Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Private islands, signal fires, and a salmagundi of sadness. Reason · Feb 28, 2025
Divided Fourth Circuit Denies Partial Stay of Preliminary Injunction Against Executive Order Curtailing Birthright Citizenship If nationwide injunctions were okay against other administrations, the Fourth Circuit see no reason they are not okay now. Reason · Feb 28, 2025
One More First Amendment Case to Watch Another First Amendment case that the Court will consider this Friday, but on the religion side, is Apache Stronghold v.… The post One More First Amendment Case to Watch appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Feb 20, 2025
Alien Tort Statute Liability for American Publisher Would Turn on Whether It Knew Author It Paid Was Hamas Hostage-Holder From Judge Tiffany Cartwright (W.D. Wash.) in Friday's Jan v. People Media Project: Plaintiff Almog Meir Jan is an Israeli… The post Alien Tort Statute Liability for American Publisher Would Turn on Whether It Knew Author It Paid Was Hamas Hostage-Holder appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Feb 4, 2025
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Crypto rules, false statements, and regulatory habitats. Reason · Jan 17, 2025
A Final(?) Attempt to Resurrect the Kids Climate Case The Juliana plaintiffs are again seeking Supreme Court review of their case. Reason · Dec 24, 2024
A Proposal To Create A New Article III Court of Immigration Review "Creation of the COIR would also ensure a 'uniform rule' of immigration law as commanded by Article I of the U.S. Constitution." Reason · Dec 2, 2024
The Twentieth Anniversary of the Crime Victims' Rights Act Twenty years ago to the day, the CVRA took effect ... changing the legal culture in federal criminal cases. Reason · Oct 30, 2024
Judge delays order in antitrust case requiring Google to open up its app store A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions surrounding a jury’s verdict that branded Google as an illegal monopolist The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Equity training, intrusive questions, and a sorry mofo. Reason · Sep 20, 2024
A Last Ditch Attempt to Bring Kids Climate Case Back from the Dead The plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States are seeking Supreme Court intervention to revive their case against the federal government. Reason · Sep 16, 2024
Police Officers' Libel Lawsuit Against Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant Thrown Out From Miller v. Sawant, decided Thursday by Ninth Circuit Judges William Fletcher, Carlos Bea, and John Owens: In February 2016, Miller and Spaulding [two Seattle police officers] fatally shot Che Andre Taylor, a Black man, as they tried to arrest him. Miller and Spaulding's [defamation] complaint … against [Seattle City… Reason · Aug 25, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Nonaggressive dogs, tactical vests, and the entire internet. Reason · Aug 23, 2024
Reason · Aug 15, 2024 UCLA Appeals Yesterday's Preliminary Injunction That Ordered It to Avoid Repetition of Exclusion of Jewish or Pro-Israel Students from Parts of Campus As yesterday's post noted, the injunction provides, [1.] Defendants [UCLA officials] … are prohibited from offering any ordinarily available programs, activities, or campus areas to students if Defendants know the ordinarily available programs, activities, or campus areas are not fully and equally accessible to Jewish students. [2.] Defendants are prohibited…
Sports Illustrated · Aug 14, 2024 NFL Perseveres Through Sunday Ticket Storm There are numerous examples of how the league seems to be able to weather any threat or setback in its march toward unseen heights in popularity and prosperity.
Reason · Jul 18, 2024 Disgrantle: A New Legal Nonce Word From footnote 1 to Judge Lawrence VanDyke's dissent from the grant of rehearing en banc (recall that "dissental" is a relatively new legal term meaning "dissent from denial of rehearing en banc," which has enjoyed some popularity): While dissentals are more common, judges on both this and other courts have,…
Reason · Jul 17, 2024 Internet Preservation and the Fourth Amendment—Case Updates, Part I The first of two rulings, and why I find it unpersuasive.
Reason · Jul 9, 2024 I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends Justice Gorsuch's majority opinion in Grants Pass leaned heavily on cert-stage and merit-stage amicus briefs from progressive jurisdictions.
Reason · Jun 27, 2024 Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch Dissent On An "Emotional and Highly Politicized" Case And they charge that Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh "lost the will" to decide the case.
Reason · Jun 24, 2024 Department of State v. Munoz: The Sleeper ConLaw Case of the Term Justice Barrett's majority clarifies Glucksberg, Mandel, Din, and Knauff, but Justice Sotomayor's dissent really wants to talk about Loving, Obergefell, and Dobbs.
Reason · Jun 14, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Surprise inspections, dangerous fake weapons, and classroom interference.
Reason · May 21, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: Just in Time for the Supreme Court to Consider in Rahimi The Ninth Circuit invalidates the felon gun ban for non-violent offenses with no Founding-era analogues.
Reason · May 3, 2024 Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions River rides, purple robes, and aesthetic injuries.