
Planned Parenthood is suing the State of Texas in a fight to continue to receive Medicaid dollars. Officials for the state stopped the abortion provider from receiving these funds after numerous undercover videos showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of baby parts and tissue. The state’s halt of dollars includes millions in federal dollars it distributes, as well as hundreds of thousands of state dollars.
by Lana Shadwick24 Nov 2015, 9:56 AM PST0

President Obama and the Department of Justice filed a petition on Friday asking the United States Supreme Court to overturn the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit putting a halt to the administration’s executive amnesty program. The administration has asked for an expedited appellate review.
by Lana Shadwick21 Nov 2015, 7:43 AM PST0

The Supreme Court of the United States issued a per curium decision today reversing a 2014 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit opinion holding that a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper was not entitled to be granted qualified immunity. The officer had used deadly force to stop a driver in a high-speed car chase. Justice Sotomayor chastised the court for allowing a “shoot first, think later approach to policing.”
by Lana Shadwick9 Nov 2015, 9:16 AM PST0

During the Republican presidential debates on Wednesday evening, Texas Governor Greg Abbott tweeted that he would recommend to the winning candidate that they appoint Texas Supreme Court Justice Don R. Willett to the U.S. Supreme Court. The topic of what kind of judges the candidates would appoint to serve on the nation’s highest court was a question posed to the candidates during the debates.
by Lana Shadwick17 Sep 2015, 1:11 PM PST0

Proponents of Obama’s executive amnesty traveled to New Orleans and were in full-force on courthouse steps this morning. Oral arguments were held at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on whether the Court will reverse the district court’s injunction on executive amnesty. Pro-DACA and DAPA activists have been aggressive in protesting what they see as a right to these benefits.
by Lana Shadwick10 Jul 2015, 1:19 PM PST0

The Fifth Circuit has issued an opinion binding southern states telling them to get over the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling—same-sex marriage is now the law of the land.
by Lana Shadwick2 Jul 2015, 4:57 PM PST0

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled on Monday to stay the order of a lower federal court requiring abortion clinics in Texas to close or remain closed. The order from the court in Whole Woman’s Health et al. v. Cole, Comm’r, Texas DHS, et al. maintains the status quo while the Court decides whether to decide the case on the merits on any appeal.
by Lana Shadwick29 Jun 2015, 3:17 PM PST0

GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson reacted to Tuesday’s ruling out of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals against the federal government in upholding of the injunction to delay President Obama’s executive action on immigration.
by Alex Swoyer27 May 2015, 5:37 PM PST0

A panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has refused to remove an order that blocks the President from implementing his executive amnesty program, which would prevent deportations and grant work permits to millions of illegal immigrants.
by Lana Shadwick27 May 2015, 9:03 AM PST0

Speaker John Boehner is applauding House Republicans for leading the fight against President Obama’s executive action on immigration and amnesty. The executive action was challenged in a lawsuit filed by 26 states.
by Alex Swoyer27 May 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

The lawsuit brought by a gay couple against United Airlines for allegedly exposing their feces-covered sex toy has been dismissed by a judge.
by Lana Shadwick18 May 2015, 9:22 AM PST0

HOUSTON, Texas – Christopher Bridgeman and his husband, Martin Borger, have sued United Airlines saying an employee intentionally maneuvered their duffle bag to expose a fecal covered sex toy. The purple sex toy was exposed as it traveled on an airport carousel in Virginia.
by Lana Shadwick15 May 2015, 4:55 AM PST0