Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions The Monuments Men, ankle monitor prejudice, and a qualified immunity ballot initiative. Reason · May 31, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Student loan forgiveness, critical infrastructure, and inexcusable incompetence. Reason · Apr 5, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Sovereign neighbors, voting particulars, and a qualified baptism. Reason · Mar 29, 2024
Texas SWAT Team Held Innocent Family at Gunpoint After Raiding the Wrong Home The officers are avoiding accountability after getting qualified immunity. Reason · Mar 21, 2024
Louisiana Law Lets Wildlife Agents Trespass on Private Property A lawsuit from the Institute for Justice claims the law violates the Louisiana Constitution. Reason · Mar 13, 2024
Qualified Immunity Is Not Limited to Police Brutality. It Protects a Wide Variety of Abusive Officials. An analysis of appeals involving the doctrine finds that less than a quarter "fit the popular conception of police accused of excessive force." Reason · Feb 13, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Citizen Trump, political chalking, and rough business. Reason · Feb 9, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Criminalizing journalism, spooking gun buyers, and fashioning the destiny of the community. Reason · Jan 26, 2024
Wisconsin Could Make It Impossible for Cottage Food Producers To Make a Living A new bill would impose a $20,000 annual sales cap, which would make the state’s cottage food regime one of the most restrictive in the nation. Reason · Jan 24, 2024
Will Arizona Legalize Its Tamale Black Market This Year? A veto from Gov. Katie Hobbs killed a bill that would’ve brought the trade above ground. Now lawmakers have launched a new legalization effort. Reason · Jan 19, 2024
Israel-Hamas Conflict: Iraq Moves To 'Permanently' End US-Led Mission; Islamic State Claims Iran Attacks On Day 91 of the Israel-Hamas war, there is growing concern over a potential regional spillover following three days of escalated tensions due to explosions in Iran, the assassination of a Hamas senior leader in Beirut, Houthi disruptions in the Red Sea and the killing of a pro-Iranian Iraqi militia's… International Business Times · Jan 5, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Gag orders, sleeper berths, and a prosecutor's "dodgy side hustle." Reason · Dec 15, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Voting districts, work uniforms, and hunter harassment. Reason · Nov 17, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Jury experiments, assault weapons, and machine guns. Reason · Nov 10, 2023
Reason · Nov 8, 2023 New Jersey Secretly Stores Your Newborn's Blood for Decades According to a new lawsuit, New Jersey has handed over leftover blood from newborn genetic testing to law enforcement and sold it to third parties.
Reason · Oct 20, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Harvesting Facebook data, directorial diversity, and corrupt intent.
Reason · Sep 29, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Wedding officiants, teaser profiles, and administrative animals.
Reason · Sep 8, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions 3,000 years of overdetention, chief lickspittle, and the wrong side of the road.
Reason · Aug 11, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Butterfly knives, and prison atrocities, and a clueless detective.
Reason · Jul 28, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Cooperative subjects, an unwanted text message, and hunting in a national forest.
Reason · Jul 13, 2023 David Sosa Says Mistakenly Arresting Him Twice Based on His Name Violated His Rights. Other David Sosas Agree. The 11th Circuit rejected Sosa's constitutional claims, and he is asking the Supreme Court to intervene.
Reason · Jul 11, 2023 Police Seized Innocent People's Property and Kept It for Years. What Will the Supreme Court Do? Civil forfeiture is a highly unaccountable practice. The justices have the opportunity to make it a bit less so.
Reason · Jun 23, 2023 "Brief of Amici Curiae David Sosa, David Sosa, David Sosa, David Sosa, & the Institute For Justice in Support of Petitioner David Sosa" Malkovich? Malkovich. Malkovich.
Reason · Jun 23, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions David Sosa has some important thoughts. And so does David Sosa. As well as David Sosa. Also, David Sosa.
Reason · Jun 16, 2023 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Deposition misconduct, grumpy interrogatories, and protesting the Lawyers' Mall.