Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Fabricated identities, fictitious daycares, and made-up laws. Reason · Aug 28
Appeals Court Keeps ICE Out of Churches: No Warrant, No Entry — For Now A unanimous Fourth Circuit panel upheld limits on warrantless ICE arrests at eight churches, a Sikh temple, and Quaker meetinghouses, citing religious freedom law. Latin Times · Aug 22
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Rough rides, U.S. attorney vacancies, and the 26th Amendment. Reason · Aug 21
Fourth Circuit Concludes South Carolina Cannot Limit "No-Excuse" Absentee Ballots to Those Over 65 An election law question that seems destined for the Supreme Court. Reason · Aug 19
First Amendment Might Protect FTP&ATF License Plate The Fourth Circuit considers "a question that has divided ... courts ...: whether the character combinations on personalized license plates ... are government speech or private speech." Reason · Jul 31
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Financial surveillance, impaired contracts, and games of gotcha. Reason · Jul 17
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Armed canvassers, extrajudicial killings, and guns on the metro. Reason · Jul 10
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Rum, time travel, and inappropriate trophies. Reason · Jun 19
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Bleak House, wellness checks, and forfeiture interrogatories. Reason · Jun 5
SCOTUS Summarily Reverses The "Inquisitorial" Fourth Circuit Twice In One Term The judges of the Fourth Circuit continue to act as advocates. Reason · May 28
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal SWAT damage, sloppy briefs, and forced confessions. Reason · May 22
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. Reason · May 15
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Smart meters, bad metaphors, and the color of state law Reason · May 1
Links to My Posts on Chatrie v. United States, the Geofence Warrant Case Fourteen posts in all, from 2022 to the present. Reason · Apr 25
Reason · Apr 22 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.
Reason · Apr 17 Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal ICE, AirPods, and the No Fly List
Reason · Apr 14 A Narrow Resolution on Geofence Warrants?: A Thought on Chatrie The first in a series.
Reason · Mar 13 Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Fiery writs, imperial sovereigns, and cheating escheators.
Reason · Mar 13 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.
Reason · Mar 12 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.
Reason · Mar 6 Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Lies, damned lies, and statutes of limitations.
Reason · Feb 20 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
Reason · Feb 6 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."
Reason · Jan 26 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.
Reason · Jan 26 Is the Fourth the New Ninth? - 2026 Update Another summary reversal of a Fourth Circuit AEDPA decision.