banc cases, and another look at whether the court uses en banc rehearing ideologically”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

“Clock running out on challenges to voting rights cases in key states”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Hillary Clinton will likely have a unique chance to remake the federal judiciary”: Matthew Yglesias has this post at Vox.com.

“The Tenth Circuit vs. Brand X”: Daniel Hemel has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

Programming note: This evening, I will be in Washington, DC watching the Washington Nationals host the Baltimore Orioles, attending the game with a DC-based baseball superfan. As a result, additional posts will appear here on Thursday morning.

In the interim, as usual while I am on the road, additional appellate-related retweets may appear on this blog’s now-verified Twitter feed.

“Victims of attacks in Israel lose U.S. appeal vs Lebanese bank”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“One sitting judge and two aspiring judges from Kentucky wish to exercise their free-speech rights during this and future judicial elections.” So begins an opinion that Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

“LA Hotel Minimum-Wage Law Survives 9th Circuit”: Barbara Leonard of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued late yesterday.

“Residency where marijuana is legal no reason for police search — U.S. court”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Out-of-state license plates don’t justify search.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

Judge Gorsuch, merely a dissent away from the appellate judging trifecta: As readers are well aware, the author of this blog has long viewed opinions written by Tenth Circuit Judge Neil M. Gorsuch as must-read. In addition, the author of this blog is amused ever so slightly when the same judge who wrote the opinion of the court for an appellate panel also adds a concurring opinion. In such instances, the authoring judge is merely a dissenting opinion away from the seemingly ever elusive appellate judging trifecta. (For those keeping score at home, this blog’s archives reveal that the trifecta has been achieved at least once during in the more than 14-year history of “How Appealing.”)

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision that checked both of those first two boxes. Even better, insofar as some readers are concerned, the opinions deal with the still controversial subject of Chevron deference.

“Kansas is latest state to press for voter restrictions”: John Bacon of USA Today has this report.

Reuters reports that “Kansas asks U.S. appeals court to reinstate strict voter ID rule.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court considers Kansas rule that voters prove citizenship.”

You can access via this link (4.46 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

“Federal appeals court orders a new trial in 1991 murder of 17-year-old girl killed for her earrings”: Robert Moran of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Philadelphia man sentenced to die for the 1991 murder of a teenage girl who was killed for her earrings should be freed or granted a new trial because evidence suggesting his innocence was withheld by police and prosecutors.”

You can access today’s 227-page en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Ban on advocacy ads at airport ruled unconstitutional”: Julia Terruso of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“SF court casts doubt on cockfighting as a deportable crime”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Federal appeals court sides with immigrant convicted of cockfighting.”

Circuit Judge John B. Owens issued today’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

And today at “Above the Law,” Kathryn Rubino has a post about Circuit Judge Owens titled “Our New Favorite Federal Jurist Punches Up Opinions With Pop Culture References.” See also this earlier “How Appealing” post.

This month in “How Appealing” history: Thirty years ago this month, your law blogger arrived in Atlanta as a 21-year-old first-year student at the Emory University School of Law, which coincidentally is celebrating its 100th anniversary this academic year. Here’s wishing all of the thousands of law students who are beginning their law school journeys this month a rewarding and meaningful career that surpasses all of their hopes and expectations. And for those who wonder if this blog will still be around in 30 years from now, Lyle Denniston still actively blogs about the law at the tender age of 85.

“Employer alert: Your arbitration clause is going to be tested at SCOTUS.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

Ninth Circuit rejects facial constitutional challenges to California law prohibiting state-licensed mental health providers from engaging in “sexual orientation change efforts” with minor patients: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“6th Cir, on 2-1 Vote, Reverses Expansive Early Voting ‘Golden Week’ Decision”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court: Week of early voting shouldn’t return to Ohio.”

“The summer of Sandra Day O’Connor, then and now”: Joan Biskupic of CNN.com has an article that begins, “She always insisted it was luck that led to her appointment as the first woman on the US Supreme Court. But Sandra Day O’Connor was ready for her luck. She demonstrated that 35 years ago this summer when Reagan administration lawyers flew to Arizona to interview her as one of several candidates for a court vacancy.”

“Ohio inmate who survived ’09 execution appeals to high court”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A condemned Ohio killer who survived a 2009 botched execution is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare that a second attempt to put him to death would be unconstitutional.”

As Court News Ohio previously reported, in March 2016 the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled 4-to-3, in a decision you can access here, that “Second Execution Attempt Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment.”

This blog’s earlier coverage of this particular botched execution appears at this link.

“Differences aside, Supreme Court unites Trump, Senate GOP”: Sam Hananel and Mary Clare Jalonick of The Associated Press have this report.

“U.S. appeals court strikes down Ernst & Young class action waiver”: Robert Iafolla of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

In her dissenting opinion, Circuit Judge Sandra S. Ikuta wrote that the majority’s decision was “breathtaking in its scope and in its error; it is directly contrary to Supreme Court precedent and joins the wrong side of a circuit split.” Yesterday’s decision is unlikely to be the last we hear of this case.

“Suit over alleged sexual assault at Bucknell over after four years”: John Beauge of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania had this article back in May 2015.

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued this decision affirming the entry of summary judgment in favor of Bucknell University and various of its employees. [Update: This post has been corrected to note that the entry of summary judgment was in favor of these defendants.]

“Where the Death Penalty Still Lives: As capital punishment declines nationwide, a tiny fraction of the country generates an alarming number of death sentences; What this new geography tells us about justice in America.” Emily Bazelon will have this article in this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

“Comcast’s Golf Channel beats appeal over Allen Stanford fraud”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a per curiam ruling that a two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution”: Michael Wines has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“On Voting, North Carolina Case Is Test for Justices”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“A leading contender for open Georgia Supreme Court seat pulls out of running”: Greg Bluestein of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

“How Did Justice Scalia Shape American Policing? Donald Trump wants a Supreme Court appointee like the formidable late judge; But Scalia had a controversial and sometimes conflicted opinion on law enforcement.” Law professor Barry Friedman has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Reglan Suits Not Preempted By Federal Law, NJ Justices Say”: Emily Field of Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access).

And at his “New Jersey Appellate Law” blog, Bruce D. Greenberg has a post titled “In re Reglan Litigation: No Federal Preemption of State Law Claim That Generic Drug Carried Inadequate Warning.”

You can access today’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

“California Supreme Court allows teacher tenure laws to stand”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Howard Blume and Joy Resmovits of The Los Angeles Times report that “In a major win for teachers unions, state Supreme Court lets teacher tenure ruling stand.”

Emma Brown of The Washington Post reports that “California Supreme Court decision leaves state’s teacher tenure law in place.”

The Associated Press reports that “California court decision keeps teacher tenure protections.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “California Teacher Tenure Is Left Intact by State’s High Court.”

You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of California denying review, and the dissents therefrom, via this link.

“How Zika could change the politics of late-term abortion: The virus causes birth defects, a factor that might influence some views on abortion.” Jennifer Haberkorn of Politico.com has this report.

“Illinois Supreme Court rejects property division for unmarried couples”: Robert McCoppin had this article in Saturday’s edition of The Chicago Tribune.

And The Associated Press reports that “Gay rights setback seen in Illinois Supreme Court ruling.”

You can access last Thursday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Illinois at this link.

“Constitution Check: Has the U.S. war against ISIS in Syria been illegal from the start?” Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“The Summer Pipeline”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.