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What I’m Reading – Jan 2 2024

Biden on climate, Virginia school district accidentally releases confidential data, stop buying so much crap, and Substack has good and bad people.

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What I’m Reading – Dec 29 2024

The Endangered Species Act turns 50, the economy is doing well, and Texas border antics causing more trouble

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Silent Sunday Dec 10 2023

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Immigration Legal, Laws, and Regs

US vs Abbott and dissenting judge is awful

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

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Immigration Legal, Laws, and Regs

US vs Abbott and the border didn’t work anyway

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 […]