All posts tagged "court of appeals for the fifth circuit"
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3.6KAppellate CircuitFifth Circuit Judges Spark Noticable Split in First Amendment En Banc Case.
Trump Judges: Fifth Circuit Judges Kyle Duncan, Jim Ho, Don Willett and Andy Oldham are the minority in this en banc decision.
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2.6KAccelerationSizzlin’ Bacon Tweets Is Not Where Judge Don Willett’s Heart Is, He Claimed. How’s He Doin’ Nearly 3 Years Into His Life Tenure?
If you’re confirmed why would a transgender person with a case before you ever think they’d have a fair and impartial hearing?...
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2.7KEditors ChoiceAttorney-Privilege Does Not Apply to Threats of Violence Statements says 8th Circuit
The attorney-client privilege is narrowly construed and protects disclosures necessary to obtain informed legal advice. Threats of violence do not count.
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3.9KAppellate JudgesPenn. Superior Court Decides Banks Res Judicata Doesn’t Apply when it’s a Bank Seeking Another Bite at Homeowner(s)
If you are defending a foreclosure action and have the case dismissed, there is no bar to the bank continuing legal action...
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3.0KAppellate CircuitThe Hopkins CA5 Appeal Commences in Earnest. Mark D. Hopkins. Shelley L. Hopkins. Hopkins Law, PLLC, An Austin Texas Rogue Law Firm.
When the decisions of courts of justice are made, they must, it is true, be executed; but the power of executing them...
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3.0KDeutsche BankChief Justice John Roberts Relationship with President Donald Trump in Tatters After DACA Ruling. Or is it?
Justice John Roberts is fed up with Donald Trump’s disrespect for the rule of law. Now he’s standing up for the role...
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3.5KEditors ChoiceVermont Lawyer Uses a Known Texas Trial Tactic to Convince Store Clerk to Listen to Her False and Bad Faith Claims
A Vermont lawyer has had her license suspended on an interim basis after she was accused of pulling a gun on a...
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3.0KEditors ChoiceDetroit Man Arrested for Making Credible Social Media Threats to Kill Gov. Whitmer
Sen. Mike Shirkey condemned those who have populated a number of social media posts with crude, violent and threatening messages about our...
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3.6KEditors ChoiceCorrupt Former Texas Mayor Laura Jordan and Real Estate Boyfriend, Now Hubby, Awarded a New Criminal Trial As Fifth Circuit Decides to Rely on the Judge’s Discretion
In a published opinion, Judge Elrod for the panel held that the district court did not abuse its broad discretion without holding...
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2.2KAppellate CircuitDOJ Wants the Supreme Court to Issue an Advisory Opinion re CFPB’s Constitutionality
Paul Clement said, the government is not asking the Supreme Court to resolve a live dispute. Instead, he said, DOJ wants the...
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3.6KEditors ChoiceJudge David Hittner is Threatened and Guess Who Defended the Convict? None Other than Magistrate Judge Peter Bray
Public Defender Peter Bray, who is representing Yarbrough said “I expect Mr. Yarbrough to make a statement at the time of sentencing...
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5.6KEditors ChoiceJudge Gena Slaughter Fails, Fails and Fails Again, But Receives Only a Specially Commissioned Public Slap
Dallas judge Gena Slaughter received a public warning, a lesser sanction than the public reprimand ordered in 2019. That's unacceptable based on...
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2.8KAppellate JudgesFifth 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...
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2.9KAppellate CircuitWhy 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...
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3.9KEditors ChoiceTexas State Judge is Slapped for the Fifth Time, instead of being Slaughtered
Judge Gena Slaughters' law license was suspended five times since she was first elected in 2007, according to a public reprimand that...
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4.3KAccelerationEditors 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...
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2.1KAppellate CircuitBill 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...
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2.3KAccelerationThe Houston Chronicle Reported in 2009 that Secrecy is Protecting Judges Behavin’ Badly. LIT Asks Y’all – What’s Changed in 2020?
Only seven judges in the last decade have faced formal disciplinary action as a result of the nation's secretive misconduct review process....
