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

VHS rentals, true-crime documentaries, and IT techs in the jury room.

Reason · Apr 4, 2025

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

Facsimile fun, federal funding freezes, and fateful photos.

Reason · Mar 28, 2025

Ninth Circuit Declines to Block Idaho's "Biological Sex" Restrictions for Multi-Occupancy School Restrooms, Locker Rooms, and Shower Rooms

The court leaves open, though, the possibility that a narrower challenge aimed just at restrooms with closed stalls, where students wouldn't generally be partly or fully undressed where others can see them.

Reason · Mar 26, 2025

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Measles outbreaks, navigable rivers, and a winey circuit split.

Reason · Mar 7, 2025

School District Can't "Prohibit All [Parents'] Speech on School Property That It Finds 'Offensive or Inappropriate'"

An excerpt from the 11,000-word opinion in Hartzell v. Marana Unified School Dist., decided today by Ninth Circuit Judge Milan… The post School District Can't "Prohibit All [Parents'] Speech on School Property That It Finds 'Offensive or Inappropriate'" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Mar 5, 2025

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Idling buses, an iPhone non-search, and high seas cocaine.

Reason · Feb 21, 2025

Ninth Circuit Denies Government Request for Emergency Relief in Birthright Citizenship Case

The first of what may be many appellate rulings on the Trump Administration's most controversial and questionable Executive Order.

Reason · Feb 20, 2025

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Troubled waters, a Declaration of War, and some batty paperwork.

Reason · Feb 7, 2025

Alien Tort Statute Liability for American Publisher Would Turn on Whether It Knew Author It Paid Was Hamas Hostage-Holder

From Judge Tiffany Cartwright (W.D. Wash.) in Friday's Jan v. People Media Project: Plaintiff Almog Meir Jan is an Israeli… The post Alien Tort Statute Liability for American Publisher Would Turn on Whether It Knew Author It Paid Was Hamas Hostage-Holder appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Feb 4, 2025

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Hoary doctrines, lurking theories, and atomic bombs.

Reason · Jan 24, 2025