Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Appeals Court Decisions Neighborly strolls, cannabis discrimination, and a thorough un-en-bancing. Reason · Dec 13, 2024
Making Sense of the 7-1-1-8 Split in Environment Texas Citizen Lobby v. ExxonMobile Does a judge have an obligation to render a judgment to ensure that the court renders a judgment? Reason · Dec 12, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions BB guns, late deliveries, and a defaulting guard. Reason · Nov 29, 2024
Must Government Pay Compensation When It Damages Innocent Owner's Property in Police Action? From Justice Sotomayor's opinion today respecting denial of certiorari in Baker v. City of McKinney, joined by Justice Gorsuch: The… The post Must Government Pay Compensation When It Damages Innocent Owner's Property in Police Action? appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Nov 25, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions A grizzly murder, double jeopardy, and public magistrations. Reason · Nov 22, 2024
My Amicus Cert Petition in the Horseracing Case I argue, on behalf of the Reason Foundation and the Goldwater Institute, that the Supreme Court should take up an Appointments Clause question. Reason · Nov 19, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Appeals Court Decisions Pole cameras, hand grenades, and the debt limit apocalypse. Reason · Nov 8, 2024
Fourth Circuit Votes to Rehear Its Geofence Warrant Case An update in United States v. Chatrie, with a thought on modern Fourth Amendment litigation. Reason · Nov 1, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Private searches, threatening tweets, and constitutional abominations. Reason · Nov 1, 2024
DOJ Files Petition for Rehearing in the Fifth Circuit on Geofence Warrants Filed this week in United States v. Smith. Reason · Oct 25, 2024
Fifth Circuit Stays Broad Discovery Regarding Media Matters Donors in X v. Media Matters The court concludes that X's requested discovery is broader than necessary, though it leaves open the door to some considerably narrower discovery. Reason · Oct 22, 2024
Three Thoughts on the Stay Denial in West Virginia v. EPA Today the Supreme Court denied the application for a stay in West Virginia v. EPA, a challenge to an EPA rule… The post Three Thoughts on the Stay Denial in West Virginia v. EPA appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Oct 16, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Veterinary speech, inflation reduction, and Inspector Javert's playbook. Reason · Sep 27, 2024
A Texas Pipeline Giant Is Backing a Regulatory Disaster Energy Transfer owns the pipeline that caught fire recently near Houston, and it’s setting another fire at the National Labor Relations Board with the help of right-wing jurists. Texas Observer · Sep 27, 2024
Reason · Sep 20, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Equity training, intrusive questions, and a sorry mofo.
Reason · Sep 19, 2024 "Discard [Library] Books … That Reflect Gender, Family, Ethnic, or Racial Bias" Professional librarian sources seem split on viewpoint-based book removals: some firmly call for viewpoint neutrality, while others say that books should be evaluated for "biased viewpoints."
Reason · Sep 17, 2024 Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine on Remand—Still Struggling with Standing No, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's initial standing rulings were not faithful applications of Supreme Court precedent.
Reason · Sep 17, 2024 Judges' Boycott of Columbia in Clerk Hiring Is Permissible Under Judicial Ethics Rules (II) From an order by Eleventh Circuit Judge William Pryor, affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council Aug. 12 but apparently just recently made public (see also this similar Fifth Circuit decision): The Complaint stems from a letter from multiple federal judges, including the Subject Judges, addressed to the president of…
Reason · Sep 17, 2024 Hall-of-Famer Brett Favre's Defamation Lawsuit Against Hall-of-Famer Shannon Sharpe Thrown Out From yesterday's Fifth Circuit decision in Favre v. Sharpe, by Judge Leslie Southwick, joined by Judge Kyle Duncan and Judge Jeremy Kernodle (E.D. Tex.): Brett Favre … was named three times as the NFL's Most Valuable Player, had a Super Bowl victory, and was selected for the NFL Hall of…
Reason · Sep 17, 2024 Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine On Remand "But the Government switched positions before the Supreme Court."
Reason · Sep 13, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Eleven-person juries, noncustodial plaintiffs, and abdicated responsibilities.
Reason · Sep 6, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Pizza wiretapping, free books, and a search during childbirth.
Reason · Aug 30, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions A tardy oath, old-timey drunkards, and telling it man to [redacted] man.
Reason · Aug 28, 2024 Fifth Circuit Won't Revisit Its Earlier Precedent Holding Illegal Aliens Lack Second Amendment Rights From yesterday's decision in U.S. v. Medina-Cantu, by Judge Carolyn Dineen King and Kurt Engelhardt: In U.S. v. Portillo-Munoz (5th Cir. 2011), this court held that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), which prohibits an illegal alien from possessing a firearm or ammunition, is constitutional under the Second Amendment. In the present…
Reason · Aug 26, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: 8th Circuit Rules in Favor of Pistol Brace Owners ATF shoots the side of a barn, draws a target around the bullet holes, and proclaims “bullseye!”