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

A camp chair, a shaking of faith, and a murder in front of a Waffle House.

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

Smart meters, bad metaphors, and the color of state law

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Links to My Posts on Chatrie v. United States, the Geofence Warrant Case

Fourteen posts in all, from 2022 to the present.

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Fourth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Disclosing Names of Perceived Afghan Collaborators

The order came in a peculiar context—a civil lawsuit over the custody of a child born in Afghanistan—but its logic extends further.

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

ICE, AirPods, and the No Fly List

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A Narrow Resolution on Geofence Warrants?: A Thought on Chatrie

The first in a series.

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

Fiery writs, imperial sovereigns, and cheating escheators.

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Background Check's Reporting Expunged Conviction Isn't Defamation or Fair Credit Reporting Act Violation

From Smith v. InformData, LLC, decided Wednesday by Judge Rossie Alston (E.D. Va.): Plaintiff Harry Smith filed suit for alleged… The post Background Check's Reporting Expunged Conviction Isn't Defamation or Fair Credit Reporting Act Violation appeared first on Reason.com.

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Fourth Circuit Publicly Admonishes Lawyer for "Citations to Nonexistent Judicial Opinions"

From yesterday's decision in In re Nwaubani, from the Fourth Circuit (Judges Marvin Quattlebaum, Allison Rushing, and DeAndrea Gist Benjamin):… The post Fourth Circuit Publicly Admonishes Lawyer for "Citations to Nonexistent Judicial Opinions" appeared first on Reason.com.

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

Lies, damned lies, and statutes of limitations.

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

An empty whiskey bottle, a rat in the crosshairs, and the nightmares of HR managers

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Fourth Circuit Rejects Facial Challenge to Two Trump Anti-DEI Executive Orders

"What plaintiffs are really asking us to do is read subtext into the Provision's text."

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SCOTUS Summarily Reverses Fourth Circuit, Justice Jackson votes to deny writ of certiorari without opinion

KBJ's dissent from the grant of certiorari, without a written opinion, is fairly rare.

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Is the Fourth the New Ninth? - 2026 Update

Another summary reversal of a Fourth Circuit AEDPA decision.

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

Sensitive places, reasonable arguments, and volcanic fiduciary relationships.

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First Amendment Protects Islam Expert's Post-Sept. 11 Speech Urging People to Join Taliban

So a Fourth Circuit panel held today, vacating the defendant's convictions from 2005.

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

Top Gun, official acts, and atrial fibrillation.

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

Flashing blue lights, veteran housing, and DEI trainings.

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When Courts of Appeals Decide Issues Pending Before the Supreme Court

The practice is not consistent.

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

Firework permits, intratribal smokes, and really just a whole lot of shootings and killings.

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

Qualified privileges, unequal conspiracies, and a file in hand.

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

A dogfighting legend, false positives, and 69 guns.

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

Big game hunts, Victorian London, and those trendy Trader Joe’s bags.

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Fourth Circuit Rules Performing Forced Labor as a Cook for a Terrorist Organization Does Not Count as "Material Support" for Terrorism that Precludes a Migrant From Getting Asylum

The 2-1 ruling got the right result, but not entirely for the right reason.

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