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How Should the District Court Evaluate the Motion to Dismiss the Charges Against Mayor Adams?

Under existing Second Circuit caselaw, the district court will almost certainly need to approve the motion to dismiss. But existing Circuit law fails to take into account the Crime Victims Rights Act. And there may be a "victim" who rights are being ignored: New York City.

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Louis Farrakhan Loses Defamation and First Amendment Lawsuit Against Anti-Defamation League and Others

From Farrakhan v. Anti-Defamation League, decided today by Second Circuit Judges Susan L. Carney, Joseph F. Bianco & William J.… The post Louis Farrakhan Loses Defamation and First Amendment Lawsuit Against Anti-Defamation League and Others appeared first on Reason.com.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Appeals Court Decisions

A mashgiach minister, a spicy habeas, and a Madlibs macro.

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Second Circuit Panel Upholds E. Jean Carroll's $5M Win Against Donald Trump as to 1996 Sexual Abuse and 2022 Defamation

The short introduction from the 17,000-word Carroll v. Trump, decided today by Second Circuit Judges Denny Chin, Susan Carney, and… The post Second Circuit Panel Upholds E. Jean Carroll's $5M Win Against Donald Trump as to 1996 Sexual Abuse and 2022 Defamation appeared first on Reason.com.

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Olivet University "Pled Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering"; Newsweek Reported That as "Pleaded Guilty to Money Laundering"

Not libel, says the Second Circuit: "the truth is so near to the facts as published that ... no legal harm has been done."

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

BB guns, late deliveries, and a defaulting guard.

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NRA v. Vullo Update: Second Circuit Weighs Reviving $100M+ Damages Claim

Readers of the blog may I recall that I was counsel of record for the NRA in the Supreme Court… The post NRA v. Vullo Update: Second Circuit Weighs Reviving $100M+ Damages Claim appeared first on Reason.com.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Private searches, threatening tweets, and constitutional abominations.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Dinosaur statutes, vote harvesting, and septic permits.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Stem cells, boondoggles, and watering flowers.

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Second Circuit Rules Intent To Racially Balance NY High Schools Is Unconstitutional

Judge Joseph Bianco’s decision emphasizes that constitutional rights and protections belong to individuals, not groups.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Pizza wiretapping, free books, and a search during childbirth.

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Sarah Palin Gets New Trial in Libel Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times

"[T]he district court’s Rule 50 ruling improperly intruded on the province of the jury by making credibility determinations, weighing evidence, and ignoring facts or inferences that a reasonable juror could plausibly have found to support Palin’s case."

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Controversial memes, mandatory recusal, and punitive damages caps.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

The Monuments Men, ankle monitor prejudice, and a qualified immunity ballot initiative.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Reasonable SWAT mistakes, lying forensic pathologists, and de minimis injuries.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Sovereign neighbors, voting particulars, and a qualified baptism.

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Second Amendment Protects Public Housing Tenants

The public Cortland Housing Authority (near Syracuse) required its tenants not to possess "firearms … or other weapons as defined by the laws and courts of the State of New York" on its property. In Hunter v. Cortland Housing Authority, decided Jan. 30, 2024 (though I somehow missed it), Judge…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Nuclear waste, river cruises, and an exploding toilet.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Public use, ballot selfies, and a bonkers closing statement.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Odor ordinances, woke training, and legislator walkouts.

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Urinalysis Requirement for Gun Carry Permit Likely Unconstitutional

So held Nassau County (N.Y.) trial judge James P. McCormack last week in In the Matter of Kamenshchik, applying the Second Circuit's recent decision in Antonyuk v. Chiumento. Antonyuk held (among other things) that "requiring applicants to disclose even pseudonymous names under which they post online imposes an impermissible infringement…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Legal phantoms, Frankenstein's monster, and a wrong-door SWAT raid.

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Alleged Panama Papers Leaker Still May Not Sue in Federal Court While Hiding His Name from the Court

"Plaintiff is entitled ... to make his own judgment about whether disclosing his identity under seal to the Court would pose an inordinate risk to his personal safety. But he is not entitled ... to special dispensation from the well-established requirements of the law."

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Second Amendment Roundup: Second Circuit Opines on New York's Gun Restrictions

Some provisions remain enjoined, but the decision on “sensitive places” is problematic.

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