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An appellate judge said Texas appears to be trying to criminalize journalism during a Fifth Circuit hearing over a citizen journalist’s arrest for publishing the unreleased names of two people who died.
A man walks in front of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Jan. 7, 2015. (AP photo/Jonathan Bachman)
NEW ORLEANS (CN) A panel of Fifth Circuit judges heard arguments related to the First Amendment on Wednesday in the case of a popular citizen journalist in Texas who was arrested for putting the names of two deceased people on social media before they were made public by authorities.
Court: Texas, Louisiana can end Planned Parenthood funding The ruling was handed down by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. (Source: Gray News) By Associated Press | November 24, 2020 at 5:55 AM CST - Updated November 25 at 7:24 AM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Texas and Louisiana can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics a move supported by opponents of legal abortion, but opposed by advocates who said it affects a variety of non-abortion health services for low-income women.
The ruling was handed down by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. While it expressly reversed decisions in Texas and Louisiana, it also affects Mississippi, which is under 5th Circuit jurisdiction. The issue is likely to go next to the U.S. Supreme Court.