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Fourth Circuit Opinion on the Madison Cawthorn Disqualification Litigation

From Cawthorn v. Amalfi, decided today by the Fourth Circuit (Judge Toby Heytens, joined by Judge James Wynn): {In January 2022, shortly after the North Carolina state legislature redrew its congressional districts, a group of voters in Representative Madison Cawthorn's district filed such a challenge. According to the voters, Representative…

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Slurs Posted from High School Campus Can Be Punished Even If They Aren't "Disruptive" or "Fighting Words"

The result might have been different "if plaintiff's speech had occurred off-campus."

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Richmond's Limits on Ads on City Buses Struck Down as Unreasonably Vague

From White Coat Waste Project v. Greater Richmond Transit Co., decided today (quite correctly, I think) by the Fourth Circuit (Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Chief Judge Roger Gregory and Judge Paul Niemeyer): When White Coat Waste Project tried to run an advertisement denouncing animal experimentation with the Greater Richmond…

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Checks and Balances: Tennessee lawmakers end judicial deference

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Plasma, prisons, and political parties

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Text and History for Thee but Not for Me?

The Court makes other people follow the text and history, but at least when it comes to certiorari, the justices lose their religion.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Neighbors from hell, unvaccinated prison staff, and unconscionable sentences.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Flea collars, bachelors, and data scraping.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Heat waves, raucous parties, and cemetery discretion.

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Fourth Circuit Stays Trial Court Ruling Against Racial Balancing Policy Discriminating Against Asian Applicants to Prominent Virginia Public School

The stay may signal that the federal appellate court will ultimately uphold the school's policy.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Acts of state, hedonic damages, and bang-bang commands.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Diet speech, judicial speech, and petition-related speech.

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No Sealing of Letters of Support in Sentencing for Police Brutality

From U.S. v. George, decided Tuesday by Judge Kenneth Bell (W.D.N.C.); for more on the underlying case, see this Fourth Circuit decision: Whether arising under the First Amendment or the common law, the public's right to access judicial proceedings "may be abrogated only in unusual circumstances." Under the First Amendment…

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Second Circuit Court Opinion

Another appellate opinion from a leading contender to replace Justice Breyer on the Supreme Court

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