“Easy Reading (By Supreme Court Standards)”: Adam Feldman has this interesting post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Scotus review of Third Circuit case sought to resolve circuit split over who can challenge rental-car searches”: Matthew Stiegler has this post today at his “CA3blog.”

15 years of “How Appealing” — reader mail: Today’s email is from attorney and longtime reader Elias Batchelder:

I started reading your blog in 2003, my first year of law school. Without ever meeting me, you nurtured my own interest in appellate law, which I have been practicing now for a decade. It is a somewhat secluded niche of practice — one which greatly benefits from keeping abreast of recent developments in diverse, unrelated fields (and one in which an legal geek couped up in an office can always savor a humorous take on the daily legal developments). My practice focuses exclusively on death penalty appeals, and since I have cited and forwarded cases I found through your posts on numerous occasions, you might take credit not only for keeping me and all your readers entertained all these years, but also for helping to save a life. Thanks for all of your hard work and best of luck going forward.

Elias, thanks so very much for that wonderful email! The possibility that “How Appealing” has helped to save someone’s life is not something that had occurred to me previously. I will post another reader email tomorrow.

“Appeals court wrestles with Trump’s revised travel ban order; Judges mull administration’s request to revise directive blasted as ‘Muslim ban'”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

On rare occasion, the criminal defendant-appellant will supply his own humorous movie reference: In 2016, Stacey Barchenger of The Tennessean had articles headlined “Franklin man guilty in Mitt Romney tax fraud scheme” and “Mitt Romney tax hoax lands Franklin man 4-year prison term.”

Today, on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued this opinion affirming the defendant’s conviction and vacating the defendant’s sentence.

“Unity Was Emerging on Sentencing. Then Came Jeff Sessions.” Carl Hulse has this new installment of his “On Washington” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“When Does Political Gerrymandering Cross a Constitutional Line?” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“State of Hawaii, et al. v. Trump: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reviews the decision of Hawaii U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson regarding the enforcement of President Trump’s travel ban.” C-SPAN provides live coverage starting now via this link. Or view live online via the Ninth Circuit’s own YouTube feed.

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in three argued cases.

1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Kindred Nursing Centers Ltd. v. Clark, No. 16-32. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Stephen G. Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Howell v. Howell, No. 15-1031. Justice Thomas issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And Justice Breyer also delivered the opinion of the Court in Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson, No. 16-348. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“What Makes a Parent? A brutal custody battle between two women raises questions about who has a right to rear a child — and could redefine the legal meaning of family.” Ian Parker has this article in the May 22, 2017 issue of The New Yorker.

“The federal appeals court that Trump hates the most will now hear arguments on his travel ban”: Matt Zapotosky has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Mosque snooping suit could impact Trump travel ban case.”

And on Twitter, Neal Katyal — who will argue today’s appeal in the Ninth Circuit on behalf of Hawaii — offers these thoughts.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases, but the Court did call for the views of the Acting Solicitor General in two cases.

And in North Carolina v. North Carolina State Conf. of the NAACP, No. 16-833, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari.