All posts tagged "#restoretx"
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2.3KJudgesTexas Judges Questions his Own Competence On the Bench and Quickly ‘Retires’
JUDGE DOUG SHAVER: “I have no concern, nor does anyone else about my mental facilities. I’m simply getting older & my energy...
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3.1KAppellate JudgesThe Nomination of Fifth Circuit Judge and Former Constitutional Law Professor – Judge Stephen A. Higginson
A federal court should only declare a statute enacted by Congress unconstitutional if it violates a provision clearly set forth in the...
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2.8KAppellate CircuitThe Nomination of Fifth Circuit Judge and Former Prosecutor – Judge Gregg Jeffrey Costa
Judge Gregg Costa: A judge should keep an open mind about the issues in a case; and maintain a sense of humility...
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2.4KAppellate CircuitThe Nomination of Fifth Circuit Judge and Former Twitter Don – Judge Don Willett
Judge Don Willett: It is never appropriate for lower courts to depart from controlling Supreme Court precedent. If confirmed, I will follow...
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2.9KFederal LawTexas Judges May Wear Black Robes But They Cloak Darker Secrets
There was a judge that should’ve been put in the electric chair, and he only had his hand slapped, recalled former Commissioner...
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4.4K4Federal LawWhere is Former Texas State Chief Judge Joel “Sexting” Baker Working Today? Oh, BTW, he was also Vice Chair at the State Comission for Judicial Conduct (SCJC)
Shamed Judge and Texas Lawyer Joel Baker would be left to defend himself in front of the same panel he has served...
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3.8KFederal JudgesSenior U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt Accuses Houston of Willfully and Maliciously Destroying Evidence
Houston city officials intentionally destroyed evidence, wiping crucial data from the computer drives of top police commanders that is potentially relevant to...
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2.6KFederal JudgesSenior U.S. District Judge Hilda G. Tagle Halts Pending Execution of Inmate, Surprising Everyone Associated With the Case
Judge Tagle’s order notes that the attorney is no longer allowed to practice in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals because of...
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2.3KCFPBThe Real Reason Why the CFPB is Being Dismantled is Political. To Make It Easier For Financial Services Companies, Banks and Non-Banks to Rip Off American Consumers
A report out this week from the watchdog group Allied Progress showing more than half the members appointed to a separate 12-person...
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1.9KAppellate Circuit
Fifth Circuit Judge Willett Opines: Twitter is a Cesspool and an Aggregator of Trollery and Vitriol but I Leveraged it to Get to Where I am Today.
Willett: As a state judge campaigning for office, it was political malpractice not to leverage social media smartly. I loved demystifying &...
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1.9KFifth CircuitAre You Qualified? Shields and Swords are Being Raised in the Roman-American Colosseum
This atextual, ahistorical doctrine - which shields public officials from liability, even when they break the law - was essentially invented out...
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2.2KAppellate Circuit
Fifth Circuit Judge Willett Opines: § 1927 sanctions imposed against Attorney(s) for advancing a meritless, immunity-barred claim against Judge are Reasonable
Since 1980, federal courts have awarded stiff sanctions under modern § 1927 to punish the wrongful prolongation of litigation. Here, Morgan persistently...
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2.2KAppellate CircuitFifth Circuit Affirm Lengthy Jail Sentence for “Sophisticated” Tax Fraud Conviction against a Tax Preparer. The Same Cannot Be Said When Banks Commit Fraud. Not One Banker Went to Jail in Texas
The Government’s first sample of returns estimated a $4,805,820.50 tax loss. To arrive at this figure, the Government reviewed 100 income tax...
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2.0KAppellate CircuitFifth Circuit Toss WhistleBlower’s Case Against Banks (of Course) Citing Lack of Evidence and the Complainant is Not the “Original Source”
Edward Hendrickson, a former fraud investigator in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General, alleged 15 banks knowingly...
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1.9K2NewsTexas Spent over $5m for the 2019 Inauguration Festivities But No One Has Any Receipts
We have conducted a thorough search, Gov. Abbott’s campaign director, said. The 2019 Texas Inaugural Committee has no responsive records.
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2.9K1Deed of TrustLobbyist Celebrity Billionaire John Paul DeJoria Visited Texas Governor Greg Abbott & Now Has 2 Victories in Recent Months at the 5th Circuit, But this One is Has the Texas Constitution Bending Backwards
Fifth Circuit tosses Another Judgment against DeJoria - as Lobbyist and Gregg Abbott's Pal Gets the Texas Constitution Interpreted just for his...
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4.0KEditors ChoiceTexas Law and the 3 Judicial Bandidos
Officials from Quitman and Wood County made sure Bevill paid a high price for exercising his right to ‘free’ speech,” the complaint...
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2.9K3Donald TrumpDemand Letter to the Fifth Circuit on Behalf of President Trump re Obamacare; “The Department of Justice has Determined that the District Court’s Judgment Should be Affirmed.”
Demand Letter to the Fifth Circuit on Behalf of President Trump; The Department of Justice has determined that the district court’s judgment...
