Burningbird
My pet court case continues after Texas skullduggery in the dead of night. Texas filed a motion for leave to file a ‘surreply’ in response to the US reply. Normally after motion, response, reply, the case is briefed and ready for the judge. But Texas has to get in one more shot, and it’s a […]
The Judge set a hearing on the preliminary injunction for August 22 in the US vs Abbott case. In the meantime, the US _just_ filed a notice that Texas has been moving the barrier in the dead of night. Most likely trying to drag it out of Mexican territory. It won’t matter, because it will […]
And in my current favorite legal case, US vs Abbott, the federal government has responded to the reply Texas filed against the demand for a preliminary injunction. This damn case is such a no brainer. The majority of the buoys are in Mexican territory and must be removed. Mexico has asked the federal government to […]
My concerns about the US vs Abbott case may have been unfounded. The US and Mexico did a joint survey of the buoys placed by Abbott. They found that 787 feet of the buoys are actually in Mexico’s side of the Rio Grande. Yup, that’s right: Abbott invaded Mexico. Playing with definitions of ‘navigable’ or […]
Taking a breather from indictments, I grow increasingly alarmed at what’s happening with a court case, US vs Abbott. The federal government sued Abbott and Texas because his putting those barbaric buoys in the Rio Grande violated the Rivers and Harbors Act. Slam dunk, you’d think. But the amicus briefs filed and the response from […]