The Latest Breaking News from Fourth Circuit

From White Coat Waste Project v. Greater Richmond Transit Co., decided today (quite correctly, I think) by the Fourth Circuit (Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Chief Judge Roger Gregory and Judge Paul Niemeyer): When White Coat Waste Project tried to run an advertisement denouncing animal experimentation with the Greater Richmond…

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Heat waves, raucous parties, and cemetery discretion.

The stay may signal that the federal appellate court will ultimately uphold the school's policy.

Acts of state, hedonic damages, and bang-bang commands.

Diet speech, judicial speech, and petition-related speech.

From U.S. v. George, decided Tuesday by Judge Kenneth Bell (W.D.N.C.); for more on the underlying case, see this Fourth Circuit decision: Whether arising under the First Amendment or the common law, the public's right to access judicial proceedings "may be abrogated only in unusual circumstances." Under the First Amendment…

Another appellate opinion from a leading contender to replace Justice Breyer on the Supreme Court