#Texas judge dies of COVID-19 days before runoff election

#Texas judge dies of COVID-19 days before runoff election

“#Texas judge dies of COVID-19 days before runoff election” A Texas woman who’d been a frontrunner for a municipal court judgeship has reportedly died Monday of coronavirus — five days before the runoff election that would have determined the winner. Lillian Blancas, a 47-year-old attorney and part-time magistrate judge in El Paso County, had been…

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#Trump’s pick to replace RBG is no judicial radical

#Trump’s pick to replace RBG is no judicial radical

“#Trump’s pick to replace RBG is no judicial radical” Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a distinguished scholar whose judicial philosophy balances a commitment to originalism with a respect for precedent. Dire predictions circulate about the consequences of adding another conservative-leaning justice to the Supreme Court, but Barrett’s record suggests that she will do credit to…

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#Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month

#Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month

“#Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month” ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge has stopped the 2020 Census from finishing at month’s end and suspended a year-end deadline for delivering the numbers needed to decide how many seats each state gets in Congress. The preliminary injunction granted by US District Judge Lucy Koh…

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