The Latest Breaking News from the Fifth Circuit

The Fifth Circuit was right to rule it was illegal for the federal government to coerce social media firms, but wrong to uphold a Texas law requiring those firms to post material they prefer to keep out.

In yesterday's decision in Missouri v. Biden, the Fifth Circuit (Judges Edith Clement, Jennifer Elrod, and Don Willett) held that the federal government violated the First Amendment by causing social media platforms to block posts on various topics (including "the COVID-19 lab-leak theory, pandemic lockdowns, vaccine side-effects, election fraud, and…

The post led to the author being arrested for "terrorizing"; so clearly unconstitutional that the police officer lacks qualified immunity, says the Fifth Circuit.

was unconstitutional.

A federal appeals court has ruled that drug users shouldn’t automatically be banned from having guns, marking the latest sign of upheaval in the nation’s firearm legal landscape and raising questions about a law cited in the case against Hunter Biden

Forget Doe v. Mills. Justice Barrett will grant relief on the shadow docket when the Fifth Circuit steps out of line.

The 5th Circuit finds plaintiffs likely to succeed in challenging another set of ATF rules that implicate the Second Amendment.

What does it mean when the Circuit Justice extends an administrative stay?

Tomorrow I will argue that families who lost relatives in the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft should be able to confer with prosecutors about prosecuting Boeing for lying to the FAA.