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The Latest Breaking News from the Fifth Circuit

Which Circuit Had The Highest Reversal Rate?

It was not the Fifth Circuit.

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S. Ct. Will Decide: May States Require Age Verification to Access Porn Sites?

The Court just agreed to hear this case, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton. You can read the majority and dissenting opinions in the Fifth Circuit here, and the petition, response, and reply here. Here's the issue in a nutshell: 1. Ginsberg v. N.Y.(1968) held (in a majority opinion by Justice…

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Social Media Moderation Is Speech, Says Supreme Court

The Court is remanding these two cases for more analysis—but it made its views on some key issues clear.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Overloaded fireworks, behavioral coaching, and makeshift pockets.

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Why Does (It At Least Appear That) Justice Barrett Applies "New," "Heightened," and "Elevated" Standing Rules?

Justice Barrett adamantly resists the suggestion that she keeps leveling up the burden on plaintiffs, but it is becoming more difficult to deny.

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The Facial Challenge Analysis In Rahimi Seems Inconsistent with Lopez

Why did Lopez, who was paid $40 to bring a gun to a school, succeed on a facial challenge, but the Court wouldn't even consider Rahimi's circumstances?

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KBJ DGAF

Unlike Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, Justice Jackson has no problems criticizing Justice Barrett.

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The Supreme Court's Dangerous Standing Ruling in Murthy v. Missouri

The standing requirements laid down by the majority might make it extremely difficult or impossible for victims of indirect goverment censorship to get their cases to court.

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The Lack of Standing in Murthy v. Missouri

Are we in the middle of a great standing reset?

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SCOTUS helps GOP frame "deranged" cases

Conservative justices are dropping "hints" for conservative legal activists going forward

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Supreme Court Sends Message with Narrow Standing Holding in Murthy v. Missouri

Even if one thinks the federal government crossed the line in pushing more aggressive social-media-platform content moderation policies, plaintiffs must still satisfy the traditional requirements of Article III standing.

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Two Braidswood Cases From The Fifth Circuit Are Bound For SCOTUS (Updated)

A RFRA defense to Title VII and a new Appointments Clause challenge.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

John, Paul, George, and Ringo; foreign agents; and warrantless home searches.

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Counting The Votes In An Unusual Per Curiam Opinion in Gonzalez v. Trevino

We know the identity of four members of the majority, but who else joined?

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Lawsuit: Biden Administration Rules That Make Dishwashers, Laundry Machines Worse Also Illegal

The plaintiffs argue that the Department of Energy has no legal authority to impose its own water use limits on energy-consuming home appliances.

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The Ignored Aesthetic Standing Argument In FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

The fauna that did not bark, the flora that did not bloom.

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The Standing Analysis in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

The Court ducks the conscience theory of standing based on the government's new position, "abandons" Haven's Realty, and starts the deadpool for associational standing

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Courts have a scriptural citation issue

Some Fifth Circuit judges have trouble keeping separate church and state

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Austin Judges Shop For Cases With "Mutual Consent"

Cases in the Austin Division of the Western District of Texas are not "randomly" assigned.

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Louisiana SG Seeks Initial En Banc in 5th Circuit On Whether Section 2 of VRA Has Implied Private Right of Action

"Appellants thus seek to advance judicial economy—as this Court has done—through 'initial en banc hearing … without requiring the matter to percolate uselessly through a panel.'"

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Justice Kavanaugh Tells Fifth Circuit that "Shadow Docket" Places Pressure on Supreme Court

Some interesting comments at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference

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Supreme Court Won't Stop Texas Porn Law From Taking Effect

"We will continue to fight for the right to access the internet without intrusive government oversight," says the group challenging the law.

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Justice Gorsuch's Concurrence in Labrador v. Poe

The walls are closing on universal, non-party injunctions against state laws.

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Fifth Circuit Judges Clash Over Venue and Judge Shopping

Judges Oldham and Higginson disagree about where a case belongs: NDTX or DDC.

Texas Observer

Some Texas Prisoners Allowed Only Four Hours of Sleep a Night, Lawsuit Says

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a man incarcerated at the Estelle Unit who has been suing over his sleep schedule for a decade.

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