The Latest Breaking News from Willett

Another Unusual Footnote In An En Banc Fifth Circuit Opinion

Something strange happened in these two cases.

Reason · Aug 20

A Private Ethics Order From The Fifth Circuit With Dissents To Make It Public (Updated)

How could it be that not a single member of the 11th Circuit Judicial Council thought to make Judge Betsy's reprimand public?

Reason · May 31

Second Amendment Roundup: 5th Circuit Holds Disarming for Meth Conviction Violates 2nd Amendment

No historical analogues justify felon possession ban for drug conviction.

Reason · Feb 2

Making Sense of the 7-1-1-8 Split in Environment Texas Citizen Lobby v. ExxonMobile

Does a judge have an obligation to render a judgment to ensure that the court renders a judgment?

Reason · Dec 12, 2024

Smooth operator: Willett debuts new furniture at Design Miami 2024, with a playful touch of retro allure

LA furniture designer Willett turned heads in the design world with the launch of his eponymous brand earlier this year. Ahead of his Design Miami debut, he told us what’s in store for 2025

Wallpaper · Nov 27, 2024

En Banc Fifth Circuit Tells Judge Ezra to RTFM

"The case is REMANDED with instructions to vacate the preliminary injunction and for further proceedings consistent with the majority opinion of the court."

Reason · Sep 25, 2024

Judge Ezra's Worrying Behavior in the Buoy Case

Judge Ezra boasted about knowing the judges on the Fifth Circuit, being sworn into the Texas Bar by the Chief Judge's husband, and threatened to have the Deputy Solicitor General's lawyer removed from the courtroom.

Reason · Aug 8, 2024

Seven Fifth Circuit Judges Argue for Reading § 230 Narrowly

From Doe v. Snap, Inc., filed Monday, following and repeatedly quoting Justice Thomas's separate statement respecting denial of certiorari in Malwarebytes, Inc. v. Enigma Software Grp. USA, LLC (2020): Jennifer Walker Elrod, Circuit Judge, joined by Smith, Willett, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges, dissenting from denial of rehearing…

Reason · Dec 20, 2023

Bump Stock Ban Regulation Isn't Authorized by Federal Law, Says Fifth Circuit En Banc

From the majority opinion, by Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod, in Cargill v. Garland: Since the National Firearms Act of 1934, federal law has heavily regulated machineguns. Indeed, as proposed, that law was known to many as "the Anti-Machine Gun Bill." The possession or transfer of a machinegun was eventually banned…

Reason · Jan 7, 2023

UK weather: Snow forecast this week as temperatures PLUMMET in Arctic blast

Most of the UK will experience windy and rainy conditions, but a smattering of the white stuff is likely in northern Scotland

Daily Mirror · Oct 10, 2022