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.staging.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
Wrong-door search: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/baba88c6-7058-40ce-b701-0ce4ae825e56/1/doc/13-3145_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/baba88c6-7058-40ce-b701-0ce4ae825e56/1/hilite/
Racial slurs: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2015/06/09/12-17503.pdf
Texas TRAP law: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/14/14-50928-CV0.pdf
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