NEW ORLEANS - A regulation promulgated by the ATF to interpret the federal prohibition on machineguns as extending to bump stocks violates federal law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded on Friday.
Energy-company defendants in Louisiana’s coastal erosion lawsuits again expressed disappointment after a federal appeals court panel declined to stay its October ruling that sent one of the civil lawsuits back to state court on Plaquemines Parish.
Ensuring that humor in its many forms continues to receive the full protection of the First Amendment has become an increasingly serious issue for supporters of a Louisiana man who was arrested for posting a joke on Facebook.
Federal horseracing regulators will pursue a review of a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that concluded the recently passed Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) is unconstitutional.