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

The Court’s Ballroom Decision Is a Sign of Deeper Problems

A Federal Indictment Charges an ICE Officer With Lying About a Shooting That DHS Eagerly Defended

Eleventh Circuit Holds Qui Tam Relators Are Not "Officers of the United States." What Happens Next?

Federal Court Issues First Ruling Against Trump's New Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Third Circuit Rejects Facial Challenge to Ban on Nonimmigrant Aliens' Gun Possession

New qubit architecture enables faster, more accurate operations

How architects turned a hulking brick box into MIT’s newest academic hub

Abusing Aristotle

Babitz bubbles, Renata revivals, Hardwick hurricanes: How NYRB Classics built its name by resurrecting old and overlooked novelists

The Meaning of the Lindsay Clancy Mistrial

Is This the Supreme Court's Next Sports Betting Case?

Kalshi Says It's a Prediction Market. The 9th Circuit Says It's Gambling.

The 8th Circuit Lets the Government Retroactively Repair Unconstitutional Gun Cases Against Pot Smokers

New York Courts Could Be Moving in a Radical Direction

Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations Violate the First Amendment

Federal Judge Halts Minnesota's Prediction Market Ban, Signaling Other States' Efforts Might Be Illegal Too

Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions

Foreign Regulators Are Trying To Censor Americans Online. A Bill Would Ensure Those Demands Are Unenforceable.

Einstein’s Miracle Year

Brain stimulation takes aim at improving women’s health