The Latest Breaking News from Sixth Circuit

[NOTE: There is nothing parodic or facetious about any item in this post; it is entirely accurate. No, seriously, it is. Really, I mean it, really.]

Retaliatory pepper spray, excessive damages awards, and the power of the purse.

If you’ve read, watched and enjoyed the work of America’s best-known satirical publication The Onion, you might be surprised by how serious it suddenly became earlier this month. So serious, in fact, that it might end up before the US Supreme Court.

Doing so qualifies as a taking requiring "just compensation" under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Hauling timber, planting drugs, and barring bologna.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a Sixth Circuit ruling that the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has jurisdiction to regulate a collective bargaining dispute between the Ohio National Guard and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). AFGE is the federal employee union representing…

An important victory against "self-dealing" by state and local governments.

The Onion has filed a brief with the Supreme Court in support of a man arrested for mocking his local police force’s Facebook page. But will the judges get the joke? Richard Hall reports

Plus: The Onion weighs in on qualified immunity case, Supreme Court rejects challenges to bump stock ban, and more...

Padded cells, hidden cash, and official duties.

Bar crawls, backyard riots, and impersonating an officer.