The Latest Breaking News from Fifth Circuit

From Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Priscilla Richman's June 24 opinion, which was affirmed earlier this month by an Appellate Review Panel of the Judicial Council for the Fifth Circuit (in an order signed by Judge Jennifer Elrod): Complainant, a state prisoner, has filed a complaint against a United States Circuit…

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.

Controversial memes, mandatory recusal, and punitive damages caps.

And the Supreme Court agrees to weigh in.

Overloaded fireworks, behavioral coaching, and makeshift pockets.

Records don’t name the attorney general’s office, but their details line up with the accusations former top deputies made against Paxton.

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

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

In November, I wrote that the Fifth Circuit's Rahimi decision "was a faithful application of Bruen." Seven months later, now having read the Supreme Court's Rahimi decision, I stand by what I wrote. After Justice Thomas's dissent, the most intellectually honest opinion in Rahimi was Justice Jackson's concurrence. Jackson explained…