“Spanking a child isn’t abuse unless there’s proof of harm, Utah Supreme Court says”: Tiffany Frandsen of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

And Wendy Leonard of The Deseret News reports that “Spanking only abusive if there is proof of harm, Utah Supreme Court says.”

You can access Wednesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.

“Loud Voices From Below”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Court Lets Stand $40 Million Award To Student Sickened After A Tick Bite While On School Trip”: Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has this report.

Friday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Connecticut consists of the opinion of the court and two concurring opinions (here and here).

The case was before Connecticut’s highest court on certified question of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. My coverage of the Second Circuit’s earlier ruling in this case can be accessed here.

“Justice Dept. Doesn’t Want AmEx Case to Go to Supreme Court”: Liz Crampton of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Senator Grassley not expecting imminent Supreme Court vacancy”: Richard Cowan of Reuters has this report.

“22 states back bid to keep New Mexico 10 Commandments statue”: Susan Montoya Bryan of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger talks future plans, Brexit nerves and what the justices do for lunch”: Katie King has this post at the “Legal Cheek” blog.

“Nebraska funeral picketing law upheld in appellate court”: Lori Pilger of The Lincoln Journal Star has an article that begins, “Nebraska’s funeral picketing law, which creates a city-block buffer around funerals, survived a challenge by a Kansas church known for anti-gay protests outside soldiers’ funerals.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court 2016 Statutory Term in Review: Disregarding Legislative History’s Textualist Uses in SW General.” Asher Steinberg has this post at his blog, “The Narrowest Grounds.”

“Trump’s judge picks snub Democrats; Democratic senators accuse the administration of not consulting them on lifetime appointments to the bench”: Seung Min Kim of Politico.com has this report.

“[Justice Blackmun] gruffly replied, ‘You couldn’t possibly know my greatest achievement.’ Then he smiled and said, ‘I can wiggle my ears,’ and proceeded to do so, adding that ‘it scores great points with the grandkids.'” So reports Bryan Marquard of The Boston Globe in an obituary headlined “Georgianna Nyman Aronson, at 86; captured Supreme Court justices in portraits.”

“CAFC Affirms TTAB: Limitation of Goods to Those Associated with ‘will.i.am’ Found Meaningless.” John L. Welch has this post at “The TTABlog.”

My earlier coverage of Tuesday’s Federal Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Trump administration defends travel ban at Supreme Court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

And Mica Rosenberg of Reuters reports that “Trump administration defends travel ban in Supreme Court brief.”

You can access the federal government’s Brief for Petitioners at this link.

“The Uncomfortable Truth About Affirmative Action and Asian-Americans”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Federal Appeals Ruling Is Setback in Prosecution of Sept. 11 Defendants; Comments Judge Scott Silliman made before his appointment to the Court of Military Commission Review suggested bias, appeals court ruled”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s D.C. Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“Female Lawyers Can Talk, Too”: Former U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin (S.D.N.Y.) has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Ole Miss Edges Out of Its Confederate Shadow, Gingerly”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Stephanie Saul has an article that begins, “Other than William Faulkner and the father and son quarterbacks Archie and Eli Manning, few figures in this town’s history are better known locally than Lucius Q. C. Lamar. A professor at Ole Miss before and after the Civil War, he served in both chambers of Congress and as a Supreme Court justice.”

“Trump, Pro-Gun Groups Headed for SCOTUS Duel?” Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Admit This Ex-Con to the Connecticut Bar”: Bari Weiss has this essay online at The New York Times.

“With a Kansas Supreme Court opinion in his briefcase, Chief Justice Lawton Nuss reports for jury duty”: Steve Fry and Eric Smith of The Topeka Capital-Journal have this report.

“Disney discloses $177M charge in wake of BPI settlement”: Nick Hytrek of The Sioux City (Iowa) Journal has this report.

Reuters has a report headlined “Disney pays at least $177 million to settle ‘pink slime’ case: filing.”

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Disney Discloses $177 Million Settlement in Aftermath of ABC’s ‘Pink Slime’ Trial; Beef Products Inc. had been demanding billions until a defamation trial abruptly ended in late June.”

“Must DOJ lawyers follow state ethics rules? New Mexico asks SCOTUS to decide.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“The ‘9th Circus’ is Badly Broken — Let’s Fix It”: Mark Pulliam has this post at the “American Greatness” blog.

“D.C. Circuit Holds that 9/11 Appellate Judge Should Have Recused”: Steve Vladeck has this post at “Just Security” about a unanimous per curiam ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today. The case was orally argued just one week ago.

“The First Amendment (Literally) Banned in DC”: Lee Rowland, Arthur Spitzer, and Leslie Mehta have this post at the ACLU’s “Speak Freely” blog.

“Experts: Court ruling overturning Native American man’s murder conviction, death penalty could have huge implications.” Curtis Killman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tulsa World.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Tenth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“The Least Dangerous Branch: With the growth of the administrative state, much of Congress’s policy-making role has been usurped by executive-branch agencies.” In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Adam J. White has this review of law professor Josh Chafetz‘s new book, “Congress’s Constitution: Legislative Authority and the Separation of Powers.”

Chafetz has posted this Twitter thread in response to the review.

“The smartest people in Trumpland: The brightest minds in Trump’s orbit will keep his legacy alive and thriving long after he is gone.” Online at ThinkProgress, Ian Millhiser has an essay that begins, “John Bush comes off as a bit of a goober.”

“From Bork to Willett: Is the Conservative Legal Movement Going Libertarian? Libertarian legal ideas are gaining ground.” Damon Root has this post at the “Hit & Run” blog of Reason.com.

“Circuit Courts (Shock!) Are Still Leading the Way on Transparency”: Fix the Court issued this news release today.

“All-Star Legal Team Launches Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law”: Georgetown University Law Center issued this news release today.

“Court overturns Oklahoma man’s murder conviction, death sentence”: Robert Boczkiewicz of The Oklahoman has this report on a 132-page ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.

“Maine allowed to enforce law against protests loud enough to be heard inside a building; An appeals court overturns a federal injunction against enforcing the state law, which had targeted a protester shouting outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Portland”: Edward D. Murphy of The Portland Press Herald has this report.

And Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News reports that “State noise ordinance can be used against abortion protesters, court rules.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link.

“Bench Brackets — Highest Highs and the Lowest Lows”: Bloomberg BNA has posted online this video, in which “Bloomberg BNA’s Kimberly Robinson and Patrick Gregory break down last term’s highest highs and lowest lows in another installment of Bench Brackets.”

“Appellate Practice Do’s and Don’ts”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted this video on YouTube.

As described by the “How Appealing” reader who emailed to draw the existence of this video to my attention: “[Y]ou might find interesting this presentation put on by the Orange County Bar Association‘s Appellate Law Section (and moderated by attorney James Azadian), which included as panel members Judges Consuelo M. Callahan, Sandra S. Ikuta, and David A. Faber, a senior federal district court judge for the Southern District of West Virginia who often sits by designation on the Fourth and Ninth Circuits.”

My correspondent continued, “All three judges provided remarkable insight and advice on appellate advocacy, along with some interesting opinions on the current discussions regarding the proposed Ninth Circuit split and the Ninth Circuit’s elusive en banc procedure.”