Last year, Texas passed a law prohibiting municipalities from prohibiting home businesses, so long as they don't cause parking or traffic issues.
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they → pass → issues
The City of Venus says IJ client Rosi Paredes cannot open a daycare (with a max of 6 kids) lest vehicles parked out front for a few minutes during pick up and drop off discommode the community.
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vehicles → say → community
Rosi even offered to stagger arrival and departure times and have parents park in the driveway.
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parents → offer → driveway
Rosi is state-licensed and inspected; she has lots of experience; and her neighbors are eager to enroll their kids with someone they trust close to their homes.
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they → license → homes
- California conservation group publishes a report recommending against consuming American lobster because, it says, fishing practices endanger right whales.
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practices → publish → whales
Unsurprisingly, Maine lobster fishers disagree.
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fishers → disagree → ?
Many would consider that just a difference of opinion; but for litigious lobstermen, it's supposedly defamation.
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it → consider → lobstermen
The "group defamation rule" bars this suit because general statements about a large group generally aren't defamatory against the individual members.
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statements → bar → members
- You may wonder what could have turned out differently for Sebastian Flyte, of Brideshead Revisited, if London bobbies hadn't caught him drunk driving.
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bobbies → wonder → him
The same may be true of a Pennsylvania man who was convicted of two DUIs over 20 years ago and now can't own a firearm.
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who → convict → firearm
Third Circuit (en banc): Wonder no more as disarming him is unconstitutional.
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disarming → wonder → him
Concurrence: For this guy, sure, but in the future the gov't has set up an administrative process that'll let us get out of ruling on these.
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us → set → these
- An old DUI may be one thing, but if you're convicted of "terroristic threats" you ain't ever getting your gun rights back, says the Third Circuit (en banc).
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Circuit → convict → banc
And that's true even though some states used to bar tramps from owning guns because they were "outside the social and political order."
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they → use → order
Concurrence 2: Maybe we shouldn't be relying on old laws that excluded minorities from firearms ownership?
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that → rely → ownership
I get this crime sounds bad, but the dude did the time and now just wants his rights back.
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dude → get → rights
Fairfax County and Arlington, Va. school districts adopt bathroom and overnight-stay policies allowing students to use the facilities "consistent with the student's gender identity."
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students → adopt → identity
Schools: Actually, not having those policies would be a Title IX violation.
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having → have → policies
Feds: Whatever, we're cutting your funding.
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we → cut → funding
The schools sue.
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schools → sue → ?
Dissent: "Plaintiffs cannot bypass Congress' choice and sneak into district court by dressing up a contract claim in statutory clothes."
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Plaintiffs → bypass → clothes
- Since 1998, USAC, a private corporation established by the FCC, has administered the collecting of billions of dollars from telecom companies for use ensuring universal service in rural and underserved areas.
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USAC → establish → areas
But Congress didn't specifically authorize USAC, nor did Congress having USAC run some temporary programs during the pandemic belatedly ratify it.
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USAC → authorize → it
So the FCC is going to have to have another look at its Fourth Quarter 2025 contribution factor.
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FCC → go → factor
- Home renter in Jackson, Mich. objects to code inspectors entering her home for a suspicionless inspection based on an administrative warrant.
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inspectors → object → warrant
She's arrested for obstruction, charges are dropped, then she sues the arresting officials for violating the Fourth Amendment by arresting her without probable cause.
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she → arrest → cause
Sixth Circuit (unpublished): May I introduce you to the "clearly established" prong of qualified immunity?
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I → introduce → immunity
- Milwaukee officer runs red light, kills motorist.
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officer → run → motorist
He didn't see the light change because he was either looking at his phone—he'd been sexting on a dating app—or at his computer.
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he'd → see → computer
This doesn't shock the conscience.
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This → shock → conscience
(Negligence claims were reportedly settled for the max under state law, $500k.)
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claims → settle → law
- In 2019, mom wins at custody hearing, but both kids want to go home with dad.
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kids → win → dad
A Taney County, Mo. judge—now unrobed—overhears their argument in the courthouse lobby and threatens to put the kids in foster care.
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judge → overhear → care
When they still won't leave with mom, the judge has them locked in holding cells.
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them → leave → cells
(They leave with mom.)
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They → leave → mom
The jury verdict stands.
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verdict → stand → ?
(IJ filed an amicus brief at each stage, urging these results.)
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IJ → file → results
- California's No Vigilantes Act requires non-uniformed federal law-enforcement officers in California to display visible identification.
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Act → require → identification
A preliminary injunction must issue.
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injunction → issue → ?
- Man is convicted of federal murder for his role in the shooting and drowning death of a man off a fishing boat nearly three miles off the coast of California.
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Man → convict → California
…and 36 more, not listed.
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