The Latest Breaking News from Fourth Circuit

The decision sets a dangerous precedent licensing the use of facially neutral policies to discriminate against minorities in various contexts.

Monday's Fourth Circuit opinions from Judges Robert King, Marvin Quattlebaum, and Henry Floyd (Smith v. Towson Univ. and Doe v. ABA Accredited Univ.) were nonprecedential, and upheld the lower court decisions under an "abuse of discretion" standard. This basically means that the Court of Appeals concluded that the lower court…

Butter or spray; liars and bad cops; and SecretAgentRandyBeans.

Vaccinated jurors, a parking monopoly, and plant-based meat.

Scooter injuries, loyalty oaths, and Canadian barrels.

Anti-Muslim tweets, inactive warrants, and anti-Muslim prison guards.

Speedy trials, political advertising, and horseracing.

In Doe v. U.N.C. Sys. (W.D.N.C.), a case challenging the expulsion of plaintiff Jacob Doe for alleged sexual assault, the court issued a quite remarkable TRO last week: It, among other things, required defendants "to direct all individuals"—including UNC students—"over whom they exercise control to refrain from publishing or disclosing…

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

Chastising finger wags, derogatory reports, and steel threats.

Sex trafficking, child-pornography solicitation, and FERC.