Burningbird
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 […]
Re: my pet case, US vs Abbott The three panel Fifth circuit judges have scheduled a hearing for October 5th on the appeal of Judge Ezra’s preliminary injunction. In the meantime, the IBWC did another survey of the buoy locations after Texas did a middle of the night move on them once it was discovered […]
Disappointed that the Fifth decided to let Abbott keep his killing buoys in place until oral arguments. I can understand it. If they had decided to force Abbott to move the buoys, Abbott would have gone to the Supreme Court, and it’s likely SCOTUS would have decided in Abbott’s favor. But it’s Mickey Mouse law. […]