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  • Appeals court halts ruling that Border Patrol can legally cut Texas’ border concertina wire

    12/21/2023 6:52:55 PM PST · by truthkeeper · 18 replies
    The Texas Tribune ^ | December 4, 2023 | Uriel J. Garcia
    Less than a week after a Del Rio-based federal judge ruled against Texas in the ongoing fight over the state’s razor wire, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused that decision while it reviews the case. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday temporarily halted a lower court order that gave Border Patrol agents legal cover to continue cutting concertina wire that Texas has installed on the banks of the Rio Grande. U.S. District Judge Alia Moses of Del Rio on Wednesday ruled against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, which wanted the judge to order Border Patrol...
  • Vaccine Mandate For Federal Workers Blocked By 2nd Court

    02/10/2022 2:11:10 PM PST · by Enlightened1 · 14 replies
    AP via WEAU ^ | 02/10/22
    <p>A federal appeals court has declined, for now, to allow the Biden administration to require COVID-19 vaccinations for federal employees.</p><p>The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled 2-1 Wednesday to maintain a block on the mandate that a Texas-based federal judge had issued on Jan. 21. The administration had asked the New Orleans court for an injunction allowing the federal worker mandate to move forward pending appeal.</p>
  • Appeals court bizarrely rules federal agents can legally threaten to shoot people over personal disputes

    09/18/2021 10:49:12 AM PDT · by Leaning Right · 66 replies
    DonnyFerguson.com ^ | Sept. 15, 2021 | not listed
    What does it take to hold federal police accountable for using excessive force? That question is once again being raised with cases being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. And it’s coming to the Justices in the form of a petition from Kevin Byrd, a Texas mechanic who was almost shot to death by a federal officer in a dispute over a purely personal matter. Kevin is not fighting alone. The Institute for Justice (IJ) represents him in his U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
  • Divided 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Panel Rules Against Texas Ban on Dismemberment Abortions

    10/20/2020 5:44:14 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 14 replies
    National Right to Life News ^ | 10/14/20 | Dave Andrusko
    State has 14 days to ask full 5th Circuit to hear caseTexas Right to Life responded yesterday to the 2-1 decision: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the Texas Dismemberment Abortion Ban, upholding the district court ruling that blocked enforcement of the Pro-Life law. After a three-year wait, the decision by the three-judge panel is disappointing and demonstrates the need for judges who follow the strictest interpretation of the Constitution. However, Texas must continue the legal battle to force a federal circuit court split, pressuring the Supreme Court of the United States to evaluate...
  • Examining a potential SCOTUS nominee's odd social media habits

    07/01/2018 5:51:58 AM PDT · by mac_truck · 36 replies
    ABCNews ^ | 6/30/2018 | Adia Robinson
    On New Year’s Eve, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Don Willett channeled Rick Astley by tweeting “People of Earth—In 2018, @JusticeWillett will never: give you up, let you down, run around, desert you, make you cry, say goodbye, tell a lie, hurt you.” Before that, Willett, at the time a justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, tweeted out his son confusing “Eminem” and “eminent,” a picture of three puppies and a picture of cornbread shaped like his home state. But with Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announcing his retirement on Wednesday, and Willett’s name appearing on a list...
  • Donald Trump Releases List of Potential Supreme Court Appointments

    05/18/2016 2:21:53 PM PDT · by detective · 24 replies
    Conservative Treehouse ^ | May 18, 2016 | Sundance
    Today Donald J. Trump released the much-anticipated list of people he would consider as potential replacements for Justice Scalia at the United States Supreme Court. This list was compiled, first and foremost, based on constitutional principles, with input from highly respected conservatives and Republican Party leadership. Mr. Trump stated, “Justice Scalia was a remarkable person and a brilliant Supreme Court Justice. His career was defined by his reverence for the Constitution and his legacy of protecting Americans’ most cherished freedoms. He was a Justice who did not believe in legislating from the bench and he is a person whom I...
  • Trump's 11 potential Supreme Court Justices (bio and Wiki link)

    05/18/2016 12:48:45 PM PDT · by justlurking · 55 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 2016-05-18 | Me
    Don Willett is a Texas Supreme Court justice:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Willett David Stras is an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stras Allison Eid is a justice on the Colorado Supreme Court:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_H._Eid Joan Larsen is a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Larsen Steven Colloton is a federal judge who has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Colloton Raymond Gruender is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Gruender Thomas Hardiman is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardiman Raymond M. Kethledge is a federal judge...
  • Donald Trump releases list of potential supreme court nominees – live

    05/18/2016 11:09:45 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 14 replies
    ABCNEWS ^ | 05/18/16 | staff
    Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia. Trump's picks include Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado and Raymond Gruender of Missouri. Also on the list are: Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, Joan Larsen of Michigan, Thomas Lee of Utah, William Pryor of Alabama, David Stras of Minnesota, Diane Sykes of Wisconsin and Don Willett of Texas. Trump said in March he planned to release the list to ease concerns about his conservative credentials...
  • Trump unveils list of his top Supreme Court picks

    05/18/2016 11:31:12 AM PDT · by monkapotamus · 13 replies
    AP ^ | May 18, 2016 | JILL COLVIN
    Trump's picks include Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado and Raymond Gruender of Missouri. Also on the list are: Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, Joan Larsen of Michigan, Thomas Lee of Utah, William Pryor of Alabama, David Stras of Minnesota, Diane Sykes of Wisconsin and Don Willett of Texas. Trump had previously named Pryor and Sykes as examples of kind of justices he would choose.
  • Trump unveils list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices

    05/18/2016 11:11:10 AM PDT · by TontoKowalski · 233 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 5/18/16 | Jill Colvin
    The names are at the link.
  • (Video) Re-Elect Don Willett - Conservative TX Supreme Court Justice - May 29 2012 Primary Election

    05/12/2012 2:59:09 PM PDT · by davidbellow · 3 replies
    Texas Conservative Republican News ^ | 5/12/12 | David Bellow
    more info at http://donwillett.com
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram Endorses Steve Smith for Texas Supreme Court

    02/21/2006 11:47:33 AM PST · by Theodore R. · 4 replies · 263+ views
    Texas Insider.org ^ | 02-21-06 | Not given
    Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Steve Smith was endorsed this weekend by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Published: 02-21-06 A tale of two stories: Candidates for a top state court seat both claim to be conservatives and textualists, but there are differences between them. But what's the real difference? Smith came to the court without judicial experience but wrote 16 majority opinions in his two years. During his 2002 campaign, when he upset Perry appointee Xavier Rodriguez, Smith sounded agenda-driven on contentious issues such as school finance and parental notification. Now it seems that his two years on the court have...
  • Steven Wayne Smith to Seek Supreme Court Seat Held by Perry Appointee Don Willett in GOP Primary

    01/03/2006 3:20:37 PM PST · by Theodore R. · 3 replies · 188+ views
    TX GOP website | 01-03-05 | Theodore R.
    Former Texas Supreme Court Justice, Steve Smith, to Challenge Perry appointee Don R. Willett for Place 2 on the Texas Supreme Court
  • Texas Supreme Court appointee plans to recuse himself from school finance vote [Don R. Willett]

    08/24/2005 5:31:25 PM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 3 replies · 264+ views
    San Antonio Express-News ^ | 08/24/2005 | Peggy Fikac
    AUSTIN – Former Bush adviser and state lawyer Don R. Willett, named today to the Texas Supreme Court by Gov. Rick Perry, said he won't take part in a key pending case to decide whether the state's school finance system is constitutional. Willett has most recently served as chief legal counsel to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, whose office is defending the school finance law. Abbott's office has argued that the school funding level is a matter for lawmakers, not the courts, to decide. "I just want to make sure that whatever decision the court reaches is beyond reproach," Willett...