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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Padded cells, hidden cash, and official duties.

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Subreddit Gets Users To Call Texas Gov. Greg Abbott a 'Little Piss Baby' To Defy Content Moderation Law

Reddit users are protesting Texas' H.B. 20, which forces social media platforms to host speech they find objectionable.

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Thoughts on Internet Content Moderation from Spending Thousands of Hours Moderating Volokh Conspiracy Threads

Of possible relevance to the Fifth Circuit's recent decision in Netchoice v. Paxton.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

ATV noise, threat threats, and wasting judicial resources.

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Another Commentary on the Fifth Circuit's Texas Social Media Law Decision

As I noted yesterday, I'm still trying to fully digest the Netchoice v. Paxton opinions, but I passed along two commentaries from top scholars on the subject, one entirely critical from Prof. Genevieve Lakier (Chicago) and one that's mostly critical from Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota). I thought I'd also pass…

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Two Commentaries on the Fifth Circuit's Texas Social Media Law Decision

I'm still trying to fully digest the Netchoice v. Paxton opinions (I've been slammed with several things the last few weeks, including an interesting and unexpected development which I hope to blog about in some detail next month). But for now, I thought I'd pass along two commentaries from top…

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Why the Florida and Texas Social Media Laws Violate the Takings Clause

They mandate occupation of private property without the consent of the owner.

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Fifth Circuit Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Texas Social Media Common Carrier Law

Just released, Netchoice v. Paxton; I'm traveling and likely won't have time to digest the 113 pages of opinions for a while, but here's the opening from Judge Andrew Oldham's opinion, which is a majority on most points: A Texas statute named House Bill 20 generally prohibits large social media…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Bar crawls, backyard riots, and impersonating an officer.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Torture, restraint chairs, public cavity searches, and the secret to eternal youth.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Mean teachers, bad warrants, and merest coincidences.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Burning crosses, incurable violence, and filming in national parks.

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The "Good Ship Fifth Circuit" Denies En Banc Review in Sambrano v. United Airlines

Judge Smith dissents from the denial of rehearing, and Judge Ho concurs.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Collisions, allisions, and grand jury witnesses.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Jarkesy v. SEC

Assessing an aggressive Fifth Circuit opinion declaring Securities & Exchange Commission proceedings unconstituional.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Presidential audits, political patronage, and mail inspections.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Measles, tough weeds, and a COVID hoax.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Building inspectors, historic preservationists, NIMBYs, code enforcement, and the right to make contracts.

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Let's talk about 8 U.S.C. § 1252(f)(1) and Justice Barrett's concurrence in Biden v. Texas

As (yet another) Texas v. U.S. slides from the shadow docket to the rocket docket

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

So no one got qualified (or absolute) immunity this week. No kidding.

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Should There Be a Cost-Benefit Exception to Miranda's Exclusionary Rule?

Judge Jones makes an interesting and compelling argument that in situations where it is debatable whether an officer followed Miranda, there is no good reason for suppressing an unwarned voluntary statement.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Overgrown grass, recording the police, and lying officers who lie and ruin people's lives and get away with it.

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New SG Filing on "Universal Relief" Under the Administrative Procedure Act

The Solicitor General has filed an application for a stay with the U.S. Supreme Court. The requested stay would be of a judgment entered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, but the real showdown here is between the Fifth Circuit and the Sixth Circuit. Last…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Retaliatory investigations, reckless investigating, and a consultant's duty.

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The 3-3-3 Court on the Merits Docket and the Shadow Docket

On June 18, 2021, I wrote, "We don't have a 6-3 Conservative Court. We have a 3-3-3 Court." I'm not sure if I was the first person to coin the phrase 3-3-3 Court, but I was one of the first. And I elaborated on this theme in a Newsweek column,…

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