Democrats cheer surprise win in Alabama special election for candidate vowing to protect abortion rights and IVF – live
Marilyn Lands’s victory suggests reproductive rights are key issue for voters ahead of Biden-Trump rematch in NovemberDemocrat wins in Alabama after focus on abortion and IVFChristian D Menefee, the attorney for Texas’s populous Harris county, said the federal appeals court decision putting the state’s contentious immigration law on hold “shows that Republicans in Texas are overstepping their authority once again and disregarding the federal government’s jurisdiction over immigration laws.”Menefee, a Democrat whose county includes the city of Houston, continued:Our communities should not have to live in a state of fear and confusion, which is exactly what SB4 was designed to do. Unfortunately, Republican leaders in Austin are more interested in fueling anti-immigrant rhetoric than actually creating real, workable solutions to address our immigration laws.While this back-and-forth can create a sense of uncertainty for the people who live here, this ruling makes me hopeful that the Fifth Circuit will follow clear Supreme Court precedent and rule against the law when it considers the merits.The 2-1 ruling late Tuesday from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will likely prevent enforcement of the law until a final decision on its merits, either by the 5th Circuit or the U.S. Supreme Court.The ruling followed a March 20 hearing by a three-judge panel of the court. It’s just the latest move in a seesaw legal case over Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s strict new immigration law that is not yet ended. Continue reading...
Marilyn Lands’s victory suggests reproductive rights are key issue for voters ahead of Biden-Trump rematch in November
Christian D Menefee, the attorney for Texas’s populous Harris county, said the federal appeals court decision putting the state’s contentious immigration law on hold “shows that Republicans in Texas are overstepping their authority once again and disregarding the federal government’s jurisdiction over immigration laws.”
Menefee, a Democrat whose county includes the city of Houston, continued:
Our communities should not have to live in a state of fear and confusion, which is exactly what SB4 was designed to do. Unfortunately, Republican leaders in Austin are more interested in fueling anti-immigrant rhetoric than actually creating real, workable solutions to address our immigration laws.
While this back-and-forth can create a sense of uncertainty for the people who live here, this ruling makes me hopeful that the Fifth Circuit will follow clear Supreme Court precedent and rule against the law when it considers the merits.
The 2-1 ruling late Tuesday from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will likely prevent enforcement of the law until a final decision on its merits, either by the 5th Circuit or the U.S. Supreme Court.
The ruling followed a March 20 hearing by a three-judge panel of the court. It’s just the latest move in a seesaw legal case over Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s strict new immigration law that is not yet ended. Continue reading...
