Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions BB guns, late deliveries, and a defaulting guard. Reason · Nov 29, 2024
NRA v. Vullo Update: Second Circuit Weighs Reviving $100M+ Damages Claim Readers of the blog may I recall that I was counsel of record for the NRA in the Supreme Court… The post NRA v. Vullo Update: Second Circuit Weighs Reviving $100M+ Damages Claim appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Nov 26, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Private searches, threatening tweets, and constitutional abominations. Reason · Nov 1, 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 Stem cells, boondoggles, and watering flowers. Reason · Oct 4, 2024
Second Circuit Rules Intent To Racially Balance NY High Schools Is Unconstitutional Judge Joseph Bianco’s decision emphasizes that constitutional rights and protections belong to individuals, not groups. Reason · Sep 26, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Pizza wiretapping, free books, and a search during childbirth. Reason · Sep 6, 2024
Sarah Palin Gets New Trial in Libel Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times "[T]he district court’s Rule 50 ruling improperly intruded on the province of the jury by making credibility determinations, weighing evidence, and ignoring facts or inferences that a reasonable juror could plausibly have found to support Palin’s case." Reason · Aug 28, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Controversial memes, mandatory recusal, and punitive damages caps. Reason · Jul 5, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions The Monuments Men, ankle monitor prejudice, and a qualified immunity ballot initiative. Reason · May 31, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Reasonable SWAT mistakes, lying forensic pathologists, and de minimis injuries. Reason · Apr 26, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Sovereign neighbors, voting particulars, and a qualified baptism. Reason · Mar 29, 2024
Second Amendment Protects Public Housing Tenants The public Cortland Housing Authority (near Syracuse) required its tenants not to possess "firearms … or other weapons as defined by the laws and courts of the State of New York" on its property. In Hunter v. Cortland Housing Authority, decided Jan. 30, 2024 (though I somehow missed it), Judge… Reason · Mar 29, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Nuclear waste, river cruises, and an exploding toilet. Reason · Mar 22, 2024
Reason · Mar 15, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Public use, ballot selfies, and a bonkers closing statement.
Reason · Mar 8, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Odor ordinances, woke training, and legislator walkouts.
Reason · Feb 28, 2024 Urinalysis Requirement for Gun Carry Permit Likely Unconstitutional So held Nassau County (N.Y.) trial judge James P. McCormack last week in In the Matter of Kamenshchik, applying the Second Circuit's recent decision in Antonyuk v. Chiumento. Antonyuk held (among other things) that "requiring applicants to disclose even pseudonymous names under which they post online imposes an impermissible infringement…
Reason · Feb 2, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Legal phantoms, Frankenstein's monster, and a wrong-door SWAT raid.
Reason · Jan 23, 2024 Alleged Panama Papers Leaker Still May Not Sue in Federal Court While Hiding His Name from the Court "Plaintiff is entitled ... to make his own judgment about whether disclosing his identity under seal to the Court would pose an inordinate risk to his personal safety. But he is not entitled ... to special dispensation from the well-established requirements of the law."
Reason · Dec 18, 2023 Second Amendment Roundup: Second Circuit Opines on New York's Gun Restrictions Some provisions remain enjoined, but the decision on “sensitive places” is problematic.
Reason · Dec 15, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Gag orders, sleeper berths, and a prosecutor's "dodgy side hustle."
Reason · Nov 17, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Voting districts, work uniforms, and hunter harassment.
Reason · Nov 3, 2023 S. Ct. Will Hear NRA's Case Alleging That N.Y. Government Coerced Companies to Stop Doing Business with NRA The controversy is similar to part of the controversy in Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden), which also involves allegations of government coercion aimed at interfering with speech.
Reason · Oct 6, 2023 Amicus Briefs in Volokh v. James, the Second Circuit Case Related to Social Media "Hate Speech" Policies "For the most part, the American Civil Liberties Union, Young Americans for Freedom, and the Babylon Bee don't see eye to eye."
Reason · Sep 22, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Music theory, cell phone seizures, and gratuitous strip searches.