“Trial ordered to determine if Strip performer’s rights violated”: Cy Ryan of The Las Vegas Sun has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Libertarian Legal Scholars Reject Trump Judicial Nominee’s Views on 14th Amendment”: Damon Root has this post at Reason.com’s “Hit & Run” blog (via “Above the Law“).

“Prosecutor not ruling out charges for ex-in-laws in Markel case”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has an article that begins, “A year ago today, one of Tallahassee’s most enthralling whodunits took an explosive turn when Sigfredo Garcia was arrested at a Miami-area gas station.”

“Court Considers Whether Trump Can Fire Consumer Regulator; Federal appeals court appears hesitant to rule CFPB’s structure is unconstitutional”: Yuka Hayashi and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Sarah N. Lynch of Reuters reports that “U.S. regulator may have edge in court arguments on its structure.”

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Fight Over Presidential Power Is Working Its Way Towards The US Supreme Court.”

15 years of “How Appealing” — reader mail: Today’s email is from Mark Kernes, senior editor for Adult Video News:

How Appealing is one of my daily must-reads. It’s informative on a wide variety of subjects, and as a legal journalist, often alerts me to court decisions, lawsuits and other political/legal goings-on that I can further research and write about. Thank you SO MUCH for your blog

Mark, thank you for your kind email. It has been a pleasure to link to your work from time to time over the years, especially when I have found it online in a form that is safe-for-work for this blog’s readers. I will post another reader email tomorrow.

“Solicitor General to Supreme Court: New Jersey sports betting case not worth your while.” John Brennan of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey has this report.

“How Trump plans to remake the lower courts”: Law professor Jonathan R. Nash has this essay online at The Hill.

“The Supreme Court’s Immigration Law Showdown: The justices will face a number of challenges that have tremendous implications for life in the Trump era.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

Programming note: This evening, I will be attending the opening of a new exhibit titled “John Marshall: Patriot, Statesman, Chief Justice” at the National Constitution Center. Additional posts, including today’s 15th anniversary reader email, will appear here tonight.

“Q&A: How Did We End Up with this Far-Right Supreme Court?” This interview with Laura Kalman, author of the book “The Long Reach of the Sixties: LBJ, Nixon, and the Making of the Contemporary Supreme Court,” appears online at The National Book Review.

“This court case could have a huge impact on the future of a key consumer watchdog”: Jonnelle Marte of The Washington Post has this report.

Yuka Hayashi of The Wall Street Journal has an article headlined “Can Trump Fire Consumer Regulator? Federal appeals court to weigh whether president has authority to oust CFPB director.”

Dave Michaels of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Case to Examine Legitimacy of SEC’s In-House Courts; Wall Street’s top cop set up the tribunals years ago to speed up enforcement actions against firms.”

And Sarah N. Lynch of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court to hear cases that could weigh on Wall Street policing.”

Once the audio of today’s two en banc oral arguments of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit becomes available online, I will link to it.

Update: You can access the audio of today’s en banc D.C. Circuit oral argument in PHH Corp. v. CFPB via this link (44.0 MB mp3 audio file).

And you can access the audio of today’s en banc D.C. Circuit oral argument in Raymond J. Lucia Cos. v. SEC via this link (36.5 MB mp3 audio file).