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Nonilex<p>The decision by US Dist Judge Michael Farbiarz in Newark, NJ, means any appeals in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activist</span></a>'s case will be heard by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, which has a 6-6 split between active judges appointed by Republican &amp; Democratic presidents, instead of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a>, the country's most <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> appeals court.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The case is going to be heard by a panel of judges in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FifthCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FifthCircuit</span></a> Court of Appeals. Of the Circuit Court judges, only 5 out of 26 were appointed by a Democratic president.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> have gone <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DistrictShopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictShopping</span></a> instead of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudgeShopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudgeShopping</span></a>. It would be hard to find another District that was more designed for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> goals.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> is the Northern District of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>. In that district is District Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MatthewKacsmaryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatthewKacsmaryk</span></a>. You may remember him as the judge who tried to ban <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mifipristone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mifipristone</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> drug, nationwide.</p><p>In the Northern District of TX, there are 18 judges. Only one of them was installed by a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> which was Bill Clinton.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> Declare The National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> Relations Board Unconstitutional</p><p>They tried it before, but now they're doing it as a team.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> filed a lawsuit in the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> Court of Appeals to rule that the National Relations Board is unconstitutional.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FifthCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FifthCircuit</span></a> Court of Appeals is under the aegis of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> Justice Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/18/2287121/-Musk-and-Bezos-Declare-The-National-Labor-Relations-Board-Unconstitutional" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/1</span><span class="invisible">8/2287121/-Musk-and-Bezos-Declare-The-National-Labor-Relations-Board-Unconstitutional</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens<p>This <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> article says women are dying because of <a href="https://federate.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> bans. True, but not the whole story.<br>There are plenty of doctors who agree with these laws, that the life of a fetus takes precedence over the life of the mother, that it's wrong to perform an abortion to save the mother's life.<br>The only way to ensure women who need emergency abortions can get them is to legally require hospitals to provide them. <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> and the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> have stolen that from us.<br>Ref: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/nevaeh-</span><span class="invisible">crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>1 of surprising themes of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> term that ended past Mon was how US <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Court</span></a> of Appeals for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a>, federal appeals court in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/New" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>New</span></a> Orleans that hears cases from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TX</span></a> won even as it lost. Many of those reversals were in some of the term’s most ideologically charged cases - block access to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mifepristone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mifepristone</span></a> on nationwide basis, invalidate the way Congress funds the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>, bar Biden admin from even talking w social-media companies about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/07/how-fifth-circuit-won-losing/678918/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2024/07/how-fifth-circuit-won-losing/678918/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> isn’t the final word — &amp; a couple other courts have ruled differently — but the issue could be another [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> beholden] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> showdown that limits <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s tools.</p><p>A core trespassing charge in nearly every <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> case (&gt;1,400) is — 4 years later — facing a serious legal challenge. Defendants say the charge requires prosecutors to prove they *knew* a USSS protectee was in the Capitol.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AYFKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AYFKM</span></a>? um “hang <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikePence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikePence</span></a>” “where’s Nancy?” [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pelosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pelosi</span></a>]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>[<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> appointed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a>]… have chipped away at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s cases against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> rioters — &amp; several other threats loom that could further erode the largest &amp; most complex federal probe in history.</p><p>Many of DOJ’s recent cases have relied on a “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geofence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geofence</span></a>” warrant to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> —using devices’ location <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> to ID people inside the restricted area of the Capitol on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/J6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>J6</span></a>. But the [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ultraconservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultraconservative</span></a>] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> recently found geofence warrants are unconstitutional.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/27/jan-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2024/09/27/j</span><span class="invisible">an-6-cases-legal-challenges-political-threats-00181313</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The admin also said that the rule does not change "existing requirement governing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sex</span></a> separation in athletics," [contrary to Republican propaganda] noting that the issue is the subject of a "separate rulemaking."</p><p>The New Orleans-based [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a>] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> Court of Appeals &amp; the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied requests to partially enforce the rule, prompting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin to seek <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>’ intervention.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>#CivilRights</p>
IT News<p>5th Circuit rules geofence warrants illegal in win for phone users’ privacy - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | ) </p><p>A federal appeals court rule... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2042955" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2042955</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/geofencewarrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geofencewarrants</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/5thcircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thcircuit</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> court upends <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FCC</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UniversalServiceFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalServiceFund</span></a>, ruling it an illegal <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2039246" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2039246</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> Court of Appeals w/another outrageous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> ruling upholding a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimCrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimCrow</span></a> era felony voting ban in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mississippi</span></a>. Decision that state lawmakers elected by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> district maps to determine <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> not courts of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-felony-voting-rights-appeals-court-2c0cce8690f2ab18d903d01da79a54db" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/mississippi</span><span class="invisible">-felony-voting-rights-appeals-court-2c0cce8690f2ab18d903d01da79a54db</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> rejected the historical comparisons that the government offered to justify the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> barring those w/a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RestrainingOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestrainingOrder</span></a> from possessing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a>.</p><p>Today, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, overturned that decision &amp; said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> permits <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> that bar individuals deemed dangerous from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunPossession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunPossession</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rahimi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rahimi</span></a> continued to challenge the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, &amp; the (insanely <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a>] US Court of Appeals for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> reheard his case after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bruen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bruen</span></a> ruling in which Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> established a test for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunLaws</span></a> in his opinion: new restrictions on ownership MUST have a parallel in American HISTORY.</p><p>The unanimous 5th Circuit panel found that Rahimi was among those whose right to a weapon is protected by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecondAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecondAmendment</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Individual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/physicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physicians</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AHM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AHM</span></a> filed suit in Amarillo, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>, where the ONLY sitting Dist Court <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judge</span></a> is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MatthewKacsmaryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatthewKacsmaryk</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> appointee known for longstanding opposition to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>. [+ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evangelical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evangelical</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> activist <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> opinions]<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kacsmaryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kacsmaryk</span></a>’s 2023 ruling would have removed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medication</span></a> from the market, but the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> scaled it back. It was the first time a judge suspended longtime approval of a medication despite oppo from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> &amp; the manufacturer.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> eliminated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>right</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> in 2022, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medications</span></a> to terminate pregnancy have increased in importance &amp; become a major target of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a>, in part because the pills can be sent by mail including to states that have severely limited or banned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortions</span></a>.<br>The justices were reviewing a decision from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> that said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> failed to follow proper procedures or explain its reasoning when it loosened <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> for obtaining <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mifepristone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mifepristone</span></a> in 2016 &amp; 2021.</p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DemocracyDocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyDocket</span></a></p><p>A troubling trend is emerging in the nation’s most <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AppealsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppealsCourt</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> is rehearing its own pro-democracy decisions at the request of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the-5th-circuit-is-rehearing-voting-decisions-at-an-alarming-rate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracydocket.com/analysis/t</span><span class="invisible">he-5th-circuit-is-rehearing-voting-decisions-at-an-alarming-rate/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>America’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Problem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Problem</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> are now fighting over the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>right</span></a> to hear <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/important" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>important</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cases</span></a>. </p><p>The 5th Circuit <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CourtofAppeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtofAppeals</span></a> is part of a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fasttracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fasttracks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rulings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rulings</span></a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a>—and creates endless delays for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/protect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protect</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/benefit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefit</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyThePews</span></a> <br><a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2024-04-15-americas-fifth-circuit-problem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/justice/2024-04-1</span><span class="invisible">5-americas-fifth-circuit-problem/</span></a></p>
Carrie Randolph<p>“In a pair of cases currently pending … somewhere … in federal court, the Fifth Circuit is aggressively, and without the clearest of legal authority, trying to stop cases from being transferred to courts outside of the Fifth Circuit and, in one case, questioning lawyers from the agency involved for their actions in connection with the transfer.” <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/5thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thCircuit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.lawdork.com/p/fifth-circuit-venue-nlrb-spacex-cfpb-chamber" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawdork.com/p/fifth-circuit-ve</span><span class="invisible">nue-nlrb-spacex-cfpb-chamber</span></a></p>
Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵<p>SB4 is blocked again.</p><p><a href="https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1770283782479687818.html?utm_campaign=topunroll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">threadreaderapp.com/thread/177</span><span class="invisible">0283782479687818.html?utm_campaign=topunroll</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChunderRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChunderRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/5thcircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5thcircuit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SB4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SB4</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a></p>