Missouri v. Biden Fifth Circuit Panel Announced

I believe this just happened today, since argument is next week (Aug. 10); the panel is Judges Edith Brown Clement, Jennifer Walker Elrod, and Don Willett. Recall that this is the expedited appeal of the July 4 injunction that barred various federal departments from encouraging social media platforms to delete certain content.

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[Kleppe]

Donny Ray! Tough break for the administration.

[cmcc_aus]

Let's look forward to a good read!

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

Anyone familiar with the "ranking of states by educational attainment" could predict the nature of a Fifth Circuit panel.

[Darwinnie]

Not an impressive panel, to say the least. The administration has no chance with this crew.

[loki13]

Welcome to the Fifth Circuit, where Judge Don Willett is considered the reasonable, non-partisan, moderate jurist on a three-judge panel.

…I’m not even kidding.

[Vryedni]

Nobody thinks it's a joke (though MAGAs are certainly laughing).

[Drewski]

But Willett is vocally pro-family, a sports fan, and a lover of Texas, and he's hinted that he likes motherhood and apple pie. What more could you ask from a judge?

[BravoCharlieDelta]

I just wish he was black or gay or trans, then he would look (and think) more like America!

[loki13]

I actually think that in the constellation of terrible partisan judges that is the 5th Circuit, Judge Willett is actually ... not terrible, and not loony tunes partisan. I don't agree with his jurisprudence, but I respect it. In an ideal world, he would be one of a plethora of voices that offer differing perspectives on the law.

That said, it says a lot about the 5th Circuit that when I looked at this draw, my immediate thought was ... well, this is absolutely terrible, but at least they got Judge Willett, because he might actually engage with law-like substance.

[tylertusta]

Watching the Biden administration get ground up into little pieces by a 5th Circuit panel will be very entertaining.

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

As much fun as watching conservatives get stomped in the not-quite-over-but-settled culture war has been?

[tylertusta]

How's Roe v Wade doing these days?