The legal back-and-forth over buoys in the Rio Grande
An appellate court added another twist in the ongoing legal battle over buoys placed in the Rio Grande river as a deterrent to illegal immigration. Earlier this week a federal court judge ordered Texas to move the buoys to the riverbank, but the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed that order roughly 24 hours after it was issued.
Jan. 6 has been called an insurrection, so why has no one been charged with that crime?
For the past year, words like sedition, treason, and insurrection have been used to describe what happened on Jan. 6, 2021.Yet, none of the hundreds of people charged in connection with that day have been charged with those specific crimes.
What is the 25th Amendment and how is it invoked?
HOUSTON โ The 25th Amendment became part of the Constitution in 1967 after being ratified by the states. The law essentially lays out what happens if a president is removed from office, either temporarily or permanently. Blackman said if eight of the 15 cabinet members and the vice president agree the president cannot discharge the duties of the office, the president is relieved of power. โThey would need two-thirds in the House and two-thirds in the Senate to vote for removal,โ Blackman said. The law also allows the president to nominate a vice president in the event of a vacancy in that office.