Programming note: On Wednesday morning, I will be traveling to northeast Pennsylvania in connection with a new case on which I am working. As a result, additional posts will not appear here until late Wednesday afternoon or Wednesday evening.

As always while I am traveling, additional appellate-related retweets may appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.

“City calls for Pa. Supreme Court to deny appeal of soda tax case”: Alison Burdo of Philadelphia Business Journal has this report.

“With fifth judge confirmed, Trump outpaces Obama and Bush”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “President Trump may be facing a roadblock on the rest of his nominees but he’s outpacing his predecessors when it comes to getting federal judges confirmed after his fifth court pick was approved by the Senate on Tuesday.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate Overwhelmingly Approves New FBI Director, 11th Circuit Judge.”

The U.S. Senate has just confirmed Kevin C. Newsom to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: By a vote of 66 to 31. I will post the official roll call vote tally when it becomes available online.

Update: You can access the official roll call vote tally at this link.