More on my favorite case The dissenting judge is a Trump-appointed judge long known for his extremist views. And my goodness, he wrote an awful dissent. Gov. Abbott must remove ‘floating wall’ from the Rio Grande, 5th Circuit rules
Category: Legal, Laws, and Regs
One particular passage stands out for me. The courts have to consider every argument raised in self-defense in a court case. Including Texas’ assertion that it was protecting itself “against an invasion.” ‘Here, Texas’s self-defense argument does not preclude the issuance of a preliminary injunction. First, the district court adequately considered Texas’s arguments. Further, the […]
Remember my pet case, US vs Abbott? About Texas building a saw-bladed buoy system in the middle of the Rio Grande? The Fifth circuit just ruled in the US favor, with the dissenting judge catching the line Thomas threw, attempting to completely overthrow the Clean Water laws. It was a win, but a win that […]
Pet case update time again. US vs Abbott The US has asked the court’s permission to file an amended complaint. I’ve attached a link to the redlined version showing the changes. I wondered why in the hell the US lawyers didn’t including the Mexican treaty in the original complaint. That should take priority over the […]
A flurry of filings in my pet case, US v Abbott, related to Texas’ appeal. In the Texas brief, Abbott brags about all the arrests related to Operation Lone Star. Which means it’s a good time to also bring up the ProPublica piece that made mincemeat of these claims. The rest of Abbott’s filing is […]