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Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal

A dogfighting legend, false positives, and 69 guns.

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Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal

Big game hunts, Victorian London, and those trendy Trader Joe’s bags.

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Immigration Agents Held a U.S. Citizen—and Veteran—for 3 Days Without Checking His ID

George Retes was denied access to an attorney, wasn’t allowed to make a phone call, was not presented to a judge, and was put in an isolation cell before being released with no charges.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

A rescinded diploma, a brown seer stone, and a pointless waste of time.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Remote quorums, jetway robberies, and the beauty of our constitutional republic.

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License Plate Readers Can Each Track 2,000 Vehicles Every Minute, Without a Warrant. This Firm Says That’s Unconstitutional.

A new campaign pushes back against the widespread use of automatic license plate readers without warrants.

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You Shouldn't Need a License to Talk

Occupational licensing can be useless, harmful—and even a threat to free speech.

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The FBI Seized Her $40,000 Without Explaining Why. She Fought Back Against That Practice—and Lost.

The twist underscores just how little accountability exists in civil forfeiture, which allows law enforcement to seize assets without charging the owner with a crime.

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Interesting Third Circuit Statutory / Procedural Immigration Case

A short excerpt from today's long opinion by Judge Arianna Freeman, joined by Judge Cheryl Ann Krause, in Qatanani v.… The post Interesting Third Circuit Statutory / Procedural Immigration Case appeared first on Reason.com.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Classroom commandments, the FBI's Most Wanted, and a phone book artifice.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Hapless lawyers, police auditors, and Welsh laws.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Discretionary lawn care, Agent Orange, and banished from South Georgia.

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Missouri Town Wants To Seize Local Businesses Over Chipped Paint and Cracked Sidewalks

Brentwood business owners are challenging the city’s definition of blight in an ongoing lawsuit against city officials' use of the dubious designation to invoke eminent domain.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Book burning, hit pieces, and marijuana's historical pedigree.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Helicopter accidents, nasty feuds, and serial lies.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Unaccompanied kids, implied causes of action, and filming the police.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Group chats, monopolies, and corporate espionage.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

A judge-on-judge benchslap, a pharmaceutical kickback, and a direct descendant of the Kings of France.

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The Government Threatened To Seize His Home Over Tall Grass

Bureaucrats in Dunedin, Florida, originally hit Jim Ficken with a fine close to $30,000. When he couldn't pay that, things turned dire.

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The Supreme Court Has an Opportunity To Correct Its Kelo Eminent Domain Error

A New York case revives concerns about seizing private property to benefit favored developers.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Right whales, premium cigars, and tax evasion.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Crypto rules, false statements, and regulatory habitats.

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DEA Ends Airport Gate Searches After Years of Documented Abuses of Civil Asset Forfeiture

The Justice Department temporarily suspended the program in November because of "significant risks" of constitutional violations.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Appeals Court Decisions

Sitting by designation, extremely unusual hardship, and polysexual posters.

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Institute for Justice Petitions Supreme Court to Take Case Seeking to Overrule Kelo v. City of New London

Kelo is the 2005 ruling in which the Supreme Court held that the government can take property for private "economic development.""

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