The Latest Breaking News from Fourth Circuit

Building inspectors, historic preservationists, NIMBYs, code enforcement, and the right to make contracts.

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

After four years of contested litigation, the D.C. Circuit cursorily resolves the meaning of the Emoluments Clauses without any acknowledgment of contrary positions.

Fragile vessels, unlawful encouragement, and an unchastened district attorney.

New testimony reveals one of Mr Trump’s White House lawyers telling law professor John Eastman he was ‘out of his effing mind’ for suggesting that then-vice president Mike Pence unilaterally throw out electoral votes for Joe Biden

‘The treacherous plan was no less ambitious than to steal America’s democracy’

Perhaps the real question is whether such a school is a state actor for purposes of Section 1983. The en banc Fourth Circuit says it is, so that a skirt requirement for girls is unlawful.

Rubber stamps, pole cameras, and personal vendettas.

Jury trials, bench trials, and prospective insurrections.

Eugene has a post on today's decision by the Fourth Circuit (per Judge Heytens) on Rep. Madison Cawthorn's challenge to the disqualification litigation. I wanted to highlight one point. After giving a close textual read to the 1872 Amnesty Act, and concluding that it does not provide a blanket future…

From Cawthorn v. Amalfi, decided today by the Fourth Circuit (Judge Toby Heytens, joined by Judge James Wynn): {In January 2022, shortly after the North Carolina state legislature redrew its congressional districts, a group of voters in Representative Madison Cawthorn's district filed such a challenge. According to the voters, Representative…