Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Butter or spray; liars and bad cops; and SecretAgentRandyBeans. Reason · Apr 21, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Vaccinated jurors, a parking monopoly, and plant-based meat. Reason · Apr 14, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Scooter injuries, loyalty oaths, and Canadian barrels. Reason · Apr 7, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Anti-Muslim tweets, inactive warrants, and anti-Muslim prison guards. Reason · Mar 24, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Speedy trials, political advertising, and horseracing. Reason · Mar 10, 2023
ACLU of N.C., Freedom of the Press Foundation, and I Are Challenging Sealing of Documents Related to Gag Order In Doe v. U.N.C. Sys. (W.D.N.C.), a case challenging the expulsion of plaintiff Jacob Doe for alleged sexual assault, the court issued a quite remarkable TRO last week: It, among other things, required defendants "to direct all individuals"—including UNC students—"over whom they exercise control to refrain from publishing or disclosing… Reason · Feb 28, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Boisterous school children, suspicious mispronunciations, and convicted misdemeanant Don Blankenship. Reason · Feb 24, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Chastising finger wags, derogatory reports, and steel threats. Reason · Feb 10, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Sex trafficking, child-pornography solicitation, and FERC. Reason · Jan 20, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Sikh Marines, MAGA hats, and racist memes. Reason · Dec 30, 2022
The legal history of bans on firearms and Bowie knives before 1900 Bowie knives are back in constitutional law news these days, after a very long absence. The U.S. Supreme Court's Bruen decision instructs lower courts to look to U.S. legal history to see what sorts of restrictions on Second Amendment rights are consistent with the mainstream American legal tradition. According to… Reason · Nov 20, 2022
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Wanted posters, vague and threatening letters, and dragging a 75-pound dummy. Reason · Nov 4, 2022
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions ATV noise, threat threats, and wasting judicial resources. Reason · Sep 23, 2022
Ballotpedia · Sep 23, 2022 Union Station: Appellate courts issue rulings in three public-sector union lawsuits Two three-judge appellate panels, one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, issued rulings in three lawsuits involving public-sector union fees or dues in the past week.
Reason · Sep 22, 2022 First Amendment Limits on State Laws Targeting Election Misinformation, Part IV First Amendment implications for state laws targeting election speech.
Reason · Aug 19, 2022 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Collisions, allisions, and grand jury witnesses.
Reason · Aug 10, 2022 Fourth Circuit amicus brief on Maryland handgun licensing law Legal history before 1900 provides no support for licensing or training mandates for keeping an arm at home
Salon · Aug 10, 2022 Will Joe Manchin get his pipeline? The agreement might not solve the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s biggest problem: compliance with environmental law
Reason · Aug 5, 2022 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Measles, tough weeds, and a COVID hoax.
Reason · Jul 29, 2022 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Building inspectors, historic preservationists, NIMBYs, code enforcement, and the right to make contracts.
Reason · Jul 22, 2022 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions So no one got qualified (or absolute) immunity this week. No kidding.
Reason · Jul 10, 2022 Chief Judge Srinivasan's Cursory Emoluments Clauses Analysis After four years of contested litigation, the D.C. Circuit cursorily resolves the meaning of the Emoluments Clauses without any acknowledgment of contrary positions.
Reason · Jun 17, 2022 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Fragile vessels, unlawful encouragement, and an unchastened district attorney.
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022 ‘Pouring gasoline on the fire’: Trump knew election plot was illegal and egged on riot that threatened Mike Pence’s life, Jan 6 hearing reveals New testimony reveals one of Mr Trump’s White House lawyers telling law professor John Eastman he was ‘out of his effing mind’ for suggesting that then-vice president Mike Pence unilaterally throw out electoral votes for Joe Biden