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From La Union del Pueblo Entero v. Abbott, decided today by Judge Edith Jones, joined by Judge Kurt Engelhardt and… The post Fifth Circuit Comments on District Judge's Discussion of Using AI in Judicial Decisionmaking appeared first on Reason.com.

In a crucial appellate court oral argument, the Trump Administration admits that their position says the answer is "yes." The exchange highlights the dangers of judicial deference on judicial invocation of extraordinary emergency powers.

Forbidden vehicle pursuits, forbidden hand-washing pics, and Epic injunctions.

So holds a Fifth Circuit panel, over a dissent. Note that part of the majority's rationale is that the photo would only violate the statute if the prosecution can show that defendant intended to invade privacy in a way "highly offensive to a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities."

Lobstermen surveillance, semiquincentennial squabbling, and socking it to the Scotch Tape People.

My two petitions for writs of mandamus challenge the Justice Department's violation of the Crime Victims' Rights Act and argue for substantive "public interest" review of prosecutors' dismissal motions.

I coauthored the brief on behalf of the the Cato Institute, the Brennan Center for Justice, legal scholars Geoffrey Corn and John Dehn, and myself.

Non-condensing furnaces, drag shows, and master accounts.

Pill-pushing predictions, off-campus speech, and a crude insurrection.