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

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Victims' Families Ask the Fifth Circuit to Overturn the Dismissal of the Criminal Case Against Boeing

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.

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Our Amicus Brief in W.M.M. v. Trump - En Banc Fifth Circuit Alien Enemies Act Case

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.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

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

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Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal

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

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Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal

SWAT raids, cats' paws, and Christian vegetarianism.

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Fifth Circuit Will Rehear Alien Enemies Act Case En Banc

It will review a panel decision holding that Trump could not invoke this sweeping wartime authority by claiming illegal migration and drug smuggling qualify as an "invasion."

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A Fifth Circuit Disgrantle in the Alien Enemies Act Case

Judge Southwick dissents from the grant of rehearing en banc, Judge Ho cites his Abbott concurrence on the Invasion Clause.

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Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal

Doping horses, DEI trainings, and working on a Saturday

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Short Circuit: An Inexhaustive Weekly Compendium of Rulings from the Federal Courts of Appeal

Predatory incursion, financial fraud, and taking your gun to a fandango.

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Fifth Circuit Rules Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act is Illegal

The 2-1 ruling is in line with most previous court decisions on Trump's invocation of the AEA. Judge Oldham wrote an extremely long, but significantly flawed, dissent.

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Court ruling blocking Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act hailed a ‘victory’

Fifth circuit says Alien Enemies Act can not justify removal of Venezuelans accused of gang ties in peacetime

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

A rescinded diploma, a brown seer stone, and a pointless waste of time.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Remote quorums, jetway robberies, and the beauty of our constitutional republic.

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Fifth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against NLRB Proceedings, Distinguishing Humphrey's Executor

The Court concludes that limitations on the removal of NLRB Board members and NLRB administrative law judges are both unconstitutional.

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Fifth Circuit: West Texas A&M Violated First Amendment by Blocking Student Group's Drag Show

The decision drew a sharp dissent. [UPDATE: The headline originally said Texas A & M, and has since been corrected to West Texas A & M; my apologies.]

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No Qualified Immunity as to Allegations that Pre-K School Principal Failed to Respond to Sexual Molestation of Student by Teacher

From Doe v. Jewell, decided Friday by Fifth Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham, joined by Judges Don Willett and James Ho:… The post No Qualified Immunity as to Allegations that Pre-K School Principal Failed to Respond to Sexual Molestation of Student by Teacher appeared first on Reason.com.

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Cruise ships, sham interviews, and our nation's commitment to a government of laws.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Lethal pepper spray, soggy eggs, and high-end swimwear.

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Rules of the Robe

A sharp-eyed retiree uncovered evidence of judicial misconduct by the chief judge of Houston’s busy bankruptcy court. The unusual story highlights how other complaints against judges go ignored.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Longboat Key condos, protective sweeps, and wrong-door raids.

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Colorado River abstention, Wilton-Brillhart abstention, and sua sponte shenanigans.

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Courts Can Check, and Have Checked, Executives' Military Judgment

Katherine Yon Ebright and Leah Tulin of the Brennan Center make the case against judicial deference to Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

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Justice Kagan Rejects "Combination Theory" Claims For Separation of Powers Cases

"A meritless public non-delegation challenge plus a meritless private nondelegation challenge cannot equal a meritorious 'combination' claim."

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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Federal enclaves, false alarms, and pseudonymous lawsuits.

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