“Sexual decisions between consenting adults take on a different color when the adults are law enforcement officers.” So concludes a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in an interesting four-page decision issued today. Circuit Judge Edith H. Jones wrote the opinion.

“Federal Court Revives Wikimedia’s Challenge to N.S.A. Surveillance”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

“Is Anthony Kennedy Ready to Put an End to Partisan Gerrymandering? The Supreme Court’s swing voter will decide the future of American elections.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Dylann Roof appeals conviction, death sentence in Emanuel AME Church massacre”: Andrew Knapp of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

And Meg Kinnard of The Associated Press reports that “Condemned church shooter Roof seeks appellate court mercy.”

“Reach of Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Comes to Supreme Court”: Kimberly S. Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Court revives Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA”: Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post has this report.

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report headlined “Wikipedia can pursue NSA surveillance lawsuit: U.S. appeals court.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court: NSA surveillance challenge can move forward.”

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

“Why is the Third Circuit’s courthouse named for James Byrne?” Matthew Stiegler has this interesting post at his “CA3blog.”

“Kevin C. Newsom — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit”: Daniel B. Tilley has this post at “The Vetting Room” blog.

15 years of “How Appealing” — reader mail: Today’s email is from Dale Schowengerdt, Solicitor General of Montana:

Congratulations on How Appealing’s 15th year! I give your blog more traffic than I do any other site, and have come to trust it as the go-to place for appellate news and insight. Thanks for all your hard work. You’ve done us all a great service.

Dale, thanks so very much for your kind email! Montana is still on my list of places to visit, so I am glad to learn that my blog is enjoyed there. I will post another reader email tomorrow.

“Two remarkable starts to oral argument”: Matthew Stiegler — who I had the pleasure of having lunch with today — recently had this post at his “CA3blog.”

“Justice Abella uses U.S. speech to take aim at ‘narcissistic populism'”: Colin Freeze of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report.

Tonda MacCharles of The Toronto Star reports that “Supreme Court judge Abella worries about state of justice in world; Justice Rosalie Abella delivered a commencement speech after accepting an honorary degree from Brandeis University in Massachusetts that was part-biography, part call to action.”

And Abby Patkin of The Justice, the student newspaper of Brandeis University, reports that “Abella tells grads to be attuned to injustices.”

“The Grove Park Inn: The U.S. Supreme Court’s secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.” Atlas Obscura has this report.

The other meaning of “sets aside”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court sets aside case of Christian baker, same-sex wedding cake.”

“Supreme Court Ruling Could Hinder ‘Patent Trolls'”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And Joe Mullin of Ars Technica reports that “Supreme Court makes it much harder for patent trolls to sue in East Texas; Folks got sued in East Texas “‘just because they had a website’; Those days may be over.”

“Supreme Court Upholds Rejection Of North Carolina Congressional Districts”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

And on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Rejects 2 N.C. Congressional Districts As Unconstitutional.”

“The deepening appellate divide over when copyright owners can sue”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.