Short Circuit: You Say Habeas I Say Mandamus

We focus in on two Latin words this week: habeas and mandamus. Both usually mean “you lose.” But things somehow turned out differently in the Fourth Circuit and Fifth Circuit.

Short Circuit: Sovereign Immunity and NIMBY Neighbors

Suing the United States government is really hard. So hard that someone’s family might not get to even if the government is at fault for that person dying in a flood. Plus, we walk through a procedural pretzel of property rights preventing people from putting up homes.