“The Trouble With Double Jeopardy: A new Supreme Court case takes on one of the most well-known and misunderstood concepts in American criminal law.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Esquivel-Quintana v. Lynch: The Potential Sleeper Case of the Supreme Court Term.” David Feder has this guest post today at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Q&A with Justice Sotomayor at the University of Wisconsin Law School”: You can view the video of this recent event via YouTube at this link.

“Appeals Court Rules Against Lawyer Suspended for Shielding Social Security Number; Sanctioned attorney says he refused to share information because of identity-theft concerns”: Jacob Gershman has this post at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog” about a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Court disputes over voting laws often divide justices along party lines”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“What the 2016 presidential election means for the Third Circuit”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

Can 22 sophisticated corporate plaintiffs with large-value claims satisfy the “numerosity” requirement for class certification in federal court? Today, a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued this decision analyzing that question.

“Stryker v. Zimmer: Federal Circuit Remands Enhancement Determination for Enhancement Determination.” Jason Rantanen has this post at “Patently-O” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued yesterday.

“Trade group can sue over Jersey City labor law — 3rd Circuit”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Claims Nixed Over Public Funding of Jewish Schools”: Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“The Murder Of Dan Markel: The Case Against Donna Adelson.” David Lat had this post last Friday at “Above the Law,” along with a post titled “The Dan Markel Case: The Probable Cause Affidavit For Charlie Adelson.”

“The Daily 202: Did Obama squander an opportunity by nominating Merrick Garland?” James Hohmann has this blog entry online today at The Washington Post.

“For LGBT Rights Advocates, Much Work Lies Ahead”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his blog, “Just on Justice.”

“The Court after Scalia: The 2016 election and the fate of the wall separating church and state.” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Appeals court upholds Mich. emergency manager law”: Jonathan Oosting of The Detroit News has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court rejects challenge to Michigan’s emergency manager law.”

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

“Bancroft litigation group of Washington joins Kirkland & Ellis”: Anthony Lin of Reuters has this report.

Casey Sullivan of Bloomberg Law reports that “Kirkland & Ellis to Acquire Top SCOTUS Boutique.”

At WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Joe Palazzolo has a post titled “Clement, Dinh and Co. Take Their Practice to Kirkland.”

And at “Above the Law,” David Lat has a post titled “Kirkland & Ellis Hires Paul Clement, Viet Dinh — And All Of Bancroft’s Lawyers!”

“Broad challenge to SEC’s in-house judges”: Lyle Denniston has this blog post today.

“Judge in 9/11 Suits Feels No Regret That None Ever Went to Trial”: Benjamin Weiser had this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Does conviction of a serious crime always mean the loss of gun rights?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“And Now For Something Completely Sociodemographic”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Emiprical SCOTUS” blog.

“Lawsuit claims that same-sex marriage leads to charter schools, and it may be right”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online today at ThinkProgress.

“Justice Kagan Imparts Her Wisdom on New Law Students”: Claire E. Parker of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

And in related news, Rick Howlett of 89.3 WFPL reports that “Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan To Receive U of L Brandeis Medal.”

“Thoughts on the Third Circuit’s decryption and self-incrimination oral argument”: Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Mark Boal’s Efforts to Shield Berghdal Tapes Troubled By Recent Appellate Decision? A federal judge wants Boal’s lawyers on Monday to discuss what happened to the alleged mastermind of the 2000 U.S.S. Cole bombing.” Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: A Walk in the Wide, Wide World.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Reguation.

“Contractor Urges DC Circ. To Toss SBA’s Minority Biz Program”: In March 2016, Michael Macagnone of Law360.com had a report that begins, “An information technology contractor called on a D.C. Circuit panel to invalidate the law behind the Small Business Administration’s programs for disadvantaged businesses Thursday, arguing that the program creates unconstitutional race-based determinations without evidence of discrimination in federal contracting.”

Yesterday, the majority on a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision rejecting this challenge to the SBA’s programs.

“At UW-Madison, Sonia Sotomayor speaks to need for greater equity in justice system”: Pat Schneider of The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin has this report.

Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article headlined “Sotomayor: More needed on adequate representation.”

Vidushi Saxena of The Badger Herald, the student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, reports that “Sotomayor talks life in court system, engaging with community; Judicial system lacks representation, fails to provide equal opportunities.”

Laurel White of Wisconsin Public Radio has a report headlined “‘I’m A Justice, But Also A Human,’ Sotomayor Says At UW-Madison; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Reflects On Personal Life, Career In Lecture.”

Judith Davidoff of Isthmus has a report headlined “‘Citizen Lawyer’ Sonia Sotomayor: The Supreme Court justice talks about her public role.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Sotomayor calls job on high court blessing and curse.”

“Supreme Court Allows ‘Straight-Ticket’ Voting in Michigan”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that “Supreme Court won’t revive Michigan ban on straight-ticket voting.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court rejects Michigan straight-ticket voting appeal.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Spurns Michigan Republicans on Straight-Party Vote.”

The Associated Press reports that “Michigan straight-party voting ban won’t take effect.”

And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Straight-ticket voting allowed in Michigan.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“The Partisan Winds Aimed at Kansas’ Court”: This editorial appeared in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

“U.S. appeals court orders removal of proof-of-citizenship voting requirement in 3 states”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has this article reporting on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued yesterday.

“Documents detail potential links to Markel’s in-laws”: Karl Etters has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat.

Programming note: I will be traveling during the day Friday to Albuquerque, New Mexico. As a result, additional posts will not appear here until Friday night.

In the interim, as is often the case while I am traveling, additional appellate-related retweets will appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.

“No Waiver of Arbitration Clause Even After Years of Litigation, Because Arbitration Demand, Pre-AT&T v. Concepcion, Would Have Been Futile”: Bruce D. Greenberg has this post at his “New Jersey Appellate Law” blog about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“Ruling loosens ban on owning guns after minor convictions”: The Associated Press has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s en banc Third Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Appeals court has concerns over possible Gitmo video release”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit via this link (46.6 MB mp3 audio file).