5th Circuit Judge Ho Quits Judicial Group Over Its Statement Against Threats to Judiciary
You can't say that you're in favor of judicial independence only when it comes to decisions that you like," Ho said of the ...
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5th Circuit Panel Denies Mississippi Detective’s Qualified Immunity Claim in All but One Instance
5th Circuit Panel Denies Mississippi Detective’s Qualified Immunity Claim in All but One Instance Judges for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals raised questions this week about the high court’s ...
Feds submit proposed duties of receiver for RDC, weeks after Fifth Circuit again upholds jail takeover
The rules come just weeks after the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals again ruled that the jail could be placed in ...
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Second Amendment Roundup: Rehearing En Banc Sought in 5th Circuit Suppressor Case
A petition for rehearing en banc has been filed seeking review of the Fifth Circuit's panel decision in United States v. Peterson, which held that noise suppressors (aka silencers or mufflers ...
Debate over whether to ban handgun sales to teens could soon head to the Supreme Court
Competing rulings from federal court jurisdictions could tee up the Supreme Court to make its own ruling on whether young ...
Texas Inmate on Death Row for 27 Years Has Conviction Overturned
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the conviction and death sentence of Brittany Holberg, who was 25 when she was sentenced to death.
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Committee approves bill to lower age to carry concealed deadly weapons to 18
A bill that seeks to lower the age to carry concealed deadly weapons in Kentucky to 18 advanced out of a Senate committee ...