Cisco Slams The Door on ATS, and Perhaps All Other, Implied Causes of Action A scholarly opinion from Justice Barrett with some punchy lines. Reason · Jun 23
Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS releases opinions for June 2026 Welcome to the June 22 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S. Ballotpedia · Jun 22
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Rum, time travel, and inappropriate trophies. Reason · Jun 19
Guns, Aliens, Indians, Registration Numbers, and John Jay From Craghtten v. U.S., decided Wednesday by the Ninth Circuit (Judges Kenneth Lee, Gabriel Sanchez, and Holly Thomas): Isaac Craghtten—a… The post Guns, Aliens, Indians, Registration Numbers, and John Jay appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 19
AI Agents and the CFAA: Amazon.Com Services v. Perplexity AI Just a preliminary injunction stage, but an important case to follow. Reason · Jun 19
The Latest Chicanery in Judge Ross's Case Congress needs to revisit this entire regime. Reason · Jun 12
Trump's toughest immigration opponent isn't the Democrats. It's the courts Donald Trump's push to reshape US immigration policy repeatedly ran into resistance not from Democrats, but from the courts. From DACA and asylum restrictions to birthright citizenship, sanctuary cities and H-1B visas, judges repeatedly tested the limits of executive power, reshaping one of the most consequential immigration agendas in modern… The Economic Times · Jun 9
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Lighthiser v. Trump Kids' Climate Suit Yet another federal court opinion dismissing constitutional climate change claims. Reason · Jun 3
Ninth Circuit on AI Hallucinations Some excerpts from today's long opinion in LNU v. Blanche, decided by the Ninth Circuit by Judge Richard Paez, Carlos… The post Ninth Circuit on AI Hallucinations appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 3
The First Amendment and Off-Duty Police Officer's Counterprotest of Anti-ICE Student Protest Some excerpts from the long opinion in Mullen v. Giordano, decided Thursday by Judge Susan Brnovich (D. Ariz.): The Ninth… The post The First Amendment and Off-Duty Police Officer's Counterprotest of Anti-ICE Student Protest appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · May 26
Salvadoran Man Says He Suffered Stroke While Awaiting Deportation to Torture Prison The man believed he would be sent to supermax prison where the Salvadoran government, paid by the U.S., tortured Venezuelan deportees last year. Capital & Main · May 9
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal A late-night knock at the door, unregistered silencers, and a prison-drone conspiracy. Reason · May 8
Procedural Twist in Kash Patel's Libel Suit Against Substacker Jim Stewartson (Filed in 2023) From today's decision by Chief Judge Andrew Gordon (D. Nev.) in Patel v. Stewartson (for more on the $100K compensatory… The post Procedural Twist in Kash Patel's Libel Suit Against Substacker Jim Stewartson (Filed in 2023) appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Apr 20
An Important Cert Petition Pending Before the Supreme Court on Section 230 Immunity The briefing is completed on a cert petition presenting the urgent question of whether section 230 immunizes Twitter's knowing possession and distribution of child sex abuse materials. Reason · Apr 20
Reason · Apr 10 Ninth Circuit Dismisses Kids Climate Case Against Discounting in Cost-Benefit Analysis The kids climate cases continue to have standing problems in federal court.
Reason · Mar 27 Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes' Sentence Reduced by 1 Year This was called for, the court held, by a new retroactive sentencing guideline that allows such a reduction when a defendant "did not personally cause substantial hardship."
Reason · Mar 13 Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Fiery writs, imperial sovereigns, and cheating escheators.
Reason · Mar 13 The Penis Mightier Why is it worse to use problematic language to describe something than to acknowledge that thing is actually problematic?
Reason · Mar 13 Judge VanDyke: "This is a case about swinging dicks." 30 members of the Ninth Circuit write to disagree.
Reason · Mar 11 The Ninth Circuit's En Banc Shadow Docket Why can lower courts issue unexplained rulings on the emergency docket, but not SCOTUS?
Reason · Mar 10 California AI Model Training Disclosure Law Likely Doesn't Violate First Amendment From last Wednesday's decision in X.AI LLC v. Bonta, by Judge Jesus Bernal (C.D. Cal.): Assembly Bill 2013 …, entitled… The post California AI Model Training Disclosure Law Likely Doesn't Violate First Amendment appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Mar 5 Interview with Judge Lawrence VanDyke at the University of Florida We talk about his background, his path to the bench, and why he does things differently on the Ninth Circuit.
Reason · Mar 3 Mirabelli Offers a Beautiful Vision of the Emergency Docket Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh, as well as the Chief Justice, are on the same page.
Reason · Mar 3 The Supreme Court's Emergency Docket Meets The Inferior Courts' Emergency Dockets Why should the Supreme Court defer to the emergency docket of lower courts?
Reason · Mar 3 Justices Debate Emergency Docket in Parental Rights / Gender Transition Concealment Case Today's opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta involved, on the merits, California policies that "prevent schools from telling them about their… The post Justices Debate Emergency Docket in Parental Rights / Gender Transition Concealment Case appeared first on Reason.com.