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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Rum, time travel, and inappropriate trophies.

John Ross | 6.19.2026 3:30 PM

Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice.

New on the Short Circuit podcast: Lawyers and bond hearings in the wrong order, plus, in #12Months12Circuits, we hit the Sixth.

Puerto Rico went through a special sort of bankruptcy to sort out its debt problems via a court-approved restructuring plan. Now, it asserts that claims against individual police officers for violations of constitutional rights are barred by the plan because the gov't has to defend those suits and can choose to indemnify the officers. First Circuit: The plan does not purport to extinguish these civil-rights claims, and it's dubious it could discharge them even if it tried. Buffalo: We had to demolish this building on an emergency basis because it was an abandoned drug den on the verge of collapse. Property owner: Was not. Second Circuit: And this, children, is what we call a fact dispute. To the jury it goes! Second Circuit: FTX CEO SBF SOL. The Secretary of Interior orders the removal of certain exhibits from the President's House in Independence National Historical Park that are inconsistent with the administration's "focus on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people." (They were about slavery.) Philadelphia sues. Third Circuit: But the APA bars the city's claims. The Castro-led gov't stole the trademark for Havana Club rum from its rightful owner, first registering it with the U.S. in 1976. It dutifully renewed the........

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