All posts tagged "texas"
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2.5KAppellate JudgesThe Nomination of Fifth Circuit Judge and former Chief District Judge (LA) – Judge Kurt Damian Engelhardt
Judge Kurt Engelhardt: I joined the New Orleans Chapter of the Federalist Society after talking with a few of my new judicial...
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1.7KFederal LawTexas Secretary of State Sends Out SOS Signal that there’s a Judicial Vacancy, But that was a False Alarm and It has Caused Mayhem
Audit Texas : The Texas state website reported as recently as Nov. 6 that the race would be on the 2020 ballot....
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4.6K1Editors ChoiceTexas State Judge and the Devil Wears Prada
Audit Texas : Between January 2016 and March 2017, Harris County Texas Judge Alexandra Smoots-Thomas is alleged to have misused $24,892 in...
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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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3.5K2Editors ChoiceTexas State Judge who Replaced 5th Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes Blanks the Judicial Commission, Gets Public Slap on the Wrist for Ex Parte Communications
Furthermore, these actions are clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties as a judge and cast public discredit upon the...
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2.0KAppellate 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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3.8K1Deutsche BankFake Companies, Fake Documents, and an Outrageous Foreclosure Judgment Should Receive Supreme Court Notice. Well, Not if You are Opposing Deutsche Bank, Ocwen or MERS
LIT perused the list of Supreme Court 'denied' Petitions and of course, when it's foreclosure related and has the name Deutsche Bank,...
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2.5K1Appellate CircuitThere Was Never Going to Be a Pow[e]-Wow On this Deutsche Bank 5th Circuit Appeal with A Very Ethically Challenged 3-Panel of Higginbotham, Ho and Ho, ehem…Engelhardt
In the case of Powe v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., the 3-Panel issued a “Single Word” Opinion. The 5th Circuit Are...
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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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2.0KAppellate 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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2.2KFederal LawEternal Merry-Go-Round: Who Is the New Chief at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2019?
From the attorneys perspective, what they might notice the most is who is assigned at their arguments. Beyond that, you would have...
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2.0KFifth CircuitA Law Professor Claims the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Has Gone Rogue and Suggests the Supreme Court Should Slay ‘Em
The Supreme Court does not have to reaffirm Whole Woman’s Health. It can write an opinion summarily reversing the Fifth Circuit’s decision...
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2.7KEditors ChoiceA Former Texas Judge Recently Sanctioned after Claims of Sexual Mischief, Alcoholism and Anger Issues Indicates He’s Seeking a Return to the Bench
This summer, a special court of review publicly reprimanded Guy Williams for groping three female public officials at a party and issuing...
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1.8K2NewsKKK Facebook Post by a Judge in Texas Gets a Public Censure vs. NY Justice Who is Forced to Resign and Never Seek Reelection Ever Again
I feel as though, due to my current financial situation and obligations to my family, I am being coerced into resigning. So...
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2.0KNewsThere’s a Texas Law Firm Raising its Sword Against Former Clients; But Will ‘Qualified Immunity’ (TCPA) Protect the ParaMedics?
Trevor Nikos Kocaoglan and Pablo Trejo, also argued the court should dismiss the Law Office of Chris Sanchez’s suit. They say this...
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1.6KFederal Law8 Corners Rule: Another Certified Question from the Fifth Circuit to the Supreme Court of Texas
In summer 2017, a 10-year-old died in an ATV accident at his grandparents’ house. The boy’s mom sued the grandparents, the Richards....
