Leading federalism scholar Heather Gerken selected to be next dean of Yale Law School; Right to try, right to buy, right to test; D.C. Circuit concludes Recovery Act bars judicial review of suits against FHFA over treatment of Fannie and Freddie shareholders; The police can’t just share the contents of a seized iPhone with other agencies, court rules;
 
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Leading federalism scholar Heather Gerken selected to be next dean of Yale Law School
She will be the first woman to lead the nation's highest-ranked law school. Also, the first federalism scholar to do so. Gerken is a leader in that field, and has sought to persuade liberals that federalism has greater value than many think.
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Right to try, right to buy, right to test
"We just fundamentally do not believe that you should have to apply to the government for permission to try to save your own life."
 
D.C. Circuit concludes Recovery Act bars judicial review of suits against FHFA over treatment of Fannie and Freddie shareholders
An interesting and significant case testing when Congress can insulate federal government action from judicial review.
 
Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions
Prayers at public meetings, the right to record the police, and discrimination against a pro-marijuana legalization student group.
The police can’t just share the contents of a seized iPhone with other agencies, court rules
A police agency with a search warrant copied a suspect's iPhone, and it then gave a copy to another agency in an unrelated case in the spirit of "collaborative law enforcement among different agencies." But a federal judge ruled that the second agency can't look through the copy unless it first gets its own search warrant.
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