Appellate Judges

The Fifth Circuit’s Judge Jennifer Elrod Discusses Pandemics, Cruises and Remote Courtship

Judge Jennifer Elrod; Even though our physical courthouse is not open, it has been very important to make sure all litigants have...

Fifth Circuit Judge Graves Authors 3-Panel Opinion with Mandate to Unseal Records, Reversing Lower Court

The district court reasoned that sealing was justified because of "the child's privacy interest in being protected from financial predators or others...

The Fifth Circuit’s Dismissal of the Burkes 2019 Judicial Complaint Has Now Been Proven to Be Error, in Law

Supreme Court of Georgia Splits on Motion to Disqualify All Justices, Leaving Three Refusing to DQ

Maneuvers to appoint rather than elect Justice Blackwell’s replacement already gives the appearance that a group of insiders have determined that hand-selecting...

How to Make a Judicial Complaint Citing the Right Arguments In Law

The fact is many of those with judicial grievances normally pen judicial complaints while high on emotions and fall into the trap...

When Professor Rebecca Tushnet, a former Professor at Georgetown University Law Center Intervened – It Was Granted

"A key strength of our adversarial legal system is that we can learn the boundaries of the law from past cases,” Tushnet...

The Case of the Consumers versus the Consumer Watchdog and their BFF, OCWEN, on Appeal at the Eleventh Circuit

Burke v Ocwen and CFPB, that's right, the consumer watchdog objects to the consumers.

Every Tom, Dick and Harry Wants to Seal Records, But That’s Not How the Courts’ Work. Well, Theoretically

Secrecy is fine at the discovery stage, before the material enters the judicial record. But those documents, usually a small subset of...

Motion to Intervene is a Right of The Press and the Public

The public thus has a right to access complaints in pending cases, in the weeks before an answer is filed, in the...

In Tandem, “Opposing” Counsels”, namely the CFPB, a ‘Consumer Watchdog’ and Ocwen, a Non-Bank, Object to Consumers Constitutional Rights

Burke v Ocwen and CFPB, that's right, the consumer watchdog objects to the consumers.

Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society and Five Angry Senators

Mr. Leo’s personal financial interest in advocacy efforts related to the judicial selection and nominations process raises serious concerns regarding potential conflicts...

Eleventh Circuit Judge Jill Pryor Seals Motion to Disqualify and the Intervenors Fire Back

When a motion to disqualify a judge is based on the judge’s ownership interest in certain real estate, the public must be...

Why Civil and Criminal Contempt in Federal Courts Is Rarely Invoked

Current federal jurisprudence grants judges wide latitude in the exercise of contempt powers, which in turn can lead to dire consequences for...

Editors Choice: What Does A Robe Mean to A Judge In Texas – in Particular Where There IS Fraud On the Court?

Unbeknownst to many, federal courts have the power under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to set aside judgments entered years earlier...

The Federal Reserve is Bank Owned. Two Banks Own 75 Percent of It. Can You Name Them?

Still, it serves as yet another red flag for those concerned with the power of too-big-to-fail banks that the top two banks...

Texas Lawyer Malpractice Appeal Wins Reversal at the Fifth Circuit which Opens Door for Insurance Bailout. This Dallas Attorney is A Real Estate Investor Too.

Even though we hold that Lonergan reported her claim under the Policy, we decline to reach the issue of whether she breached...

The Case and Double Appeal in Draayer is Very Troubling When Your Husband is A Fifth Circuit Judge and Former Louisiana Appellate Chief

When you're so connected to the Appellate Court and they reverse not once, but twice, the phrase "..it doesn't look good" cannot...

Bill Barr and the DOJ Does a U-Turn in the Selia Law v. CFPB Case Before the US Supreme Court

The Trump administration believes that the bureau’s lone director is unconstitutionally shielded from accountability to the president, yet the Justice Department’s final...