“Something… Wasteful, And STUPID… This Way Comes.” En Banc Rehearing In Fifth Cir., Scheduled For May 2024 For US v. Abbott.

Apparently, this is a political decision… to run out the clock in the vain hope that Tangerine might re-take 1600 Penn. Nothing more.

This afternoon, the full Fifth Circuit voted to rehear the Eagle Pass WATER Razor Wire case, and vacated the prior order (favorable to the Biden Administration) that sent it to the Supremes. The Supremes may still decide that clear federal law favors Mr. Biden, and that would moot this dumb, wasteful grand-standing BS. Texas has no right to impede federal waterways. NONE.

Here’s the nonsense just entered:

…Per Curiam:

A member of the court having requested a poll on the petition for rehearing en banc, and a majority of the circuit judges in regular active service and not disqualified having voted in favor, to hear this case en banc,

IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs. Pursuant to Fifth Circuit Rule 41.3, the panel opinion in this case dated December 01, 2023, is VACATED….

Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

Gee it must be an election year in the Ruby Red Fifth Circuit. Yup. 2024.