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The Prospect of a New, Future Administration in the White House Does Not Rescue a Gun-Rights Case from Mootness, Holds Sixth Circuit

In Gun Owners of America, Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, No. 24-1881 (6th Cir. Oct. 30, 2025), the Sixth Circuit holds that the possibility that a new U.S. Administration in 2029 might not be a sympathetic to gun rights as the current one did not warrant an exception to mootness in a challenge toContinue reading “The Prospect of a New, Future Administration in the White House Does Not Rescue a Gun-Rights Case from Mootness, Holds Sixth Circuit”

Fifth Circuit Panel Splits Three Ways on Effect of Cessation of Navy COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on Appellate Jurisdiction

Other federal courts of appeals have had little difficulty concluding that the end of the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate – as legislated in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in 2022 –renders moot all pending litigation concerning injunctive relief from the rule. Just yesterday, the Tenth Circuit in Robert v. Austin, No.Continue reading “Fifth Circuit Panel Splits Three Ways on Effect of Cessation of Navy COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on Appellate Jurisdiction”