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September 29, 2022

Alito lashes out at critics: 'Questioning our integrity crosses an important line'

https://www.rawstory.com/justice-alito/

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito this week responded to criticism from his liberal counterparts on the nation’s highest court.

“It goes without saying that everyone is free to express disagreement with our decisions and to criticize our reasoning as they see fit,” Alito told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. “But saying or implying that the court is becoming an illegitimate institution or questioning our integrity crosses an important line.”

CNN noted that it “is rare for a justice to issue such a statement when asked for comment about an ongoing controversy.”

September 29, 2022

Did you know that a Governor can declare war

At a campaign event for AZ Sect of State candidate Mark Finchem, Michael Flynn says 90% of Fed agencies should be disbanded, and “States rights! Did you know that a Governor can declare war? And we’re going to probably see that.”

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1575449088669130753

September 29, 2022

Ken Paxton's office knew he'd be subpoenaed before he fled his home to avoid being served...

Ken Paxton’s office knew he’d be subpoenaed before he fled his home to avoid being served, emails show

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/28/texas-abortion-funds-ken-paxton-subpoena/

Lawyers in an abortion lawsuit tried for days to subpoena Attorney General Ken Paxton before sending a process server to his home Monday, and notified his office that their server was there before Paxton fled in a truck driven by his wife, according to court records detailing the communication.

Paxton said he left his house in a truck driven by his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, because a “strange man” made him fear for his safety; his attorneys say they didn’t know he’d be served the subpoena at his home.

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman quashed the subpoena on Tuesday, but attorneys for the plaintiffs have asked him to reconsider and require Paxton to testify. Pitman has not yet ruled on that motion, or the merits of the case, which concerns whether nonprofit groups, known as abortion funds, can help Texans pay to get abortions out of state.

September 29, 2022

US couple charged in alleged plot to leak military health data to Russia

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/29/us-couple-charged-russia-leak-healthcare-data

A former US army major and his wife, an anesthesiologist, have been criminally charged for allegedly plotting to leak highly sensitive healthcare data about military patients to Russia, the US Department of Justice said on Thursday.

Jamie Lee Henry, the former major who was also a doctor at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, and his wife, Dr Anna Gabrielian, were charged in an unsealed indictment in a federal court in Maryland with conspiracy and the wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information.

The indictment alleges that the plot started earlier this year, after the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

September 29, 2022