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Sixth Circuit Weighs Second Amendment Rights of Illegal Immigrants

Do illegal immigrants have Second Amendment rights? The Sixth Circuit just said no, though the panel couldn’t agree on why. Authorities found three firearms when searching the home of Milder Escobar-Temal, a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally over a decade ago and who was suspected of abusing his 14-year-old stepdaughter. He was charged … Continue Reading

Pump Your Brakes: Sixth Circuit Warns District Courts to Make “Rigorous” Rule 23 Analysis

The Sixth Circuit yesterday in a per curiam opinion (paneled by Judges Boggs, Thapar, and Readler) accepted interlocutory appeal of and vacated a class certification order from the Eastern District of Michigan.  The case is In re: Ford Motor Company, Case No. 22-0109 (6th Cir.). The Court’s opinion served to remind district courts that they … Continue Reading
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