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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Soccer hooligans, sticky fingers at the FBI, and juries for the HHS.
John Ross | 7.3.2026 3:30 AM
Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice.
Cert granted! This week, SCOTUS took up IJ case Hoffman v. WBI Energy Transportation, which pits North Dakota ranchers against a private pipeline company that wants to run roughshod over state-law protections for private property. Click here to learn more.
New on the Bound By Oath podcast: In 1960, the Supreme Court ignored text, history, and tradition and disfigured the Fourth Amendment, allowing warrants to issue based on hearsay. Which was bad and wrong, and the Court can fix it right now.
Puerto Rico puts over $2 mil in a court-controlled, interest-bearing account to pay for land condemnations. Before disbursing, the judiciary takes a 15 percent cut of the accrued interest. An unconstitutional taking? First Circuit: Doesn't seem like it. An IRS official who wants to assess a tax penalty must obtain written approval from his immediate supervisor—but, surely, the IRS says, that requirement can't apply if a taxpayer's liability has already been conclusively adjudicated, right? I mean, we're not going to have some middle manager sign off on whether a court got it right, are we? C'mon, guys. Right? Second Circuit: Rules is rules. Following the worst measles outbreak in the United States in 25 years, New York repealed........© Reason.com
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