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The Latest Breaking News from The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Texas’ drag show restrictions take effect after years of court challenges

The law prohibits sexually explicit drag performances on public property or in front of children.

The Texas Tribune

Federal appeals court will reconsider West Texas A&M drag show ban

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday tossed a three-judge panel's earlier ruling that found the ban violated students' free speech rights. The court's 17 judges will rehear the case.

The Texas Tribune

US court blocks Trump bid to use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans

The Fifth Circuit Court is highest court so far to rule against Trump’s use of the law to deport Venezuelan migrants.

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Rules of the Robe

A sharp-eyed retiree uncovered evidence of judicial misconduct by the chief judge of Houston’s busy bankruptcy court. The unusual story highlights how other complaints against judges go ignored.

Texas Observer

Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas

A 2021 ruling found the oil giant committed more than 16,000 violations of the Clean Air Act at its Baytown refinery and plant.

The Texas Tribune

US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is set to hear arguments in a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies that placed polluting industries in majority-Black communities

The Independent UK

Texas executes Brazoria County man for stomping death of infant son

Travis James Mullis was sentenced to death in 2011 for killing his 3-month-old son in Galveston. He was the fourth person executed in Texas this year.

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Texas’ floating barrier in the Rio Grande can stay for now, appeals court says

After Texas deployed the barrier, a panel ordered it removed. The full appeals court says it can stay while a lower court hears a case on the merits.

The Texas Tribune

SCOTUS hears challenges to abortion law

As the Supreme Court considers a patient protection law, experts say it could lead to fetal personhood

Salon

Some Texas Prisoners Allowed Only Four Hours of Sleep a Night, Lawsuit Says

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a man incarcerated at the Estelle Unit who has been suing over his sleep schedule for a decade.

Texas Observer

Court: Lone Star State Violated Emissions Limits on Gulf Coast

Judges argued that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality illegally enabled Port Arthur LNG to avoid emission control requirements.

Texas Observer

Trump judge: Women owe us more sonograms

Judge James Ho argues women must be forced into pregnancy so others can "cheer at the sight of an unborn child"

Salon

U.S. Supreme Court Clears Path For Review Of Louisiana’s Congressional District Map

Supreme Court dismisses appeal on Louisiana's congressional district map, allowing case to proceed before Fifth Circuit Court

Zenger

U.S. Supreme Court lifts stay on district court ruling that overturned Louisiana’s congressional boundaries

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s (R) appeal on June 26 of a federal district court ruling that held that Louisiana’s congressional district map should include an additional majority-minority district. The Supreme Court also lifted its 2022 stay of the federal court’s decision and allowed…

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The abortion pill mifepristone has another day in federal court

While a Supreme Court order continues to ensure the drug is still widely available, the issue returned Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as lawyers for both sides urged the court to act.

The Independent UK

Republican-appointed federal judges grill FDA in mifepristone hearing

A legal challenge against a widely used abortion drug could be headed to the Supreme Court

WEKU

Supreme Court blocks lower court decision in case on FDA approval of abortion pill

The Supreme Court has left the case in the hands of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has scheduled oral arguments in the case for May 17.

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