Kristen Thomason notes that the right-wing Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court ruling that gives Alex Deanda of Texas the right to deny his daughters access to birth control available through the federal government’s Title X free contraception program.
"Texas has become a pipeline for right-wing legal decisions. Deanda v. Becerra is just the latest case engineered by conservative backers and run through a court system stacked with sympathetic judges willing to legislate from the bench to impose their bigoted interpretation of Christianity on the country.
Unfortunately, with Trump-appointed judges presiding at every level of the judiciary, this machine may just be getting warmed up."
A 3-judge panel of Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said that it was dissolving its own earlier ruling, which had cleared the way for the law to be implemented once the #SupremeCourt acted.
The late-night reversal meant that an #injunction imposed by a #federal district court last month would again be in force, blocking the #law from being in effect.
The back-&-forth series of #legal orders — & the on-again-off-again reality of a sweeping new #state-level #immigration law— prompted uncertainty along the #border & defiance from #Mexico’s govt on Tues.
Even before the #FifthCircuit’s late order, it had been unclear when #Texas would begin making arrests under the law.
Here is the brief, late-night #FifthCircuit federal appeals court ruling that effectively again blocked a #Texas#immigration#law, #SB4, hours after the #SCOTUS had cleared the way for it to take effect. The TX law would make it a #crime to cross into the state from #Mexico, giving local authorities the #power to #arrest people suspected of illegally entering the country.
“This is very, very unsettling ... because they are basically saying you can’t do certain things that are obviously something you would do as a journalist.”
@TexasObserver I was a once a DC trade reporter. Agency and Hill sources gave me, as well as lobbyists, unpublished memos and reports to inform the housing industry about policy plans and decisions that would not appear for months (or ever) in the Federal Register.
The #FifthCircuit decision is another milestone on the road to a more perfect collapse, one that will bite the business community in the ass thanks to the law of unintended consequences. #Texas
"To understand this position [of the 5th Circuit], you need to understand one thing: At the heart of the 'pro-life' movement is the idea that women are put on this earth for subservience. This is a religious idea (in the US, rooted in Christianity) that women are obedient helpmeets for male heads of household, and all-giving caretakers of children."
"Texas doesn’t care if pregnant women die. That comes as no surprise in the post-Dobbs abortion landscape. But it’s worth noting when the state’s unceasing cruelty is aided and abetted by federal judges."
"Roe’s demise has transformed the judiciary into a kind of death panel that holds the power to elevate the potential life of a fetus over the actual life of a patient."
#Emmer (MN), the #House maj whip, was elected as the #GOP pick on a 5th ballot in an internal race that drew 9 #Republicans. It’s not clear, however, that he has enough support to be elected on the House floor. To prevail, Emmer would need a majority of the full chamber.
Emmer, who has been in #Congress since 2015, previously chaired the #National Republican Congressional Cmte — the House campaign arm — for 4 yrs.
The podcast featured numerous guests including #JimJordan, #Johnson’s mentor; Judge #KyleDuncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the #FifthCircuit (the most conservative in the #UnitedStates) & some of the Johnsons’ (many) children.
After the leak of #SCOTUS’s decision on #abortion in May of last year, the Johnsons hosted an episode that explored the “future of life in America,” while also sharing their personal jubilation about the news.