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Black Student Expelled for Sexual Assault of White Classmate Seeks Pseudonymity Partly Because "Interracial Sexual Relationships …

between White women and Black men are the subject of heightened prejudice and violent responses that create a tangible risk of retaliation and animus against him."

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What Should Trump's Circuit Nominees Look Like?

When President Trump's first term began, he inherited a slew of circuit court vacancies. However, for his second term, there… The post What Should Trump's Circuit Nominees Look Like? appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Next Best Defense Of Justice Barrett: She May Disagree With Justice Thomas A Lot, But You Better Learn To Deal With It, Because She Will Be Here For A Long Time

On Monday, I wrote about Mike Fragoso's defense of President Trump's decision to appoint Justice Barrett. Fragoso has now published… The post The Next Best Defense Of Justice Barrett: She May Disagree With Justice Thomas A Lot, But You Better Learn To Deal With It, Because She Will Be Here…

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Is There a Right to a Jury Trial for Death on the High Seas Act Claims Not Designated as Admiralty Claims?

Retired Judge Gertner and I have filed an amicus brief in support of certiorari to answer the question, which has important important implications for admiralty jurisdiction.

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Professor Can Continue with First Amendment Claim Over Denial of Raise for Including Expurgated Slurs on Exam

The Seventh Circuit so held yesterday; the case also involved other controversial statements besides the expurgated slur.

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Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Vaden For Columbia Boycott Referred to Seventh Circuit's Judicial Council

The Fifth and Eleventh Circuits already dismissed similar complaints, but the Chief Judge of the Court of International Trade asked the Chief Justice to refer it to another circuit, and Roberts did so.

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In the Seventh Circuit, Procedural Red Herrings Threaten the Second Amendment

The Seventh Circuit heard oral argument on November 12 in Viramontes v. County of Cook, Illinois, a challenge to Cook… The post In the Seventh Circuit, Procedural Red Herrings Threaten the Second Amendment appeared first on Reason.com.

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Lower Court Decisions on Pseudonymity Are Chaotically Split

I thought I'd pass along portions of the friend-of-the-court brief that three other law professors and I (four of the very few academics who have written on the law of pseudonymous litigation) put together in support of a certiorari petition in Doe v. Trustees of Indiana Univ. This Part explains…

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Court Lets Plaintiff Suing Over "Pro-Hamas Demonstrations at Northwestern" Proceed Pseudonymously

Plaintiff had alleged that being publicly identified would put him at risk of physical harm.

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Banana Splits

I appreciate the replies from Orin, Will, and Sam. We have very different conceptions on what role a scholar should play and what role a judge should play. My writings in this area are both retrospective and prospective. I look backwards to see what qualifications a judge had at the…

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The Goal Of The "Architects of the Supreme Court" Was Always Overruling Chevron, and not Overruling Roe

McConnell: "Dismantling the administrative state and empowering people who are actually elected to make decisions has been the motivating force" for nearly every "Federalist Society-type lawyer."

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Justice Thomas Argues the Court Should at Some Point Consider Whether "Assault Weapons" Bans Violate Second Amendment

Justice Alito takes a similar view, but, at least in this case, this view didn't get the four votes necessary to grant review.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Frothy fonts, unprofessional death threats, and books about butts and farts.

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From Judge Frank Easterbrook's opinion Friday in Doe v. Loyola Univ. Chicago, joined by Judges Ilana Rovner and Amy St. Eve, following up on an opinion from a week before in Doe v. Indiana Univ.: Loyola University Chicago expelled John Doe after concluding that he had engaged in sexual activity…

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Second Amendment Roundup: Delaware's "Assault Weapon" Ban Argued in 3rd Circuit

Likelihood of prevailing on a constitutional claim may suffice for a preliminary injunction.

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Court Spots Vexatious Litigant Trying to Hide Under Pseudonym

From yesterday's order by Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel (S.D. Ill.) in Robe Probe v. McGehee: Two amorphous plaintiffs, Robe Probe John Doe, initiated this action on October 2, 2023, against various personnel of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois along with Judge John McGehee. {In the Complaint, Robe Probe…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Voting districts, work uniforms, and hunter harassment.

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A Rare Order Calling for Defendant-Side Pseudonymity,

and a much more common rejection of plaintiff-side pseudonymity.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Wedding officiants, teaser profiles, and administrative animals.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Huge tracts of land, Dad does The RICO, and poor prosecutorial behavior

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Conservatives Should Not Be Surprised By Justice Barrett's Cautious Approach

Barrett was added to the SCOTUS short-list only seventeen days after she was confirmed to the Seventh Circuit.

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Court Unseals and Depseudonymizes Student's Settled First Amendment Lawsuit Against University

An illustration that courts are often willing to reconsider stipulated sealing and pseudonymization decisions when members of the public or media object.

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No Right to Lie About Current Indictments on Gun Purchase Form

From U.S. v. Holden, decided Friday by the Seventh Circuit (Judge Frank Easterbrook, joined by Judges Diane Wood and Doris Pryor); seems quite correct to me: "Our legal system provides methods for challenging the Government's right to ask questions—lying is not one of them. A citizen may decline to answer…

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Armslist Not Liable for Hosting Gun Sale Ads That Led to Purchases by People Who Used the Guns Criminally

The Seventh Circuit so holds, applying Wisconsin tort law, and not reaching the 47 U.S.C. § 230 issue.

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No Pseudonymity for Plaintiff in Medical Data Breach Case

"[A]n individual's name is not sensitive data in and of itself, and Plaintiff does not explain how publication of Plaintiff's name would place Plaintiff's data at further risk."

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