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Jan 24, 2024
News take: Are there right-wing revolutionaries on SCOTUS
The U.S. Supreme Court found that the U.S. Border Patrol could remove the razor wire that Texas installed along its border with Mexico....
Jan 15, 2024
News take: Biden administration fights Texas efforts to block Border Patrol from patrolling
From the story: Along one stretch,armed Texas National Guard members and their vehicles are preventing Border Patrol agents 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...
Dec 4, 2023
Judge OKs Biden effort to cut Texas's anti-immigration fence that doesn't work anyway
From Jurist: Texas sued in October to stop DHS officials from cutting the wire fence at the border. Chief US District Judge Alia Moses...
Nov 30, 2023
Texas abortion law goes before Texas high court
From Wisconsin Public Radio: The case, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights, has grown to include 22 plaintiffs, including 20...
Nov 21, 2023
I would never ride in a rocket built by this man
Elon Musk sues because Media Matters showed X didn't quite work as promised. Above the Law has the story.
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...
Nov 7, 2023
States sue over mail-order abortion/miscarriage pill
The suit was filed in Texas, of course. From Courthouse News Service: (CN) — A coalition of three red states sued the Food and Drug...
Nov 1, 2023
Texas can just keep slicin' 'em up
A judge ordered the Biden administration to leave the state's border razor wire in place. AP has the story.
Oct 25, 2023
Texas aims to cut migration by cutting migrants
Texas is suing to stop federal agents from cutting razor wire that has gashed and slashed immigrants as they cross the border. In the...
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...
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