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The Latest Breaking News from the 5th Circuit

Federal appellate courts are enacting an anti-environment agenda—especially in the ultraconservative 5th Circuit, new analysis shows.

Texas Observer

An Iowa Pot User Serving 4 Years for Gun Possession Gets Another Chance To Challenge His Prosecution

Alexander Ledvina was convicted of violating a federal law at the center of a Second Amendment case that the Supreme Court is considering.

Reason

Trump Thinks Any Judge Who Rules Against Him Is in League With the 'Radical Left'

The president's wildly inaccurate ideological labels are no more meaningful than his other ad hominem attacks on people who disagree with him.

Reason

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Supreme Court weighs legality of gun ban for drug users

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday over a federal law banning drug users from buying or possessing firearms.

Roll Call

Bad Bunny and the SCOTUS Precedent That Denies Constitutional Rights to Puerto Ricans

Plus: Is this the Supreme Court’s next big immigration case?

Reason

The NRA and NORML Unite To Oppose the Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users

Drug policy reformers and Second Amendment advocates team up in a case before the Supreme Court.

Reason

Disarming Millions of Americans Simply Because They Use Marijuana Is Unconstitutional, a SCOTUS Brief Says

The Liberty Justice Center is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a 5th Circuit decision rejecting the claim that cannabis consumers have no Second Amendment rights.

Reason

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Would President Donald Trump deport The Beatles? A judge asks the question

The court case is based around Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798

The Independent UK

ICE Agents Flouted DHS Policies That Could Have Prevented Renee Good's Death

DHS tells officers to use "de-escalation tactics," employ "a verbal warning" instead of force when feasible, and avoid "placing themselves in positions" that trigger the use of deadly force.

Reason

19 States That Legalized Marijuana Use Nevertheless Say It Should Disqualify People From Owning Guns

They are joining the Trump administration in urging the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law that disarms "unlawful" drug consumers.

Reason

3 Areas Where the Courts Pushed Back Against Trump's Attempts To Avoid Judicial Review in 2025

The president asserted broad powers to deport people, impose tariffs, and deploy the National Guard based on his own unilateral determinations.

Reason

Innocent L.A. man sues for over $60,000 after police blew up his business. A court says he's entitled to nothing.

It is yet another ruling that shields the government from liability for damages caused by law enforcement.

Reason

A Texas News Vlogger Asks SCOTUS To Decide Whether Criminalizing Journalism Is 'Obviously Unconstitutional'

This is Priscilla Villarreal’s second trip to the Supreme Court, which last year revived her First Amendment lawsuit.

Reason

AG Ken Paxton’s campaign against immigrant-serving groups gets boost from court rulings

Courts have said that the attorney general can use a 100-year-old law to demand entities’ internal records and sue to shut them down if he believes they’re violating the law.

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Supreme Court will hear case on post-Election Day ballot counting - Roll Call

The justices will likely hear arguments in the case and issue a decision by the end of the court’s term next June.

Reason

Trump, an Avowed Second Amendment Champion, Defends a Gun Ban With 'No Historical Justification'

His administration is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a prosecution for violating a federal law that bars illegal drug users from owning firearms.

The Texas Tribune

How two Texas redistricting cases, 37 years apart, set the stage for the latest congressional redraw

The 5th Circuit last year overturned its previous ruling that allowed racial groups to band together to challenge voting maps, laying the groundwork for Texas’ mid-decade redistricting.

Reason

SCOTUS Will Consider the Constitutionality of the Federal Ban on Gun Possession by Illegal Drug Users

The law applies to millions of Americans who pose no plausible threat to public safety, including cannabis consumers in states that have legalized marijuana.

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Texas City Council Approves $500,000 Payment to Former Member Who Said Her Advocacy Led to a Bogus Arrest

The settlement, which followed Sylvia Gonzalez's victory at the Supreme Court, also includes remedial First Amendment training for city officials.

Roll Call

New Supreme Court term could include birthright citizenship case - Roll Call

The Supreme Court’s term starting Monday could include a challenge to President Donald Trump’s order to curtail birthright citizenship.

Reason

Trump Has a Habit of Asserting Broad, Unreviewable Authority

Whether he is waging the drug war, imposing tariffs, deporting alleged gang members, or fighting crime, the president thinks he can do "anything I want to do."

Reason

2 Trump Cases To Watch as the Supreme Court Returns From Summer Break

Plus: A momentous date in the life of Frederick Douglass

Reason

The 5th Circuit Rejects Trump's Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act

The appeals court blocked the removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members under that law "because we find no invasion or predatory incursion."

Reason

West Texas A&M Drag Ban Defeated in Court

Obviously drag shows are protected by the First Amendment.

Reason

Did the Texas Tribune Hallucinate About Judge Ho's Dissent?

The article misattributed two quotations to Judge Ho. And variants of those quotes appeared in the majority, but there were inexplicable alterations.

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