“U.S. Senate confirms appointment of Joan Larsen to federal appeals court”: Paul Egan of The Detroit Free Press has this report.

Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News reports that “Senate confirms Michigan’s Larsen for appeals court.”

Lauren Gibbons of MLive.com reports that “Michigan Supreme Court Justice Joan Larsen confirmed to U.S. 6th Circuit Court.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Senate confirms Justice Joan Larsen for 6th Circuit.”

And Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “Senate Confirms Trump Judge Opposed By 27 LGBTQ Rights Groups; Eight Democrats voted for Joan Larsen, who will now sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.”

“Republicans Want To Change The Rules To Let Trump Reshape The Judiciary ASAP; Trump’s judicial nominees are clearing the Senate, but Republicans want the process to move faster”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Court will hear Trump’s appeal over rally assault suit”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post about a ruling that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“L. Steven Grasz — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Appeals court nominee Grasz assures senators he would follow court precedent”: Don Walton of The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star has this report.

Joseph Morton of The Omaha World-Herald reports that “Senate Judiciary panel splits along party lines over Omaha attorney Steve Grasz’s nomination to 8th U.S. Circuit Court.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “American Bar Association refers to conservatives as ‘you people’ when rating Trump’s judicial pick.”

And Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “Republicans defend Trump court pick rated ‘not qualified.’”

The Senate Judiciary Committee has posted the video of today’s confirmation hearing for judicial nominees at this link.

“Robert Alt for the Sixth Circuit Is What Conservatives Need Nationwide”: Ken Blackwell has this essay on Breitbart.

And at National Review’s “The Corner,” Quin Hillyer has a post titled “Alt for Sixth Circuit.”

Robert Alt is a longtime “How Appealing” reader, from time to time in the past he has exchanged emails with this blog’s author, and over the many years that this blog has been in existence I have linked to his writings on multiple occasions.

“Guantanamo judge orders contempt hearing to try to end defense revolt at war court”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

Greetings from Long Beach, California: Where on Thursday afternoon, the 2017 Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit begins.

I am not staying at the event hotel this year. Instead, I’m staying at a hotel that’s a few blocks away. As luck would have it, there’s plenty to do located just down the road from my hotel, so I definitely made a good choice in that regard.