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Louisiana can end state Supreme Court consent decree, US appeals court rules
Aug 29th, 17:32:16
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - The federal appeals court, often considered the nation's most conservative, said Louisiana can end a 32-year-old consent decree meant to ensure a fair chance for Blacks to be elected to the state's Supreme Court.
In an 11-7 decision on Thursday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said a lower court judge erred in requiring Louisiana to prove it had erased "the vestiges of past discrimination" before ending the so-called Chisom Decree.
Circuit Judge Kurt Engelhardt said this unexpected burden was "impossible to satisfy," and it was enough that Louisiana satisfied the eight remedial measures in the 1992 decree, which required a single majority-minority district in Orleans Parish.
One of the dissenting judges, Circuit Judge Jacques Wiener, said the evidence of compliance was not there, and Louisiana also refused to commit to ensuring a majority-minority district after the decree was dissolved.
Engelhardt appeared to acknowledge that concern, saying "courts overseeing consent decrees can rest easy knowing that, once the decree has been satisfied, federal law provides a remedy for any later violation."
All 11 judges in the majority were appointed by Republican presidents. Five dissenting judges were appointed by Democratic presidents and two by Republican presidents.
https://app.piqsuite.com/reuters/louisiana-can-end-state-supreme-court-consent-decree-us-appeals-court-rules
Last week's news. Paywalled behind Crain's, Chicago. Waste O' Time to Sauce it to that.
Sure looks like an unwind to this Anon, especially after the "Lodge" sale in Austria.
Is that because narwhal tusks need to be mounted on London Bridges?
Casks of Amontillado comes to mind….
Elon Musk, Tesla win dismissal of lawsuit claiming they rigged dogecoin
Aug 29th, 17:59:47
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Elon Musk and his electric vehicle company Tesla won the dismissal of a federal lawsuit accusing them of defrauding investors by hyping the cryptocurrency dogecoin and conducting insider trading, causing billions of dollars of losses.
The decision was issued on Thursday night by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan.
Investors accused Musk of using Twitter posts, a 2021 appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and other publicity stunts to trade profitably at their expense through several dogecoin wallets that he or Tesla controlled.
According to the investors, Musk deliberately drove up dogecoin's price more than 36,000% over two years and then let it crash, with he and Tesla often timing trades to Musk's public statements and activities concerning dogecoin.
https://app.piqsuite.com/reuters/elon-musk-tesla-win-dismissal-of-lawsuit-claiming-they-rigged-dogecoin