Reed O’Connor: TX federal judge expands ruling blocking Biden administration protections of 2SLGBTQIA+ students
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112963853640491984

Elon Musk Directing All X Litigation Toward Judge Reed O'Connor
O'Connor has financial stake in Tesla
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/elon-musk-texas-judge-reed-oconnor

#ReedOConnor #GOP #Trumpists #MAGA #antiLGBT #transphobia #protofascism #conservatism #transphobia #ElonMusk #Musk #Tesla #billionaires #WealthTax

Elon Musk is directing all X litigation to his favorite judge

The Texas-based GOP-appointee has a financial stake in Musk's car company.

Mother Jones

[thread] U.S. federal judge Reed O'Connor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_O%27Connor

* nominated 2007, Pres. G.W. Bush
* go-to favorite for conservative lawyers
* reliably rules against Democratic policies/for Republican policies

#ReedOConnor #GOP #Trumpists #MAGA #antiLGBT #transphobia #protofascism #conservatism

Reed O'Connor - Wikipedia

Reed O’Connor: Federal judge in Texas expands ruling that blocks Biden administration protections of LGBTQ students
Preempts any future Title IX regulations that extend federal protections to LGBTQ students
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/14/federal-title-ix-ruling-lgbtq-protections

* Judge Reed O’Connor, AGAIN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_O%27Connor

[thread] Texas, abortion
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110697509011152834

#Texas #education #GOP #Trumpism #RightWing #GregAbbott #conservatism #FarRight #PublicEducation #antiLGBT #TitleIX #ReedOConnor #transphobia #antiLGBT

Federal judge in Texas expands ruling that blocks Biden administration protections of LGBTQ students

The decision in the case brought by the Texas Attorney General preempts any future Title IX regulations that extend federal protections to LGBTQ students.

The Texas Tribune

Via #NewRepublic

#ElonMusk’s judge-shopping attempt 2 get back @ advertisers has failed.
The CEO of #X (formerly #Twitter) is trying 2 sue a coalition of advertisers who he claims conspired against the social networking site by refusing to buy advertisements. #ReedOConnor, a federal judge in the northern district of #Texas, recused himself from the lawsuit Tuesday after #NPR reported that he owns stock in #Tesla, another 1 of Musk’s companies

#ElongatedMuskrat #Xitter

https://newrepublic.com/post/184851/elon-musk-loses-judge-lawsuit-x-twitter-advertisers

Elon Musk Gets More Terrible News—This Time, on the Legal Front

Musk has just lost his favorite judge in the absurd lawsuit against X advertisers.

The New Republic

(& HIV prevention drugs saying it made "them complicit in facilitating homosexual behavior, drug use, & sexual activity outside of marriage between one man & one woman."

(Basically #ReedOConnor’s a total POS.)

His #GhostGuns ruling was largely upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (widely considered the most conservative appeals court).

The #Biden admin told #SCOTUS the lower courts had “flouted” its August order, & again asked the justices to intervene.

#Law

(#ReedOConnor constantly goes after the #ACA; once in a national injunction for the section on #discrimination against #transgender people using the Religious Freedom Restoration Act; He also tried to rule it was unconstitutional bc of Separation of Powers; Another time for a provision mandating businesses provide employees w/ coverage of preventative services incl’g mammograms, colonoscopies, mental health screenings,
(Sidebar: #ReedOConnor is a #conservative #FederalistSociety judge who once ruled the 1968 #GunControl Act was unconstitutional, enjoined the #FMLA because it afforded #rights to #SameSex parents, tried to issue a national injunction on #transgender students’ use of their preferred gender’s restrooms in education inst, & ruled the Indian #ChildWelfare Act was unconstitutional. He tried to make religious employers exempt from the #CivilRights Act & to block #COVID #vaccine reqs for Navy Seals.

Righting the Rule of Law
https://www.texastribune.org/series/texas-law-conservative-revolution

3-part series: Texas Attorney General, impact on federal courts

* war machine pushed conservative legal doctrine through courts
* progeny now fill federal bench in Texas; future of rule of law in their hands
* how TX got here; what it means for U.S.

https://persagen.com > search: "greg abbott" OR "ken paxton" OR "reed o'connor" OR "jonathan mitchell"

#Texas #RepublicanParty #neofascism #GregAbbott #KenPaxton #JohnCornyn #ReedOConnor

Righting the Rule of Law

Over the past quarter century, a war machine was constructed inside the Texas Office of Attorney General, designed to push conservative legal doctrine through the courts. The progeny of that movement now fill the federal bench in Texas, and the future of the rule of law is in their hands. This series examines how Texas got here — and what it means for the country's future.

The Texas Tribune
Senate Democrats Call Out Kacsmaryk, O’Connor In Missive Against Judge Shopping

Led by Chuck Schumer, a group of Senate Democrats railed against right-wing judge shopping and asked for remedies in a Monday-dated letter to the head of the civil rules committee of the Judicial Conference.

TPM – Talking Points Memo