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'Cried out for our review': Alito, Thomas dress down 5th Circuit for 'serious errors' and 'backwards' take on 'illegal' prison-building order

Matt NahamNov 17th
'We are where we are': Trump-appointed judge spars with George W. Bush-appointed judge in Alien Enemies Act concurrence and dissent

Colin KalmbacherOct 1st
'Cannot involve second-guessing': DOJ pleads with conservative appeals court to rule that judges can't question Trump's 'factfinding' after Alien Enemies Act loss

Matt NahamSep 22nd
'Exercise its inherent docket-management power': Trump doesn't want 5th Circuit sharing Alien Enemies Act case with other appellate courts

Colin KalmbacherJul 17th
'I'm having a hard time drawing the line': Appellate judges sharply question whether courts can really 'second-guess' Trump on Alien Enemies Act

Matt NahamJun 30th
'Voluntary dismissal': Trump gets big win after 5th Circuit pauses disclosure orders in Alien Enemies Act case

Colin KalmbacherMay 24th
'This is a district court — not a Denny's': Trump-appointed 5th Circuit judge attacks SCOTUS for 'disrespect' and late night filings after remand in AEA case

Colin KalmbacherMay 21st
'The president possesses no such authority': Lawsuit pits Kavanaugh against 5th Circuit in challenge to Trump's order that aims to 'dictate' new rules for national elections

Colin KalmbacherApr 1st
'It's very unsavory': 5th Circuit judge brutally criticizes law professor for judge-shopping research — says his comments are 'attacks on the rule of law'

Colin KalmbacherNov 15th
Trump-appointed judge refers to 'regime change' while taking swipe at Harris in social media censorship case

Colin KalmbacherNov 8th
'Federal law requires voters to take timely steps to vote': Trump-appointed panel on Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that ballots must be received by Election Day

Colin KalmbacherOct 25th
'Must be removed': Fifth Circuit bounces Clinton-appointed judge from long-running Texas foster care system abuse case after Greg Abbott asks for her removal

Colin KalmbacherOct 12th
Louisiana governor who said 'I can't wait to be sued' over Ten Commandments law gets his wish

Elura NanosJun 24th
Justice Thomas stands alone against major gun ruling: Disarming accused domestic abusers 'puts at risk the 2nd Amendment rights of many more'

Elura NanosJun 21st
Trump-appointed judge invokes 'Soup Nazi' and 'Library Police' in scathing dissent over banned books being reinstated

Elura NanosJun 7th
'Absurd circumstances': Appeals court rejects qualified immunity for police officers who let drunk driver go and then charged 'Good Samaritan' who performed citizen's arrest

Colin KalmbacherMay 8th