Brian Morris

From the Kentucky side of Cincinnati - Civil Rights Attorney @LoevyandLoevy - @nkuedu Alum - @Peacecorps Mongolia - optimistic Bearcat, Bengals, & Reds fan.

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

Thought we had it @IJSanders …

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[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

Great catching up with @IJSanders and Anya to discuss the Fourth Circuit’s reversal of summary judgment in McPherson. When juries get to actually hear the merits of civil rights cases, the Constitution wins!

Bonus 🏇🏇🏇predictions!

[Short Circuit @ShortCircuit_IJ]

Our Latest Podcast: Hard but not Impossible.

The return of @Chuck_Morris! Plus Anya Bidwell!

https://t.co/hyr3BaD2AS

[Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo]

In an unpublished decision, Kennedy v. Smith, Judge Nalbandian says the 6th Cir. won't make qualified immunity arguments for gov't officials.

Kennedy shows the folly of SCOTUS making QI immediately appealable in Mitchell v. Forsyth.

These appeals waste time and resources.

[Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo]

The Fourth Amendment requires probable cause be supported by “Oath or affirmation” before a warrant can issue, but the Supreme Court effectively removed that requirement in Jones v. US.

Today, @IJ filed a cert. petition in Mendenhall v. Denver, urging the Court to put it back.

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

McDonald’s created a racially hostile work environment by telling Black leaders they deserved lower positions & were “angry Black women.” When they complained, McDonald’s launched a sham investigation to retaliate. A jury will finally hear the case!

Front page @chicagotribune

[Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune]

The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: https://t.co/2Eo6R3Ww6b

[Casey Mattox @CaseyMattox_]

Qualified immunity is an embarrassment on the Court. It is as much judicially made up nonsense as anything substantive due process ever came up with.

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

Just a civil rights bloodbath on SCOTUS's "shadow docekt" today. Also denies death row prisoner's request for DNA testing.

[Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo]

QUALIFIED IMMUNITY (BAD) NEWS:

Through its so-called "shadow docket," SCOTUS summarily reversed the 2d Cir.'s denial of qualified immunity in Zorn v. Linton and left in place the 5th Cir.'s grant of QI in (@TheFIREorg) case Villarreal v. Alaniz.

Dissent(s) in both.

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

https://t.co/MmvgN2WrQj

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

I’m sorry, what … SCOTUS summarily reverses denial of qualified immunity (3 liberals dissent) b/c apparently using a specific pain compliance technique on passive protestors is *too broad* a principle to clearly establish that it violates the Constitution. HUGE QI step backwards

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

Thanks, SCOTUS, Olivier is great. Now answer the other question and fix Erma Watson’s case, where the Texas prosecutor secretly worked for the judge in his own case.

[Raffi Melkonian @RMFifthCircuit]

Remember the Texas prosecutor that secretly worked for the judge in his own cases? The en banc CA5 today ruled against a plaintiff looking for compensation for her conviction in that rigged case

Judge Willett leads a ferocious DEFCON 1 dissent

https://t.co/Jo0EqjaRtR

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

Now the viral McDonald’s CEO gets to explain to a federal jury (in September) what he meant by telling Black Executives that “they deserved to have lower-ranking positions than the ones they actually held.” @McDonalds has a long history of racial discrimination.

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Burger King CEO takes a big bite of a Whopper in new video after McDonald’s CEO went viral for reluctantly nibbling the chain’s new Big Arch Burger.

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

No notes:

“It is hard to imagine a more resounding defeat for petty local tyrants who try to treat speech that offends them as a crime.”

[reason @reason]

A mayor and a police chief "mistook their authority to maintain order for a license to suppress criticism," says U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose.
https://t.co/dx9aeLWKHq

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

🚨Huge win for Noah, @IJ, @pjaicomo and the First Amendment🚨 Federal court says Newton officials violated Noah’s constitutional rights when they arrested him for calling them fascists. What should be obvious, but wasn’t in Newton: Gov’t can’t welcome praise & suppress criticism.

[Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh]

@IJ Finding out phase continues, as district court grants summary judgment to man arrested for calling police chief a “fascist” during Iowa city council meeting. Solid victory for @IJ and @pjaicomo.

https://t.co/V64YEgeA6P

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

Great 🧵 and must read. Amazing work from @pjaicomo pushing First Amendment law in the right direction.

[Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo]

🚨🚨🚨

@IJ just scored a major First Amendment and qualified immunity victory for Noah Peterson!

At the direction of the mayor, police in Newton, Iowa arrested Noah in 2022 for criticizing the mayor and police at city council meetings.

We sued. And we won in court.

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[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

🚨Huge win for Noah, @IJ, @pjaicomo and the First Amendment🚨 Federal court says Newton officials violated Noah’s constitutional rights when they arrested him for calling them fascists. What should be obvious, but wasn’t in Newton: Gov’t can’t welcome praise & suppress criticism.

[Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh]

Last night, the mayor of Newton, IA (@GettoKnowNewton) ejected Noah Petersen (@IcAntifa) from a city council meeting for "defaming" the chief of police by calling him a "fascist":

[Dan King 🇺🇦 @Kinger_DC]

"Holding federal officials accountable for unconstitutional acts is now more difficult than ever, even as the need for accountability is particularly acute, with thousands of federal agents deployed in American cities" @UnPopulistMag @IJ
https://t.co/hGpwsaFNhs

[Paul Sherman @PaulMSherman]

My @IJ colleagues @pjaicomo and Anya Bidwell have a great column in Bloomberg explaining the unjust doctrines that protect federal agents from accountability and why Congress must act. https://t.co/MKpbKrsWJ9

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.

I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.

[Brian Morris @Chuck_Morris]

Time to buckle up; I’m ready to get hurt again.

Reds ⚾️ > Bengals 🏈 > Bearcats 🏀

[The Bearcat Bunch @bearcatbunch]

🏀 Cincinnati Bearcats open as 7.5 point favorites vs. the Dayton Flyers ⤵️