“Plaintiff in landmark same-sex marriage case urges Haslam to veto ‘natural meaning’ bill”: Kirk A. Bado of The Tennessean has this report.

And Jonathan Mattise of The Associated Press reports that “Gay marriage plaintiff urges opposition to Tennessee bill.”

“Legal Fight Could Make Kentucky Only State With No Abortion Clinic”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“SEC loses appeal in case challenging administrative law judges”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s request that it reconsider a ruling holding that its in-house administrative judges are not constitutionally appointed.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

“A Conservative Federal Appeals Judge Won’t Hear Arguments On The Travel Ban Case”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report on the appeal pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

A note to readers: I ordinarily opt to reproduce the entire headline or title of newspaper articles and other writings that I link to online. However, BuzzFeed News for whatever reason frequently opts for sub-heads that are inordinately long, which is why lately I have been omitting them. By the end of the second line of the four-line sub-head of this article, the headline notes that the jurist who is expected to be recused is Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III.

“Code Pink Protesters at Sessions Hearing Could Face Year in Prison”: Christopher Mele of The New York Times has this report.

“Gorsuch shows an independent streak to begin life at Supreme Court”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“American Airlines must face revived lawsuit over delayed baggage”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Pugh names federal Judge Andre Davis as Baltimore’s new city solicitor”: Luke Broadwater and Ian Duncan of The Baltimore Sun have this report.

And at the “Maryland Appellate Blog,” Steve Klepper has a post titled “Fourth Circuit Senior Judge Andre Davis to Become Baltimore City Solicitor.”

15 years of “How Appealing” — A tribute to this blog’s amazing readers: On Saturday, May 6, 2017, this blog will celebrate its 15th birthday. This blog would not have lasted one year, let alone 15, without you, this blog’s amazing readers, who make this labor of love worthwhile.

Tomorrow, I intend to publish a post offering my own reflections on the past 15 years of “How Appealing.” But first, and more importantly, I wanted to thank you for making this all possible.

One of the true joys of operating this blog is meeting readers, whether at speaking engagements, appellate events, or even approaching airport security in Philadelphia when someone recognizes my name on a carry-on luggage tag.

To commemorate this blog’s upcoming 15th birthday, I have one request of this blog’s readers. Send me a quick email describing what “How Appealing” means to you, why you read this blog, what you like or dislike about it, or describing a moment in the history of this blog that was memorable for you.

I will begin publishing these emails, one per day, on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Please state in your email whether I can include your name. As always, I can be reached by email at this blog’s email address, [email protected].

This blog has published numerous reader emails over its 15-year history, but I have neglected to do that as much recently. With your assistance, this is about to change, in recognition of the fact that this blog would not be what it is today without you. And for that, I cannot thank this blog’s readers enough.

“One Day in the Life of One State Court Appellate Judge”: Judge Samuel A. Thumma of the Arizona Court of Appeals has this article (subscription required for full access) in the Spring 2017 issue of The Judges’ Journal, a publication of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association.

“Justice Dept. mum on appeal in sanctuary cities case”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.