May 14, 2020

05/15 Mike Luckovich-Intimidating woman

https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1261071053922721792

May 14, 2020

Texas appeals court allows expansion of voting by mail during ongoing legal fight

Elections have consequences. In 2018, we flip control of both of the Courts of Appeals that serve the Houston region (Harris County and the surrounding counties are served by two separate court of appeals). In the past, candidates would win in Harris County but get killed in the surrounding counties. We worked like crazy and elected 5 new judges in each of the 1st and 14th courts of appeals and this is the result. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/14/texas-appeals-court-allows-expansion-voting-mail/

A state appeals court upheld a temporary order Thursday from a state district judge that could greatly expand the number of voters who qualify for mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic, rebuffing Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to have the ruling put on hold while he appeals it.

In a 2-1 split along party lines, a panel of the 14th Court of Appeals of Texas said it would let stand state District Judge Tim Sulak's ruling from last month that susceptibility to the coronavirus counts as a disability under state election law and is a legally valid reason for voters to request absentee ballots. Paxton has been fighting that ruling and had argued that his pending appeal meant the lower court’s ruling was not in effect.

Federal and state courts are considering legal challenges to the state’s rules for voting by mail as Democrats and voting rights groups ask courts to clarify whether lack of immunity to the coronavirus is a valid reason for people to request absentee ballots. Under Sulak's order, voters can request mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic by citing the disability qualification allowed in the Texas election code.

One of the judges on this panel. Jerry Zimmer, is a friend who is active in the Democratic Lawyers Association.

We are likely to lose at the Texas supreme court

May 14, 2020

Texas appeals court allows expansion of voting by mail during ongoing legal fight

Elections have consequences. In 2018, we flip control of both of the Courts of Appeals that serve the Houston region (Harris County and the surrounding counties are served by two separate court of appeals). In the past, candidates would win in Harris County but get killed in the surrounding counties. We worked like crazy and elected 5 new judges in each of the 1st and 14th courts of appeals and this is the result. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/14/texas-appeals-court-allows-expansion-voting-mail/

A state appeals court upheld a temporary order Thursday from a state district judge that could greatly expand the number of voters who qualify for mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic, rebuffing Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to have the ruling put on hold while he appeals it.

In a 2-1 split along party lines, a panel of the 14th Court of Appeals of Texas said it would let stand state District Judge Tim Sulak's ruling from last month that susceptibility to the coronavirus counts as a disability under state election law and is a legally valid reason for voters to request absentee ballots. Paxton has been fighting that ruling and had argued that his pending appeal meant the lower court’s ruling was not in effect.

Federal and state courts are considering legal challenges to the state’s rules for voting by mail as Democrats and voting rights groups ask courts to clarify whether lack of immunity to the coronavirus is a valid reason for people to request absentee ballots. Under Sulak's order, voters can request mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic by citing the disability qualification allowed in the Texas election code.

One of the judges on this panel. Jerry Zimmer, is a friend who is active in the Democratic Lawyers Association.

We are likely to lose at the Texas supreme court

May 14, 2020

Statement from Joe Biden to trump re trip to Pennsylvania

https://twitter.com/Emma_E_Riley/status/1260899493865799681

May 13, 2020

O5/14 Mike Luckovich-Monkey Business

https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1260712187338928128

May 13, 2020

Judge Sullivan has appointed amicus curiae to argue against Flynn dismissal

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1260701547891240967
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1260702326156865536

May 13, 2020

Federal judge mulls contempt charge against Michael Flynn

Source: Politico

A federal judge is signaling that he may pursue perjury or contempt charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn over his effort to abandon an earlier guilty plea to a charge of lying to the FBI.

The Justice Department moved last week to drop the prosecution of Flynn launched by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan threw a major stumbling block in front of that effort by announcing that he is appointing a former federal judge to advise the court on how to respond to the government’s motion.

Sullivan said he’s also asking the retired judge, John Gleeson, to recommend whether Flynn should face a criminal contempt charge for perjury—apparently for declaring under oath at two different court proceedings that he was guilty of lying to the FBI, before he reversed course an January and claimed he had never lied.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/13/judge-appoints-retired-judge-to-represent-flynn-prosecution-256509

I found an article on this and updated my OP

May 12, 2020