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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Jury experiments, assault weapons, and machine guns.

Reason · Nov 10, 2023

Sixth Circuit Serial Personal Jurisdiction Litigant Kathy Griffin Makes More Precedent

If you want to sue someone, you have to do it in a court that has "personal jurisdiction" over that person; that, courts have held, is required by the Due Process Clause. One way to make sure of this is to sue where the defendant lives (to oversimplify in some…

Reason · Nov 3, 2023

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Drone speech, roofer speech, and quasi-judicial speech.

Reason · Oct 27, 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 · Sep 8, 2023

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Detroit's forfeiture machine, major nuclear questions, and copyrightable materials.

Reason · Sep 1, 2023

Sixth Circuit Rules Owners of Cars Taken by Asset Forfeiture Have Constitutional Right to a Hearing Within Two Weeks of Seizure

The decision provides important protection for property rights, and features a powerful concurring opinion by prominent conservative Judge Amal Thapar.

Reason · Sep 1, 2023

Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to School Officials

Court finds parent's right to comment on their interactions with their child's coaches or teachers is cleartly established.

Reason · Aug 28, 2023

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Chalk, meme stocks, and a dog in peril.

Reason · Aug 18, 2023

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Moot beaches, sparking the French Revolution, and cash-bail advocacy.

Reason · Aug 4, 2023

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Cooperative subjects, an unwanted text message, and hunting in a national forest.

Reason · Jul 28, 2023