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Hunter Biden Walks Free While This Iowa Man Serves 4 Years for the Same 'Crime'

The contrast between the two cases illustrates the haphazard impact of an arbitrary, constitutionally dubious gun law.

Reason

Why a Trump-Appointed Judge Is Torching His Own Court’s Qualified Immunity Logic—and the Government Abuse It Enables

Judge James C. Ho recently described a troubling phenomenon on the 5th Circuit and the government abuse it enables.

Reason

Trump Says the Courts Have No Business Questioning His Dubious Definition of 'Alien Enemies'

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is considering whether the president properly invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members.

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The 5th Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity for a Child-Snatching Texas Cop Who Falsely Alleged Abandonment

Alexandra Weaver argued that she could not reasonably have been expected to know her actions were unconstitutional.

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Federal Courts Shrug at Potentially Lethal Wrong-Door Raids

Cops should not be free to forgo the modicum of care required to make sure they’re in the right place.

Reason

3 Supreme Court Cases To Watch in June 2025

Plus: The glorious return of drive-in movie season.

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Police Blew Up This Innocent Woman's House and Left Her With the Bill. A Judge Says She's Owed $60,000.

Vicki Baker's legal odyssey is finally coming to an end.

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The Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects a 'Very Narrow Approach' to Deadly Force by Police

The decision revives a lawsuit against a Texas officer who shot a driver after endangering himself by jumping onto a moving car.

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Long-running lawsuit against Texas’ foster care system appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court

Lawyers representing foster children asked the high court to reinstate a contempt order against the state, and the judge who issued it.

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The Timing of the 5th Circuit's Ruling in A.A.R.P. v. Trump

The 5th Circuit and Supreme Court decided the case at *exactly* the same time.

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Supreme Court sounds ready to back preventative care task force - Roll Call

The Supreme Court sounded ready Monday to uphold a nationwide preventive care coverage mandate created by the 2010 health care law.

Roll Call

On Remand, the 5th Circuit Again Blocks a Lawsuit by a Texas Reporter Arrested for Newsgathering

Even if Laredo cops punished Priscilla Villarreal for constitutionally protected speech, the appeals court says, they would be protected by qualified immunity.

Reason

The Supreme Court Blesses the FDA's Rejection of Flavored Nicotine Vapes

The justices unanimously overturned a 5th Circuit decision that deemed the agency's treatment of e-liquids "arbitrary and capricious."

Reason

Supreme Court sounds skeptical of ending FCC program - Roll Call

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to wipe out a Federal Communications Commission program.

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Supreme Court to weigh congressional power to delegate - Roll Call

The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in cases over how much power Congress can give to executive agencies.

The Texas Tribune

How the Supreme Court of the United States and federal courts work and affect Texans

Here’s how federal courts help determine the fate of controversial issues, such as immigration laws, in Texas and beyond.

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A SWAT Team Raided This Innocent Family's Home. The Supreme Court Won't Hear Their Case.

Whether or not a reasonable police officer violates clearly established law when he declines to check the features and address of his target house before raiding it is thus still up for debate.

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The 5th Circuit Says the Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Young Adults Is Unconstitutional

The government failed to persuade the appeals court that 18-to-20-year-olds are not part of "the people" or that the age restriction is consistent with the "historical tradition of firearm regulation."

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Supreme Court to hear arguments on porn age verification law - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday on a Texas law that requires pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors.

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5th Circuit Reaffirms That Prosecuting a Marijuana User for Illegal Gun Possession Was Unconstitutional

Patrick Darnell Daniels Jr. was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for violating a federal law that bars drug users from owning firearms.

Roll Call

Supreme Court sounds ready to back FDA’s e-cigarette rejection - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared ready Monday to side with the Biden administration’s decision to keep certain flavored e-cigarettes off the market.

Reason

Citizen Journalism Is Under Attack. This Texas Woman Is Fighting to Save It.

After being arrested for doing journalism, Priscilla Villarreal has taken her fight to the courts.

The Texas Tribune

These Texans could join or influence a second Trump administration

Donald Trump has built close ties to many Texas Republicans, from judges to elected officials to policy experts.

Reason

This Reporter Was Arrested for Asking Questions. The Supreme Court Just Revived Her Lawsuit.

Priscilla Villarreal's case is about whether certain reporters have more robust free speech rights than others.

The Texas Tribune

5th Circuit Court orders federal judge removed from Texas foster care lawsuit

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack, the state’s de facto foster care czar, has been overseeing the case since 2011.

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