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Federal appeals court temporarily halts execution of Texas death row inmate Edward Busby

Thursday’s execution was blocked by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “pending further order” from the court.

The Texas Tribune

AG Ken Paxton’s campaign against immigrant-serving groups gets boost from court rulings

Courts have said that the attorney general can use a 100-year-old law to demand entities’ internal records and sue to shut them down if he believes they’re violating the law.

The Texas Tribune

Llano County library book removals allowed after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge

Seven residents launched a challenge in 2022 to the removal of 17 books, which included topics on race and gender. They won a reinstatement of the titles, but lost on appeal.

The Texas Tribune

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Long-running lawsuit against Texas’ foster care system appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court

Lawyers representing foster children asked the high court to reinstate a contempt order against the state, and the judge who issued it.

The Texas Tribune

5th Circuit Says Prosecuting a Cannabis Consumer for Possessing Guns Violated the Second Amendment

The decision casts further doubt on the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a felony for illegal drug users to own firearms.

Reason

Fifth Circuit's Holds That People Who Use Marijuana Don't Lose Second Amendment Rights (At Least When Sober)

Title 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) bans gun possession by anyone "who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance," including marijuana; the ban applies not just while a person is intoxicated, but also while the person is sober. Today's decision in U.S. v. Daniels, written by Judge…

Reason

Gun advocates challenge Biden administration rules on handgun braces at appeals court

Appellate court judges in New Orleans closely questioned a government attorney over a Biden administration rule aimed at curbing the use of stabilizing braces

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Court blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US gov't workers

A federal appeals court has blocked President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19

The Independent UK

Federal court legalizes bump stocks

Bump stocks were used to modify firearms used in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history

Salon

A U.S. appeals court blocks a ban on rapid-fire 'bump stocks'

A Trump administration ban on the devices, which enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons after an initial trigger pull, was struck down by a federal appeals court.

WEKU

US appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire 'bump stocks'

A federal appeals court has ruled against a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, the devices that enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from a semi-automatic weapon after the initial trigger pull

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