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Mar 22, 2024
News take: appeals court says graphic warnings on cigarette packs are legal
From Reuters: Reversing a lower court ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found that the 11 warnings required...
Mar 22, 2024
News take: Are conservative justices getting impatient with the Fifth District?
Are conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices getting impatient with some of the shenanigans of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals? From...
Dec 6, 2023
Appeals court puts hold on feds' ability to cut Texas border wire that is cutting up immigrants
And of course it is the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Texas Tribune has the story: In court documents, the Biden...
Nov 19, 2023
Fifth Circuit strikes down mandatory bar dues
The wacky U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down mandatory bar association dues for activities not directly related to...
Nov 10, 2023
Crazy Fifth Circuit says limits on ghost guns is unconstitutional
Sigh. Because the founders. The panel, comprised entirely of judges appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump, largely upheld...
Oct 25, 2023
Wacky Fifth Circuit upholds SEC diversity rule
The rule requires reporting on companies' diversity. The court's decision is not something one would predict coming out of the Fifth...
Oct 24, 2023
Fifth Circuit hands journalists a loss in drone ruling
There will be fewer drone-shot disaster footage in Texas. From Courthouse News: Passed by the state Legislature in 2013 and amended three...
Oct 22, 2023
SCOTUS to decide whether Biden administration bullied social media companies
It stayed a censorship order levied by the wacky Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, but... Three conservative justices — Samuel Alito,...
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