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The Latest Breaking News from the Fifth Circuit

Interesting Stay Dispute in Seventh Circuit Minors'-Access-to-Porn Case

From Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Rokita, decided Friday by Judges Frank Easterbrook and Amy St. Eve: Indiana seeks a stay of the preliminary injunction that a district court entered preventing the enforcement of Ind. Code § 24-4-23, which requires web sites to limit minors' access to certain sexual materials.…

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The ACLU's Response to My Post on the Fifth Circuit's Smith Ruling—And My Reply to the ACLU

A debate on a very important Fourth Amendment ruling.

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The Fifth Circuit Shuts Down Geofence Warrants—And Maybe A Lot More

An astonishing ruling, and one that creates splits on two differerent issues.

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Judge Ezra's Worrying Behavior in the Buoy Case

Judge Ezra boasted about knowing the judges on the Fifth Circuit, being sworn into the Texas Bar by the Chief Judge's husband, and threatened to have the Deputy Solicitor General's lawyer removed from the courtroom.

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Biskupic Part III Confirms What We Already Knew: Justice Alito Lost Majority Opinions in NetChoice and Trevino.

There is little here that can't be gleaned from the docket and the split opinions.

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Texas officials celebrate as court allows floating river barrier to remain at the border

Governor Greg Abbott said that justice was done and took a jab at President Joe Biden for attempting to have them removed

Latin Times

Atlas Roofing Shrugged

Another Burger Court precedent is about to be “abandoned” or “overruled” like Roe, Lemon, Chevron, Abood, and Bakke.

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District Court Rejects Magistrate Judges' Gag Order on Publishing Name of Retroactively Pseudonymized Litigant

"Professor Volokh may not ... publicly disclose Plaintiff's name or personal identifying information in any future writings, speeches, or other public discourse."

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Making Sense of the Moody Opinions In NetChoice

I think it is clear that Justice Alito lost the majority, but the resulting schizophrenic opinions still do not cohere.

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Amateur sports, geofence warrants, and a Saudi kill squad.

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How an ideological war over PrEP threatens preventive services from smoking cessation to contraception to vaccines for half the U.S. population

More than 150 million Americans now have access to preventive services—and these are popular across the political spectrum.

Fortune

Taking Prison to Court: Fighting for the Right to Sleep

Michael Garrett sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice more than a decade ago, and he’s working from inside to keep the case alive.

Texas Observer

Supreme Court sidesteps gun law challenge that could impact Hunter Biden’s case

Supreme Court asked lower appeals courts to remand a case cited by Hunter Biden’s lawyers

The Independent UK

Which Circuit Had The Highest Reversal Rate?

It was not the Fifth Circuit.

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S. Ct. Will Decide: May States Require Age Verification to Access Porn Sites?

The Court just agreed to hear this case, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton. You can read the majority and dissenting opinions in the Fifth Circuit here, and the petition, response, and reply here. Here's the issue in a nutshell: 1. Ginsberg v. N.Y.(1968) held (in a majority opinion by Justice…

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Social Media Moderation Is Speech, Says Supreme Court

The Court is remanding these two cases for more analysis—but it made its views on some key issues clear.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Overloaded fireworks, behavioral coaching, and makeshift pockets.

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Why Does (It At Least Appear That) Justice Barrett Applies "New," "Heightened," and "Elevated" Standing Rules?

Justice Barrett adamantly resists the suggestion that she keeps leveling up the burden on plaintiffs, but it is becoming more difficult to deny.

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The Facial Challenge Analysis In Rahimi Seems Inconsistent with Lopez

Why did Lopez, who was paid $40 to bring a gun to a school, succeed on a facial challenge, but the Court wouldn't even consider Rahimi's circumstances?

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KBJ DGAF

Unlike Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, Justice Jackson has no problems criticizing Justice Barrett.

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The Supreme Court's Dangerous Standing Ruling in Murthy v. Missouri

The standing requirements laid down by the majority might make it extremely difficult or impossible for victims of indirect goverment censorship to get their cases to court.

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The Lack of Standing in Murthy v. Missouri

Are we in the middle of a great standing reset?

Salon

SCOTUS helps GOP frame "deranged" cases

Conservative justices are dropping "hints" for conservative legal activists going forward

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Supreme Court Sends Message with Narrow Standing Holding in Murthy v. Missouri

Even if one thinks the federal government crossed the line in pushing more aggressive social-media-platform content moderation policies, plaintiffs must still satisfy the traditional requirements of Article III standing.

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Two Braidswood Cases From The Fifth Circuit Are Bound For SCOTUS (Updated)

A RFRA defense to Title VII and a new Appointments Clause challenge.

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