Seizing a baby without a warrant, a doctrine most dormant, and the gun rights of U.S. citizens living abroad

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Warrantless seizure of a baby: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2015/07/10/12-15080.pdf

Indefensible government litigation tactics; cruel and unusually hot prison cells; and a primer on the Fourth Amendment.

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Dept of Labor investigation: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/14/14-40585-CV0.pdf

Judicial engagement at the Supreme Court; a pair of Sixth Amendment cases from the federal circuits; and a huge victory for economic liberty in the Texas Supreme Court.

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First Circuit public view of jury selection http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/10-1974P-01A.pdf

Did a federal court just put a nail in the coffin of the Guantanamo Bay military commissions? We sit down with special guest Steve Vladeck, an American University professor and an expert on terrorism and the rule of law.

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Police try to kick a skeptical judge off a case; a federal agent tries to take a shortcut past the Fourth Amendment; and a major abortion decision. http://www.ij.org/short-circuit

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Recusal case: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D06-09/C:15-1848:J:Hamilton:aut:T:fnOp:N:1566838:S:0

A holding-cell beatdown; an epic zoning battle in Chicago; and whether judges should ever criticize prosecutors.

Holding-cell beatdown: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/d5100874-f164-4d40-89c2-a75e0befec9e/2/doc/14-2472_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/d5100874-f164-4d40-89c2-a75e0befec9e/2/hilite/

The resume that sent a man back to prison; an ostrich causes reversible error; and a “patently offensive” license plate.

Resume: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D05-21/C:14-1204:J:Ripple:aut:T:fnOp:N:1556299:S:0

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The case of the disappearing marijuana, an EPA maneuver to evade judicial review, and a burglary-for-hire gone wrong.

Marijuana: http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201412801.pdf

Courts require evidence to ban speech but not guns, and a tragedy at the border goes en banc.

Speech: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/15a0078p-06.pdf

Pimps, pirate treasure, and police on pistol patrol.

Pimps: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2015/04/21/13-30223.pdf

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