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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Two-faced federal prosecutors, a state prosecutor who needs to chill on Netflix, and an iconic naked baby.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Gift cards, strong medicine, and cloud search warrants.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Drone speech, roofer speech, and quasi-judicial speech.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Carjacking, arson, and obscured license tags.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Wedding officiants, teaser profiles, and administrative animals.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Cooperative subjects, an unwanted text message, and hunting in a national forest.

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Challenge to Georgia BDS Law Loses on Qualified Immunity Grounds

The Eleventh Circuit therefore avoids deciding whether such laws are constitutional.

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Amicus Brief Opposing Stop W.O.K.E. Act's Limits on Public University Teaching

My students Pareesa Darafshi, Gerardo Valentino Gorospe IV, and Philip Raucci and I just submitted this brief on behalf of the Academic Freedom Alliance in Pernell & Novoa v. Lamb, the Eleventh Circuit case challenging the Stop W.O.K.E. Act. As you'll see, the brief has to deal with Bishop v.…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

A kangaroo court, a diversified student body, and lying drug cops.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Loss and woe.

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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Restriction on Gun Purchases by 18-to-20-Year-Olds

The opinion, just handed down today, is Jones v. Bonti, written by Judge Robin Rosenbaum, and joined by District Judge Anne Conway (M.D. Fla.); Judge Charles Wilson concurred in the judgment, because he would have preferred to wait until the Florida Legislature finishes considering a bill that would lower the…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Flouncing, flaunting, flirting, flouting, foundering, and flounting.

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Another Dissent from Denial of Certiorari from Justice Jackson

For the second time, Justice Jackson dissents from the Supreme Court's refusal to hear a case.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Alaskan Natives, Alaska Airlines, and Alaskan students.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Bogus arrests, bogus charges, and bogus seizures.

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Eleventh Circuit Becomes Second Federal Appellate Court to Strike Down Tax Mandate Condition in 2021 Covid Stimulus Bill

Like the Sixth Circuit before it, the Eleventh ruled that the requirement that states receiving stimulus money refrain from cutting taxes was never clearly authorized by Congress.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Sex trafficking, child-pornography solicitation, and FERC.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Zoom jurors, community caretaking, and criticizing a colleague.

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"Suicide by Cop" Is Covered by Suicide Exclusion in Insurance Policy

From N. Am. Co. for Life & Health Ins. v. Caldwell, decided Thursday by the Eleventh Circuit, in an opinion by Chief Judge William Pryor, joined by Judges Robin Rosenbaum and Stanley Marcus: This appeal requires us to decide whether a life-insurance policy excludes from coverage a death resulting from…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Feather bans, tent curtilage, and youngsters and their sweets.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Veterans' benefits, Robert's Rules of Order, and Floribama.

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Eleventh Circuit Quashes Trump Effort to Block Federal Government Access to Mar-a-Lago Documents

In a brief and forceful opinion, a unanimous court explains why the trial court never had jurisdiction to consider Trump's filings in the first place.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Unconsidered pesticides, undesirable aliens, and unconstitutional delegating.

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Defendant's "Cyber Campaign" "Was Multi-Faceted, Intricate and Extensive, Sly, Anonymous, and Horrible"

A court grants summary judgment in a #TheyLied case, after the defendant had stopped defending it, concluding that "Ms. Abid's refusal to litigate is purposeful and consistent with her malign, manipulative character shown in this record."

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Wanted posters, vague and threatening letters, and dragging a 75-pound dummy.

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