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Federal Court Again Rejects Texas' Claim that Illegal Migration Qualifies as "Invasion"

The ruling builds on the same court's two prior decisions to the same effect.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Bird poop, non-testimonial thumbs, and the heckler's veto.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Neighborhood character, three-judge district court panels, and a moldy office.

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Department of Transportation Lacks the Authority to Require States to Set Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets for Highways

A district court concludes that the Department of Transportation lacks the authority to force states to try and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with highway use.

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Fifth Circuit Judges Clash Over Venue and Judge Shopping

Judges Oldham and Higginson disagree about where a case belongs: NDTX or DDC.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Student loan forgiveness, critical infrastructure, and inexcusable incompetence.

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Fifth Circuit Rules Against Texas SB 4 Immigration Law

In the process, the court also rejected Texas's argument that illegal migration and drug smuggling qualify as "invasion."

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Nuclear waste, river cruises, and an exploding toilet.

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Solicitor General Takes Vaping to the Supreme Court

The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit's Rejection of the FDA's "Surprise Switcheroo."

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Justice Barrett's concurrence in McCraw will increase the number of emergency appeals on the Shadow Docket

The Shadow Docket giveth, The Shadow Docket taketh away

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The Sequel to Doe v. Mills: Justice Barrett Tightens The Screws On The Shadow Docket

The center of the Court wants to push back on temporary administrative stays and the Fifth Circuit.

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Court Should Focus on Coercion in Murthy v. Missouri

The government is entitled to try to persuade social media to take down posts, but not to coerce them to do so.

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The Judicial Conference Legislates From The Shadow Docket

The Chief Justice and his associates target only one type of forum shopping in response to political criticism through a secret policy that will not be released for months.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Odor ordinances, woke training, and legislator walkouts.

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Revenge Porn Dispute Can't Be Completely Sealed

The Fifth Circuit leaves room for possible retroactive pseudonymization of the case, however, though it doesn't decide for certain whether such retroactive pseudonymization is proper.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

The wheels of justice, the administration of justice, and a disparaging racehorse.

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Thoughts on Internet Content Moderation from Spending Thousands of Hours Moderating Volokh Conspiracy Threads (Repost from 2022)

Reposting a thought I had after the Fifth Circuit's decision.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Citizen Trump, political chalking, and rough business.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Legal phantoms, Frankenstein's monster, and a wrong-door SWAT raid.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Criminalizing journalism, spooking gun buyers, and fashioning the destiny of the community.

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The Judges Who Ruled Against La Gordiloca Are Criminalizing Watchdog Journalism

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a lawsuit by Laredo’s most famous citizen journalist, Priscilla Villarreal, aka La Gordiloca.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Instagram foxes, kosher Pickles, and maritime riches.

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Can the Government Say: If You Want to Sell Us These Products, You Must Answer Our Questions About Them?

No, said the Fifth Circuit, at least when the products were library books, and the questions were about whether the books included sexual content.

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Fifth Circuit Grants En Banc Rehearing to Case Where Texas Claims Immigration and Drug Smuggling Qualify as "Invasion"

The court could potentially resolve the case without addressing the invasion arguments.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Dishwashers, Nazi-looted art, and an ag-gag mixed bag.

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