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A Legal Dispute Over Mississippi’s Abortion Ban Is Getting Red Hot

Kevin Daley  –  A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling Friday that struck down a Mississippi law that banned abortions after 15 weeks.  –  Judge James Ho wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment and said he was “deeply troubled” at the lower court’s handling…

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Federal Court Rejects Campus Carry Challenge

Molly Prince on August 17, 2018 A federal court upheld a prior dismissal of a challenge to Texas’s campus carry law Thursday, providing individuals with a concealed carry permit the ability to carry a firearm on public university property. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected to revive the lawsuit by three University of Texas at Austin…