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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
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John Ross | 8.7.2026 5:09 PM
Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice.
Qualified Immunity Victory! In April 2024, North Carolina sheriff's deputies looking for a suspected thief conducted a terrifying midnight raid on the home of Avery Marshall and Alisa Carr, holding the couple's two children at gunpoint and trashing the house. But the warrant to search Avery and Alisa's home was based on false testimony, and police continued to ransack the place even after it became clear they were in the wrong house (the actual suspect was apprehended the next day in a different county). This week, a district judge denied the officers' qualified immunity argument and allowed the case to move forward. Click here for more information.
New on the Short Circuit podcast: Stopping the Stop Woke Act and Georgetown law students win an appeal.
Google reports to authorities that a D.C. user's account has child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Police officer views some of the images, then seeks a warrant to search the rest and is told by magistrate a warrant isn't necessary. User seeks to suppress evidence, asserting illegal search. D.C. Circuit: We needn't wade into the circuit split on whether a warrant is needed to view the Google records because the officer was entitled to rely on the magistrate's opinion. Concurrence: I'd also say no warrant was required, and I'll use the statutory phrase "child pornography" rather than sanitizing acronyms. Poorly written statute alert! When British American Tobacco paid $653 million for violating sanctions on North Korea, the gov't deposited only a small portion into the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund because only a small part of the conspiracy occurred when North Korea was designated a sponsor. Victims of Iranian-backed terrorism say more should have gone into the Fund. D.C. Circuit: Gov't policy arguments aside, the way the statute is written all sanctions-violation penalties go into the Fund. Puerto Rico law broadly criminalizes false statements related to a governor-declared state of emergency. Journalists challenge the law for violating free speech. First Circuit: There's no general First Amendment exception for false speech, and this law is far too broad to pass........© Reason.com
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