The Latest Breaking News from Fifth Circuit

From an order by Eleventh Circuit Judge William Pryor, affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council Aug. 12 but apparently just recently made public (see also this similar Fifth Circuit decision): The Complaint stems from a letter from multiple federal judges, including the Subject Judges, addressed to the president of…

From yesterday's Fifth Circuit decision in Favre v. Sharpe, by Judge Leslie Southwick, joined by Judge Kyle Duncan and Judge Jeremy Kernodle (E.D. Tex.): Brett Favre … was named three times as the NFL's Most Valuable Player, had a Super Bowl victory, and was selected for the NFL Hall of…

From yesterday's decision in U.S. v. Medina-Cantu, by Judge Carolyn Dineen King and Kurt Engelhardt: In U.S. v. Portillo-Munoz (5th Cir. 2011), this court held that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), which prohibits an illegal alien from possessing a firearm or ammunition, is constitutional under the Second Amendment. In the present…

ATF shoots the side of a barn, draws a target around the bullet holes, and proclaims “bullseye!”

Nonaggressive dogs, tactical vests, and the entire internet.

The FCC voted in July to allow schools and libraries to use federal money to loan out WiFi hotspots to students and patrons

A debate on a very important Fourth Amendment ruling.

From Hindu American Found. v. Kish, decided today by Judge Dale Drozd (E.D. Cal.): [P]laintiff HAF [and nine individual plaintiffs, including three Doe plaintiffs, seek] declaratory and injunctive relief against defendant Kevin Kish, in his official capacity as the director of the California Civil Rights Department …, for allegedly violating…

An astonishing ruling, and one that creates splits on two differerent issues.