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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Collisions, allisions, and grand jury witnesses.

Reason · Aug 19, 2022

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

So no one got qualified (or absolute) immunity this week. No kidding.

Reason · Jul 22, 2022

The 3-3-3 Court on the Merits Docket and the Shadow Docket

On June 18, 2021, I wrote, "We don't have a 6-3 Conservative Court. We have a 3-3-3 Court." I'm not sure if I was the first person to coin the phrase 3-3-3 Court, but I was one of the first. And I elaborated on this theme in a Newsweek column,…

Reason · Jul 8, 2022

US Supreme Court won’t block a lower-court order to count undated Pa. mail ballots

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday lifted an order that had injected uncertainty into the debate over whether undated mail ballots should be counted in Pennsylvania elections.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 9, 2022

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Interstate wine shipping, illegal traffic fines, and internet-ordained preachers.

Reason · Jun 3, 2022

In move that could help Mehmet Oz, lawyers prepare to take fight over undated mail ballots to U.S. Supreme Court

PHILADELPHIA — In a move that could help Mehmet Oz in his fight to become the GOP Senatorial nominee in Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia lawyer is preparing to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lower court decision over undated mail ballots — injecting further uncertainty after a ruling that…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 24, 2022

McCormick sues to have undated mail ballots counted as Senate race against Oz heads toward recount

PHILADELPHIA — With an all-but-certain recount looming in their primary contest, Republican Senate candidates Mehmet Oz and David McCormick have opened a new front in their battle over every ballot: the courts.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 24, 2022

The Oz and McCormick campaigns are already fighting over undated Pa. mail ballots as Senate primary recount looms

PHILADELPHIA — The legal fight for every single vote in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary has begun.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 21, 2022

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Citizenship, machine guns, and bigamy

Reason · May 20, 2022

Break a Leg in the Salt Mines: Federalist Publisher's Tweet About Unionization Was Joke, not Threat

From today's Third Circuit decision in Fdrlst Media, LLC v. NLRB, by Judge Thomas Hardiman, joined by Judge Anthony Scirica: The Employer [FDRLST] operates The Federalist, a right-leaning internet magazine that publishes commentary on cultural, political, and religious issues of current interest, including labor issues. In June 2019, the Employer…

Reason · May 20, 2022