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Dallas judge would be first Latina on 5th Circuit appeals court with Biden nomination

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has picked a longtime federal magistrate in Dallas for the influential 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Tribune News Service

Latest abortion pill ruling could hit some safe havens hard

States that are trying to position themselves as safe havens for women seeking abortions could be most affected by the latest court ruling restricting access to an abortion pill

The Independent UK

All eyes on SCOTUS for abortion pill ruling

A decision could come Friday — and could effectively override the Food and Drug Administration's decision-making.

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Commentary: Abortion pill ruling means more painful, later terminations

The conservative 5th Circuit has blocked part of a Texas judge’s decision to pull abortion drug mifepristone off the market, but leaves in place onerous and outdated restrictions that the Food and Drug Administration determined in 2016 were medically unnecessary.

Tribune News Service

Appeals court keeps abortion drug on the market, with some limits - Roll Call

A federal appeals court allowed the nation’s most-used medication abortion drug to remain on the market after Saturday.

Roll Call

Restraining Orders Do Not Prove That People Are 'Dangerous'

The Biden administration is defending a federal law that disarms Americans based on "boilerplate language" in orders that judges routinely grant.

Reason

The Ruling Upholding the Gun Rights of People Subject to Restraining Orders Is Not As Crazy As You Might Think

The 5th Circuit noted that such orders can be issued without any credible evidence of a threat to others.

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Federal Courts Clash Over Financial Watchdog's Constitutionality

The CFPB funding scheme is constitutional, the 2nd Circuit says.

Reason

The 5th Circuit Rebukes the FDA for Flouting the Law While Imposing a De Facto Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes

The appeals court says regulators violated the Administrative Procedure Act when they tried to pull menthol vapes off the market.

Reason

Court blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US gov't workers

A federal appeals court has blocked President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19

The Independent UK

Supreme Court case features twist on appropriations power

WASHINGTON — Congress has used a clause in the Constitution for more than two centuries to control how the federal government spends funds, but the Supreme Court is poised to decide whether that same language also limits what lawmakers can do.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court case features twist on appropriations power - Roll Call

The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether the Appropriations Clause in the Constitution limits what lawmakers can do.

Roll Call

Bump stocks sales resume in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi after ATF misses deadline to appeal reversal of ban

WASHINGTON — Gun shops are selling bump stocks again in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi after federal regulators failed to appeal a ruling that lifted a ban imposed after a Las Vegas rampage left 58 people dead.

Tribune News Service

SCOTUS Questions the Government's Absurdly Broad Definition of 'Aggravated Identity Theft'

According to the Justice Department's reading of the law, the crime need not involve impersonation or even fraud.

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Surprise-billing lawsuits slow payments processes - Roll Call

Providers and payers continue to duke it out over how out-of-network payment disputes are handled once they go to arbitration.

Tribune News Service

Linked to a 1988 massacre in El Salvador, a Texas man is stripped of his US citizenship

DALLAS — A Texas man has been stripped of his U.S. citizenship and deported after he was linked to human rights violations as a military officer during the civil war in El Salvador.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Court ruling puts abuse victims at risk — and takes gun rights to ridiculous extremes

More than 200 women and men in Texas were killed by their intimate partners in 2021, according to the Texas Council on Family Violence. In an abusive dynamic, leaving an abuser is the most dangerous time for a survivor.

Salon

"Terrifying" court let abusers keep guns

Advocates for domestic violence victims were stunned by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling

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Appeals court ruling says alleged domestic abusers have a constitutional right to keep their guns

Advocates for domestic violence victims were stunned by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, which continued a string of court decisions citing the Second Amendment to erase gun restrictions.

Tribune News Service

Francis Wilkinson: Stolen guns are fueling violent crime in the US

The federal government recently produced two notable documents on gun violence last week. The first, a report by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, provided a measure of the mayhem induced by the deregulation of firearms and the removal of strictures on virtually anyone wishing to possess them.…

The Independent UK

Vaccine litigation lingers after lifting of military mandate

COVID-19 vaccinations are no longer required for military personnel

Salon

Court blocks domestic violence gun ban

"The 5th Circuit's decision is going to lead to more abusers murdering their wives," said one gun control advocate

Tribune News Service

Cynthia M. Allen: Texan was arrested for questioning government. Will court defend her free speech?

At first glance, Priscilla Villarreal is not a particularly empathetic figure. Not to most conservatives, anyway.

Reason

The Washington Post Profiles the 5th Circuit

"They don’t care about being invited to elite parties in Georgetown.”

Reason

She Was Jailed for Basic Journalism. A Federal Court Isn't Sure if That's Unconstitutional.

Priscilla Villarreal's case will be heard again tomorrow at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. She has attracted some unlikely supporters.

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