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Are the Monks of Saint Joseph Abbey Headed to the U.S. Supreme Court? Shira Rawlinson Institute for Justice 3/20/2013 Arlington, Va.—Today, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous final decision in favor of the casket-making monks of Saint Joseph Abbey, setting up what could become a historic clash at the U.S. Supreme […] March 21st, 2013 | Tags: caskets, funeral directors, Saint Joseph Abbey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit | Category: Louisiana, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
Zip Weasel Zippers 10/25/2012 …Texas authorities have threatened to arrest international election observers, prompting a furious response from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). “The threat of criminal sanctions against [international] observers is unacceptable,” Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said in a […] October 26th, 2012 | Tags: Attorney General Greg Abbott, Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Gov. Rick Perry, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Pat Dollard, Planned Parenthood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, voter fraud, voter ID laws | Category: Elections, Politics, Taxes, Texas, United Nations, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Next time, sue the weatherman Editorial The Washington Times 3/23/2012 Climate alarmists have lost a major court case that had the potential for turning every weather emergency into endless litigation. It’s a victory for the law, for science and for common sense. On Tuesday, Federal Judge Louis Guirola Jr., in the Southern District of Mississippi, […] March 25th, 2012 | Tags: "global warming", Al Gore, CO2 emissions, Comer vs. Murphy Oil, Hurricane Katrina, Judge Louis Guirola Jr., Lord Christopher Monckton, Schenectady, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, Union College | Category: Education, Energy, Environment, New York, Science/Research/Technology | Comments are closed
From a Nation Rifle Association/Institute for Legislative Action email 12/28/2011 On Dec. 5, the NRA filed its opening appellate brief on behalf of several law-abiding young adults challenging the federal ban on dealer sales of handguns and handgun ammunition to persons between the ages of 18 and 20. The case is Jennings v. Bureau of […] December 29th, 2011 | Tags: federal age limit, gun control, Jennings v. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Militia Act of 1792, NRA, The National Shooting Sports Foundation, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit | Category: 2nd Amendment, Barack Obama, federal regulations, SCOTUS, Texas | Comments are closed
“The judge ignored numerous admissions by their own witnesses of perjury. Word is the government did not want this case sitting out there being campaigned on during the 2012 election cycle, so that Holder/DOJ leaned on the judge.” Kimberly Dvorak Homeland Security Examiner 10/24/2011 Border Patrol Agent Jesus “Chito” Diaz received a two-year […] October 27th, 2011 | Tags: Agent Jaime Zapata, Attorney General Eric Holder, Border Patrol Agent Jesus “Chito” Diaz, Diana Guadarrama Diaz, drug smuggling, Gabriel Lermer, Marco Ramos, November 2012, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit | Category: Barack Obama, Civil rights, Department of Justice, Elections, Illegal Immigration, Mexico | Comments are closed
Carol Greenberg Conservative Outlooks 7/12/2010 We know that Obama is not one to give up easily. Or at all. Most of you probably know he imposed a deep-water drill moratorium after the BP Gulf disaster. A federal judge as well as the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned that order. But in true-Obama style, […] July 12th, 2010 | Tags: deepwater drilling, moratorium, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit | Category: Barack Obama, Department of the Interior | Comments are closed
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