“Appeals court affirms most convictions of ex-CIA officer convicted in leak case”: Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post has this report.

And Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press reports that “Imprisoned Ex-CIA officer loses appeal of leak conviction.”

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.

“Drug Dispute Shows Importance of Intellectual Property Rights”: Attorney C. Boyden Gray has this essay online at RealClearPolicy.

“In rare move, judge in Kermit Gosnell case sues authors of critical book”: Columnist Stu Bykofsky has this essay online at The Philadelphia Daily News.

“Pro football team seeks to settle right to ‘Redskins’ trademarks”: Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“A ‘view’ from the courtroom: The term’s first bonus day for opinions.” Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Justice Ginsburg and the Price of Equality”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Dassey wins in federal appeals court”: Andy Thompson and Alison Dirr of The Post-Crescent of Appleton, Wisconsin have this report.

Ian Simpson of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court overturns conviction of ‘Making a Murderer’ inmate.”

And Todd Richmond and Steve Karnowski of The Associated Press report that “Judges affirm ‘Making a Murderer’ confession was coerced.”

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

Programming note: This afternoon, I will be attending an event in south Philadelphia. As a result, additional posts will appear here this evening.

As always when I am away, additional appellate-related retweets may appear on this blog’s Twitter 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 Maslenjak v. United States, No. 16-309. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued an opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. And Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Stephen G. Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Turner v. United States, No. 15-1503. Justice Kagan issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Weaver v. Massachusetts, No. 16-240. Justice Thomas issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Gorsuch joined. Justice Alito issued an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Gorsuch also joined. And Justice Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Supreme Court limits ability to strip citizenship” and “Supreme Court upholds convictions in 1984 murder.”

“Donald Trump Is In The Perfect Position To Dramatically Remake The Courts; With 100+ judicial vacancies and a Senate eager to fill them, conservatives are salivating”: Jennifer Bendery and Alissa Scheller of HuffPost have this report.

“Clarence Thomas to the Rescue? In an otherwise awful civil rights decision, the arch-conservative signals his interest in opening the courthouse doors to more victims of state violence.” Perry Grossman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“A Shameful Ruling That Grows Executive Branch Power: The Supreme Court limits lawsuits against high-ranking officials who may have violated constitutional rights.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“‘Marshall’ Trailer: Chadwick Boseman Stars As Pioneering Supreme Court Justice.” Erik Pedersen of Deadline.com has this report.

And online at Slate, Matthew Dessem has a post titled “Chadwick Boseman Plays a Badass Supreme Court Justice in the Trailer for Marshall.”

Slate’s “Supreme Court Breakfast Table” is back: Walter Dellinger has the first entry, titled “This year’s docket appears to lack a major case. But looks can be deceiving.”

And Pamela S. Karlan has the second entry, titled “This term, the justices chose cases that ‘sear the conscience.’”

“Wisconsin Supreme Court votes to keep more meetings behind closed doors”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.