The Latest Breaking News from Eighth Circuit

The opinion is today's dissent from denial of rehearing en banc in U.S. v. Jackson (8th Cir.), written by Judge David Stras, joined by Judges Ralph Erickson, Steven Grasz, and Jonathan Kobes: By cutting off as-applied challenges to the federal felon-in-possession statute, Jackson and Cunningham [two recent Eighth Circuit panel…

Butterfly knives, and prison atrocities, and a clueless detective.

Loss and woe.

Scooter injuries, loyalty oaths, and Canadian barrels.

The Court's newest justice questions whether her colleagues are too quick to vacate lower court decisions.

Boisterous school children, suspicious mispronunciations, and convicted misdemeanant Don Blankenship.

The statute required no-boycott-of-Israel terms in Arkansas government contracts; the Eighth Circuit had held that the law doesn't violate the First Amendment.

Chastising finger wags, derogatory reports, and steel threats.

Sex trafficking, child-pornography solicitation, and FERC.