All posts tagged "josh blackman"
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319Appellate JudgesRoman Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Case: Catholic Judges’ Harmless Error Protects Sexual Predators
As with the Boy Scouts, where practically every judge sends their kids, the Catholic Church is another protected legal community.
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1.6KAppellate JudgesFauxpinion: The Judiciary is Disturbed and Disconnected in the New Media Age
Judges are adopting a media focused style of legal writing, separating themselves from their judicial colleagues, causing strife within.
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999Appellate CircuitLaw Prof: It’s Time for Hard Labor at the US Supreme Court
The end of Clerkships: If this proposal were to gain momentum, the lower courts should be mandated to implement this new precedent.
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1.3KAppellate CircuitWhy the Chief Can’t Judge Everything – Even with Judicial Immunity
No [wo]man in this country is so high that [s]he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that...
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2.9KAppellate CircuitThe Frazzled Sequel: Cato File another Amicus Brief into the Fifth Circuit’s All American Case And It’s Hard-Hitting
CATO argue that allowing the CFPB to carry on with unconstitutionally initiated actions would perpetuate the earlier constitutional violation.
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3.5KAppellate JudgesWhen Litigants are Ordered to File an Amended Brief and End Up More Distressed About the Judges than the Opposing Parties, That’s Not Good for Democracy
Dishonorably and shockingly, it has now become a desperate search for judges who can provide a fair and impartial hearing at COA...
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3.7KAppellate JudgesWaiver, Ethics, Other Authorities, Inherent Authority, Truth Seeking and Let’s Add Some Poetry. It’s All in this Motion for Reconsideration at CA5.
It is abundantly clear the Burkes are well within their legal rights to cite the documents and web links which they included...
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2.4K1Federal LawThe Frazzled Sequel: Fifth Circuit Schedule All American for Week of September 21st, 2020 after Selia Law Decision
Fifth-Circuit Panel arranges en banc hearing in Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau v. All Am. Check Cashing, Inc., No. 18-60302 for week of...
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3.4KFederal LawThe Most Comprehensive FDCPA and TDCPA Opinion in a Debt Collection Lawsuit in Texas We’ve Read. You Should Read It Too.
“Generally speaking, the FDCPA is a strict liability statute, which does not require the plaintiff to show that the violation was either...
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5.9K6Federal LawAnother Texas Federal Court Case Prematurely Decided By the Magistrate Judge While Related Case is On Appeal at The Fifth Circuit
An attorney is a key participant in a mortgage scheme. That’s because being able to point to a lawyer, who is sworn...
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2.2K1Federal LawAll American Prematurely Decided By the Fifth Circuit while Supreme Court Petition is Pending
Fifth Circuit Judges should know their role. When a Supreme Court case is pending (Selia Law v. CFPB), hold your pens says...
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2.3KEditors ChoiceEthics and Code of Conduct: Is a Co-Chair of Social Media for the State Bar of Texas Appellate Division Licensed to “Like” a Tweet Like This?
At Laws In Texas we submit a Texas lawyer liking a tweet that condones violence and most likely death, is not ethically...
