“KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge, ruminating:” Today, Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski has once again invented a new type of separate opinion.

“Court revives black TV network’s discrimination lawsuit”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

Back in December 2015, The News & Record of Greensboro, North Carolina reported on the dismissal of the suit in an article headlined “Judge dismisses Black Network Television lawsuit against Greensboro.”

“License to Speak: The state of Oregon is abusing its authority to regulate professional services to silence its critics.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“Clarence Thomas: Sen. Danforth is ‘the reason why I’m here.'” Jim Salter of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reunited Friday with his mentor and the man who stood beside him through a difficult confirmation hearing, telling former Missouri Sen. John Danforth he owes him his career.”

“Tennessee ‘natural meaning’ law raises fears in LGBT community”: Chris Kenning of Reuters has this report.

“A Trump Executive Order to Shrug At: The statement on religious liberty is so watered down, it’s almost meaningless.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Postscript.” Aaron Nielson has this post –which includes a shout-out to “How Appealing” — today at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Iowa Supreme Court halts state’s new abortion restrictions”: William Petroski of The Des Moines Register has this report.

Greetings from Atlanta: Where it is unusually cold today. Where tomorrow I will be celebrating this blog’s 15th birthday. And where tomorrow night I will attend my first game at SunTrust Park, the brand new home of the Atlanta Braves. As always while I am on the road, more frequent appellate-related retweets will appear at this blog’s Twitter feed.

“Anthem asks Supreme Court to review blocked Cigna deal”: The Associated Press has this report.

“The Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court, from Brandeis to Kagan — Their Lives and Legacies”: The US National Archives has posted this video on YouTube. More information about the event, which occurred yesterday in Washington, DC, can be accessed here.

“Court Considers Whether DCF Can Override Parents’ Objections To Vaccines”: Josh Kovner of The Hartford Courant has an article that begins, “A case revolving around the state’s power to have children in its care vaccinated over the parents’ religious objections prompted questions Thursday from the Supreme Court about the reach of that authority, and whether, given the controversial subject, a medical review board should have weighed in.”