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Supreme Court Upholds the Rule of Law by Rejecting the Trump Administration's Bump Stock Ban

Six justices agreed that federal regulators had misconstrued the statutory definition of a machine gun.

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SCOTUS Ponders the Implications of Prosecuting Gun Owners for a Crime Invented by Bureaucrats

Several justices seemed troubled by an ATF rule that purports to ban bump stocks by reinterpreting the federal definition of machine guns.

Reason

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…

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Court revives doctors' lawsuit saying FDA overstepped its authority with anti-ivermectin campaign

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has revived a lawsuit by three doctors who say the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority in a campaign against the use of a drug that is not approved to treat COVID-19

The Independent UK

What is the abortion case in front of the US supreme court right now?

On Tuesday the justices heard oral arguments on a rightwing effort to roll back access to a key abortion pill

The Guardian - US

An appeals court backs some abortion drug limits, pending the Supreme Court’s approval

A federal appeals panel upholds a lower-court ruling banning mail-order delivery of mifepristone and allows its use only through the seventh week of pregnancy. The ruling won’t take effect until the high court weighs in.

Chicago Sun-Times

US appeals court upholds limits on access to abortion pill mifepristone

The latest ruling over mifepristone’s FDA approval is likely to send the pill’s fate to the US Supreme Court.

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Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme Court

New restrictions on access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion would be imposed under a federal appeals court ruling

The Independent UK

Missouri v. Biden Fifth Circuit Panel Announced

I believe this just happened today, since argument is next week (Aug. 10); the panel is Judges Edith Brown Clement, Jennifer Walker Elrod, and Don Willett. Recall that this is the expedited appeal of the July 4 injunction that barred various federal departments from encouraging social media platforms to delete…

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The abortion pill mifepristone has another day in federal court

While a Supreme Court order continues to ensure the drug is still widely available, the issue returned Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as lawyers for both sides urged the court to act.

WEKU

Republican-appointed federal judges grill FDA in mifepristone hearing

A legal challenge against a widely used abortion drug could be headed to the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Appeals court weighs FDA approval of abortion drug - Roll Call

The oral arguments in the abortion drug case are the latest in what has become the next front in the battle over abortion.

Roll Call

3 judges who chipped away abortion rights to hear federal abortion pill appeal

Three appeals court judges with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion will hear arguments May 17 on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available

The Independent UK

US Court strikes down charter boat tracking rule

A federal appeals court has struck down a federal rule requiring charter boat operators to equip their vessels with tracking devices

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The 5th Circuit Says the ATF Exceeded Its Legal Authority When It Banned Bump Stocks

The decision defends the separation of powers and the rule of law against an attempt to prohibit firearm accessories by administrative fiat.

WEKU

A U.S. appeals court blocks a ban on rapid-fire 'bump stocks'

A Trump administration ban on the devices, which enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons after an initial trigger pull, was struck down by a federal appeals court.

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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…

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US appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire 'bump stocks'

A federal appeals court has ruled against a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, the devices that enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from a semi-automatic weapon after the initial trigger pull

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Revival sought for pastor's lawsuit over COVID restrictions

An outspoken Christian conservative attorney from Alabama wants a federal appeals court to revive a Louisiana pastor's damage claims against state officials over long-expired COVID-19 restrictions

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The Checks and Balances Letter, June 2022: Fifth Circuit finds constitutional flaws in SEC enforcement

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.

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Dampen The Fire On The Fifth Circuit

Generally, workplaces are not static. Over time, leaders with different styles come and go. Organizations are restructured. Workers who do not work out will leave, or are asked to leave. New blood is brought in to reinvigorate the organization. And, if the workplace is failing, eventually, the organization itself may…

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