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Fifth Circuit Won't Revisit Its Earlier Precedent Holding Illegal Aliens Lack Second Amendment Rights

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…

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Second Amendment Roundup: 8th Circuit Rules in Favor of Pistol Brace Owners

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

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Nonaggressive dogs, tactical vests, and the entire internet.

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After millions lose access to internet subsidy, FCC moves to fill connectivity gaps

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

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The ACLU's Response to My Post on the Fifth Circuit's Smith Ruling—And My Reply to the ACLU

A debate on a very important Fourth Amendment ruling.

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No Pseudonymity for Hindu Plaintiffs Challenging Enforcement of California Caste Discrimination Ban

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…

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The Fifth Circuit Shuts Down Geofence Warrants—And Maybe A Lot More

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

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Judges' Boycott of Columbia in Clerk Hiring Is Permissible Under Judicial Ethics Rules

From Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Priscilla Richman's June 24 opinion, which was affirmed earlier this month by an Appellate Review Panel of the Judicial Council for the Fifth Circuit (in an order signed by Judge Jennifer Elrod): Complainant, a state prisoner, has filed a complaint against a United States Circuit…

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Judge Ezra's Worrying Behavior in the Buoy Case

Judge Ezra boasted about knowing the judges on the Fifth Circuit, being sworn into the Texas Bar by the Chief Judge's husband, and threatened to have the Deputy Solicitor General's lawyer removed from the courtroom.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Heated depositions, wellness checks, and strip searches.

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En Banc Fifth Circuit Rules for Texas in Water Buoy Case, but Doesn't Resolve Issue of Whether Illegal Migration Qualifies as "Invasion"

The invasion argument is still being litigated in another case.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Venue roulette, a sham affidavit, and uninspected bloomin’ onions.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Amateur sports, geofence warrants, and a Saudi kill squad.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Controversial memes, mandatory recusal, and punitive damages caps.

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Judges Block Indiana and Mississippi Age Verification Laws for Porn, Social Media

And the Supreme Court agrees to weigh in.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Overloaded fireworks, behavioral coaching, and makeshift pockets.

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Court ruling suggests recent activity in federal investigation of Ken Paxton

Records don’t name the attorney general’s office, but their details line up with the accusations former top deputies made against Paxton.

Salon

SCOTUS helps GOP frame "deranged" cases

Conservative justices are dropping "hints" for conservative legal activists going forward

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Two Braidswood Cases From The Fifth Circuit Are Bound For SCOTUS (Updated)

A RFRA defense to Title VII and a new Appointments Clause challenge.

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Rahimi, Meenie, Miney, Mo; After Only Two Years Bruen's Gotta Go!

In November, I wrote that the Fifth Circuit's Rahimi decision "was a faithful application of Bruen." Seven months later, now having read the Supreme Court's Rahimi decision, I stand by what I wrote. After Justice Thomas's dissent, the most intellectually honest opinion in Rahimi was Justice Jackson's concurrence. Jackson explained…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

John, Paul, George, and Ringo; foreign agents; and warrantless home searches.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Surprise inspections, dangerous fake weapons, and classroom interference.

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The Standing Analysis in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

The Court ducks the conscience theory of standing based on the government's new position, "abandons" Haven's Realty, and starts the deadpool for associational standing

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Frothy fonts, unprofessional death threats, and books about butts and farts.

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Fifth Circuit Blocks Order Requiring Defendants' Lawyers "to Attend 'Religious-Liberty Training' as a Sanction"

From today's decision in Carter v. Southwest Airlines, Inc. (consolidated with Carter v. Local 556, Transport Workers Union of Am.), decided today by Judge Edith Brown Clement, Kurt Engelhardt, and Cory Wilson (for my earlier post on the case, see here): On August 7, 2023, the district court held Southwest…

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