All posts tagged "the federalist society"
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796Appellate CircuitFederalist Society Member Judge Jennifer Elrod Leads the 5th Cir. Choir, Expanding Ochlocracy in Texas
A federal appeals court issued a remarkable decision last week finding that Texas judges are exempt from federal subpoenas via immunity.
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1.7KAccelerationThe Deleted Opinion: After the Before From the Dishonorable Fifth Circuit
Non prisoner Lamell obtains a partial reversal in his favor from a 3-panel which capitulated from their earlier opinion. LIT investigates why.
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1.1KAppellate CircuitTexas Solicitor General Appointments in Recent times Include Sen. Ted Cruz and Fifth Cir. Judge Jim Ho
Notable alumni of the Office of the Solicitor General – 6 are now either District or Federal Judges and one on the...
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1.3KAppellate JudgesJudge James Ho’s Wife Defines Judicial Recusal in Amicus Brief Before Fifth Circuit
Judicial recusal doctrines raise structural, not substantive, considerations. They serve to protect the parties basic right to a fair trial.
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1.2KAppellate JudgesFormer Public Defender and Employee of the Judiciary Tells Her Story of Workplace Sexual Harassment
I am a former asst federal public defender who was forced to resign because judiciary officials failed to protect me from sexual...
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773Appellate CircuitSCOTUS Intervene in the Denial of Intervention for Lack of Jurisdiction by Sixth Circuit
No provision of law limits the jurisdiction of federal appellate courts to allow intervention by a party who was not part of...
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894Appellate JudgesWhy Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh Ain’t BFF’s
Our most dangerous people are people from within, Donald Trump said at CPAC and he went on to ridicule the United States...
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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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774Appellate CircuitAre Class Actions Heading Back to State Courts Due to SCOTUS?
There needs to be an expedited solution to the ongoing Ochlocracy in the Judicial Branch and the revolving door policy in Congress.
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1.3KLaws in PAPA Quietly Reinstates Lawyer Karyn L. White, former Supreme Court Clerk
Upon moving to NJ, Karyn voluntary suspended her Pennsylvania law license and now provides legal research and writing services to the Firm.
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838AccelerationThis Is a Six-Pack Nobody Wants
Under the tutelage of the conservative Federalist Society, Republican presidents became better at picking reliably conservative justices.
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1.5KAppellate JudgesFifth Circuit Oral Argument Perks: Rule 28J Letter Cleaned Up
After slammin' both sets of counsel for citing outwith their briefs, Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod allowed Rule 28J letters post argument.
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2.0KDark MoneyThe Jack Abramoff Scandal Series: United States v. Andrade
Private Attorneys for Rowland M. Andrade Seek to Remove Themselves from Representation of Andrade After LIT Spotlights this Criminal Case.
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1.3KDark MoneyGreenberg Traurig Escapes Jack Abramoff’s Nemesis by Biding it’s Time and Letting the Scandal Subside
That, along with GT Law's political connections would ensure the biglaw firm would remain part of the one percenters community of corruption.
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1.4KDark MoneyLIT’s Lobbyist and Legal Non-Profit Scandal Series Continues: Who is Jack Abramoff?
As part of the investigation into the Abramoff scandal, it was revealed that over the course of a decade Abramoff paid Bandow...
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2.1KDark MoneyWho is Ilya Shapiro, an Employee for a Billionaires ‘Non-Profit’ Entity in Washington, DC?
Ilya Shapiro is VP & Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at Cato Institute founded by Charles G. Koch of...
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1.5KAppellate CircuitDark Money from the One Percenters is Controlling Your Lives Citizens
The one percenters: Billionaires, lawyers, academics, politicians are all in the money game. Because money decides who wins in America, not the...
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1.5KAppellate JudgesJudge Edith Jones Avers Judge Lynn Hughes Did Not Ridicule the Complainants or Their Claims in Any Way.
LIT has seen Judge Lynn Hughes reversed twice at the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in early 2021 and also...
