“Democrats: Don’t Take the Bait on Impeachment.” Online at The New York Times, U.S. Representative Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) has an essay that begins, “In 2010, as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, I led the effort to impeach a federal judge from New Orleans named Thomas Porteous Jr.”

“Nearly all abortions banned in Iowa, as Gov. Kim Reynolds signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ law”: Brianne Pfannenstiel and William Petroski of The Des Moines Register have this report.

And Barbara Rodriguez of The Associated Press reports that “Iowa governor signs strictest abortion regulation in US.”

“Beyond the ‘Gins-burn’: The documentary ‘RBG’ shows the formidable soft power of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times has this movie review.

And Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal has a movie review headlined “‘RBG’ Review: Courting Progress — This documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals the legal titan’s inexhaustible energy and pursuit of women’s rights.”

“Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Wins At Connecticut Supreme Court, Conviction Vacated In 1975 Slaying Of Martha Moxley”: Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has this report.

Rick Rojas of The New York Times reports that “Connecticut Court Reverses Murder Conviction of Michael Skakel.”

And Dave Collins of The Associated Press reports that “New murder trial ordered for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel.”

Today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Connecticut consists of a majority opinion, an opinion concurring in part, and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

“The homeless man who made Alexandria civil rights history”: Jim McElhatton has this article online at the Alexandria Times.

“The Supreme Court Will Make Trump Talk to Mueller If It Has To”: Cristian Farias has this post at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“A row about Roe: Iowa passes one of the harshest abortion bills in America; But the courts will strike it down if the governor signs it into law.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Juan Berenguer strikes out in Eighth Circuit appeal: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

Michael Rand of The Minneapolis Star Tribune previously had a blog post about the case titled “Ex-Twins pitcher Juan Berenguer files lawsuit alleging violation of privacy.”

“Kansas bill allowing religious adoption groups to refuse LGBT couples will become law”: Jonathan Shorman of The Wichita Eagle has an article that begins, “A bill that ensures faith-based adoption agencies can turn away gay and lesbian couples based on religious beliefs will be signed into law by Gov. Jeff Colyer.”

“SC Democrats kill Senate GOP’s abortion ban with days-long filibuster”: Avery G. Wilks of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report.

Jamie Lovegrove of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina reports that “Bill to ban almost all abortions in South Carolina dies in late-night Senate vote.”

And Christina L. Myers of The Associated Press reports that “South Carolina abortion ban bill dies in late-night vote.”

“Heavy Caseload to Blame for Ninth Circuit’s Bad Rap”: Kimberly S. Robinson and Christina Brady of Bloomberg BNA have this report.

“Senate committee to consider controversial Ninth Circuit Court nominee”: Kate Irby of McClatchy DC has this report.

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner! Late last night, a long time reader who works in (but not for) the State of Kansas emailed:

Dear Mr. Bashman,

Thank you for your blog, which I thoroughly enjoy and have as one of my three “home” tabs that opens every time I open my browser (the only others being my work intranet and Google News). I’ve been reading your blog since around 2005, and appreciate it as a great source of legal news, a guide to well-written opinions and analysis, and the only source I know of for an occasional “bash man” news items from Australia.

Today’s post about the origin of your blog’s name — with a great reference to the Fed Ex logo story — led me to pause and think about the name, which to be honest, I had never stopped to think about before. Having now paused, I suspect that How Appealing is a nice subtle reference to the founder’s name: Howard Bashman, and I couldn’t resist emailing to see if I could get confirmation from you that this is correct. If so, your secret is safe with me.

My earlier post from yesterday afternoon, to which this kind reader’s email refers, can be accessed here.

Dog food puffery: Openings exist on my list of the dozen (or baker’s dozen) of the best federal appellate judge writers, and one very strong candidate for inclusion is Sixth Circuit Judge Amul R. Thapar.

Yesterday, on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel, Judge Thapar issued this opinion (with photograph) about dog food puffery. If you’re looking for a dog’s breakfast, you won’t find it here.