The Latest Breaking News from Fifth Circuit

"But the Government switched positions before the Supreme Court."

Eleven-person juries, noncustodial plaintiffs, and abdicated responsibilities.

Pizza wiretapping, free books, and a search during childbirth.

A tardy oath, old-timey drunkards, and telling it man to [redacted] man.

From yesterday's decision in U.S. v. Medina-Cantu, by Judge Carolyn Dineen King and Kurt Engelhardt: In U.S. v. Portillo-Munoz (5th Cir. 2011), this court held that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), which prohibits an illegal alien from possessing a firearm or ammunition, is constitutional under the Second Amendment. In the present…

ATF shoots the side of a barn, draws a target around the bullet holes, and proclaims “bullseye!”

Nonaggressive dogs, tactical vests, and the entire internet.

The FCC voted in July to allow schools and libraries to use federal money to loan out WiFi hotspots to students and patrons

A debate on a very important Fourth Amendment ruling.

From Hindu American Found. v. Kish, decided today by Judge Dale Drozd (E.D. Cal.): [P]laintiff HAF [and nine individual plaintiffs, including three Doe plaintiffs, seek] declaratory and injunctive relief against defendant Kevin Kish, in his official capacity as the director of the California Civil Rights Department …, for allegedly violating…

An astonishing ruling, and one that creates splits on two differerent issues.