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Site Linking to Abortion-Pill-Selling Websites Likely Protected by First Amendment, Even in States That Generally Ban Abortions
12+ hour, 8+ min ago (407+ words) Mayday Health runs a website that provides various information about abortion pills. South Dakota law provides, in relevant part, No......
D.C. Circuit Upholds 5-Year Sentence for Leaker of Trump's and Others' Tax Returns
17+ hour, 58+ min ago (97+ words) From U.S. v. Littlejohn, decided today by D.C. Circuit Judge Justin Walker, joined by Judges Neomi Rao and Judith Rogers:......
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (8+ words) Financial surveillance, impaired contracts, and games of gotcha....
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14+ hour, 30+ min ago (22+ words) A footnote from today's D.C. Circuit opinion by Judge Justin Walker in U.S. v. Littlejohn; the underlying issue was whether......
Judge Faults Federal Government Lawyer for Apparent AI Hallucination
14+ hour, 30+ min ago (21+ words) From Judge Hala Jarbou (W.D. Mich.) yesterday in Daghra v. Hinkley: Petitioner, a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee,......
Pentagon Journalist Escort Requirement Can Continue Pending D.C. Circuit Decision
14+ hour, 30+ min ago (22+ words) From yesterday's decision in N.Y. Times Co. v. U.S. Dep't of Defense, by Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson and Patricia Millett,......
My New Boston Globe Article on Trump's Bogus Election Fraud Claims
14+ hour, 30+ min ago (20+ words) It explains why Trump is wrong and how federalism can help counter his efforts to subvert the 2026 midterm elections....
Journal of Free Speech Law: "A Cure Worse than the Disease: Why the EU’s Proposal to Criminalize Hate Speech Violates Freedom of Expression—and Won’t Reduce Intolerance or Extremism," by Jacob Mchangama & Natalie Alkiviadou
16+ hour, 47+ min ago (20+ words) The article is here; the Introduction: In Germany, an artist and activist was arrested multiple times, once for wearing a......
Justice Kagan Says Don't Call It the "Shadow Docket"
21+ hour, 14+ min ago (123+ words) Justice Kagan tells Congress she prefers to call it the "emergency docket."...
Court Affirms Rejection of Allegedly Anti-Zionist Professors' Claims That University Should Have Stopped Jewish Professors from Filing Religious Discrimination Complaints Against Them
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (21+ words) From Lax v. CUNY, decided in 2024 by N.Y. trial court judge Gina Abadi, and just affirmed Wednesday in a......