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Republicans, Democrats and legal scholars were right to call foul last week when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lambasted the idea of a "faker" such as Donald Trump becoming president. While the gifted jurist created the same ire that her late friend and fellow justice, the equally outspoken Antonin Scalia, quite often provoked, critics' outrage is justified.
The actual judicial decision written by U.S. District Carlton Reeves in striking down Mississippi's House Bill 1523 was eloquent, persuasive, and powerful - and at the same time, the ruling itself was entirely predictable and in keeping with the prevailing federal judicial winds. The ruling is written in such a way as to withstand the scrutiny of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Religious supporters of a Mississippi law dealing with objections to same-sex marriage say they hope a higher court will overturn the federal judge who stopped the law from taking effect. Those who oppose the measure are applauding the action by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to block House Bill 1523 , saying proponents of the law are misusing religion to support it.
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Mexican man on death row in Texas for the slayings of his wife and two children at their Rio Grande Valley home more than 24 years ago. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that said Robert Moreno Ramos, 62, can't file another appeal claiming he wasn't told he could get legal help from the Mexican government under an international treaty when he was arrested for the 1992 killings.
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Robert Ramos. A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from Ramos for the slayings of his wife and two children at their Rio Grande Valley home more than 24 years ago.
This morning, the Supreme Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Fisher v. University of Texas , and held that that the University of Texas at Austin's race-conscious admission program is lawful under the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
New U.S. citizens wave flags during a special Flag Day naturalization ceremony at the New York Historical Society on June 14. The Supreme Court's 4-4 deadlock Thursday, in a challenge to Obama's executive actions on immigration, ensured one thing: Obama will not be able to implement the program known as DAPA before he leaves office. But the Court did not say DAPA is unconstitutional, or strike it down on any grounds whatsoever.
Unidad Latina en Accion will hold a protest Thursday in front of the federal courthouse in New Haven in response to the 4-4 ruling by the Supreme Court that blocks President Barack Obama's immigration plan. In November 2014, President Obama released a plan to keep millions of illegal immigrants from deportation.
Group gathered from all around Texas and marched to the Governor's Mansion to show their support fro DACA and DAPA A coalition of civil and immigrant rights groups on Friday asked an appeals court to stop a federal judge's order that requires the Obama administration to turn over the confidential information of thousands of undocumented immigrants. by the National Immigration Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants' Rights Project and the ACLU of Texas is on behalf of four undocumented immigrants, including two Texans.
Eleven states suing the Obama administration claim that a new federal directive about transgender students thrusts "seismic changes" upon 100,000 schools nationwide. But only two districts joined the lawsuit i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2 Harrold, a Texas farming town with 100 students and a 2016 graduating class of four, and the Heber-Overgaard Unified School District northeast of Phoenix, a conservative region where summer homes are popular.