Eleventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Trump v. Clinton and Affirms Sanctions Against Trump (Updated) A rare instance in which courts were willing to impose sanctions upon sanctionable conduct. Reason · Nov 26, 2025
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Lobstermen surveillance, semiquincentennial squabbling, and socking it to the Scotch Tape People. Reason · Nov 21, 2025
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Over CNN 2022 "Big Lie" Statement President Trump "complained that, by using the phrase 'Big Lie' to describe his claims about the 2020 presidential election, CNN defamed him." Reason · Nov 19, 2025
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Firework permits, intratribal smokes, and really just a whole lot of shootings and killings. Reason · Nov 14, 2025
Lawsuit Against Saudi Arabia Over Al-Shamrani Mass Shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Station Can Go Forward, in Part From yesterday's Eleventh Circuit decision by Judge Stanley Marcus, joined by Judges Jill Pryor and Britt Grant, in Watson v.… The post Lawsuit Against Saudi Arabia Over Al-Shamrani Mass Shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Station Can Go Forward, in Part appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Nov 11, 2025
Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal Pill-pushing predictions, off-campus speech, and a crude insurrection. Reason · Oct 31, 2025
Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal Doping horses, DEI trainings, and working on a Saturday Reason · Sep 26, 2025
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. Reason · Aug 22, 2025
Medical Marijuana Users May Retain Second Amendment Rights From yesterday's Eleventh Circuit decision in Fla. Comm'r of Ag. v. Attorney General, written by Judge Elizabeth Branch and joined… The post Medical Marijuana Users May Retain Second Amendment Rights appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 21, 2025
Eleventh Circuit Upholds For-Cause Removal Requirement for Administrative Law Judges Will the en banc court agree? Will the Supreme Court? Reason · Jul 17, 2025
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Federal enclaves, false alarms, and pseudonymous lawsuits. Reason · Jul 4, 2025
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Discretionary lawn care, Agent Orange, and banished from South Georgia. Reason · Jun 13, 2025
Arresting Someone for Violating a Probation Condition That Doesn't Exist … would violate the Fourth Amendment, holds the Eleventh Circuit. Reason · Jun 10, 2025
Naples (Florida) Restrictions on Drag Performance at Pride Fest Can Take Effect An Eleventh Circuit panel (by a 2-1 vote) issues a stay of the preliminary injunction that the district court issued in Naples Pride's favor. Reason · Jun 6, 2025
Reason · May 8, 2025 Reasonable to Deny Pseudonymity to Plaintiff Who Seeks to Conceal That She Has Epilepsy So holds the Eleventh Circuit.
Reason · Apr 25, 2025 Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Electronic monitoring, secret GPS trackers, and a speck in the recesses of interstellar space.
Reason · Apr 18, 2025 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.
Reason · Feb 24, 2025 Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch on the Fourth Amendment and Misdemeanor Arrests "Founding-era common law gave officers no authority to make an 'arrest without a warrant, for a mere misdemeanor not committed in [their] presence.'"
Reason · Feb 7, 2025 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Troubled waters, a Declaration of War, and some batty paperwork.
Reason · Feb 4, 2025 Court Upholds 15-Year Sentence for Multiple Politically Motivated Arsons of Walmarts From U.S. v. Olson, decided yesterday by Eleventh Circuit Judge Ed Carnes, joined by Judges Andre Brasher and Charles Wilson:… The post Court Upholds 15-Year Sentence for Multiple Politically Motivated Arsons of Walmarts appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jan 10, 2025 Trump Goes 0-2 In The Span of About 30 Minutes Back-to-back losses at SCOTUS and the 11th Circuit.
Reason · Jan 3, 2025 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Appeals Court Decisions A mashgiach minister, a spicy habeas, and a Madlibs macro.
Reason · Dec 10, 2024 Eleventh Circuit Rejects Federal Child Porn/Sex Trafficking Claims Against Video Chat Service Omegle From M.H. v. Omegle.com LLC, decided yesterday by the Eleventh Circuit (Judges Andrew Brasher and Ed Carnes, joined as to… The post Eleventh Circuit Rejects Federal Child Porn/Sex Trafficking Claims Against Video Chat Service Omegle appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Nov 15, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Ivory Law, non-essential supplies, and medically induced comas.
Reason · Nov 8, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Appeals Court Decisions Pole cameras, hand grenades, and the debt limit apocalypse.