MYSTERIOUS: 9 | Mind Blowing Facts

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

Supreme Court to Tackle Who Can Sue Agencies Where and for What

With today's cert grants, the Court now has four cases that address the issue of where suits can be filed against federal agencies and who can file them.

Reason · Oct 21, 2024

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Dinosaur statutes, vote harvesting, and septic permits.

Reason · Oct 18, 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

En Banc Fifth Circuit Tells Judge Ezra to RTFM

"The case is REMANDED with instructions to vacate the preliminary injunction and for further proceedings consistent with the majority opinion of the court."

Reason · Sep 25, 2024

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Equity training, intrusive questions, and a sorry mofo.

Reason · Sep 20, 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 19, 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