Dad, husband, Catholic. Founder at https://nitter.gq/t.co/XTabhOUBtx, Former General Counsel at @TexasABC.
Austin, TX
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My 2L year, I TA'd Mitch Berman's Con Law 1 (with @whignewtons's husband!). Raich had come out a year earlier. While prepping for the Commerce Clause cases, I noticed Wickard is referred to as the farmer THREE TIMES in JPS's majority opinion. Did the clerks even read it?!?
On this day 84 years ago, the Supreme Court said Congress could regulate the wheat one man grew for himself bc if enough farmers did the same, they wouldn’t buy enough wheat. And thus the Commerce Clause was blown open. #JusticeForRoscoe (outside Filburn’s farmhouse)
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Mothers and grandmothers: never tire of passing on the faith! Preach with your lives as well as with your words. Insist on prayer, love, and hope. Do so with patience, without discouragement. Even if your loved ones seem far from God, continue to place them before him. There are doors that you cannot open, but God can. #ApostolicJourney #Uruguay
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The Republican Party of Texas will improve when we kick out the grifters, weirdos, and retards.
Agreed. The real action won’t be via legislation but at the agencies (think DSHS’s CBD rules) after sine die, when Hinojosa can recess-appoint replacements for Abbott’s agency heads. The GOP Senate can block nominees during session. After sine die, it can’t.
A bunch of people seem to forget that the Texas Senate is still a GOP majority.
So I have to laugh anytime someone (from either side) says that there are going to be major policy changes this session.
Changes? Yes. Major shifts? Doubtful.
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Spot-on. The down ballot races affect our lives in immeasurable ways that don’t get caught up in national or statewide noise, but can’t overcome a tsunami. Thank those folks.
Campaigns are brutal for anyone who steps into the arena.
Much of the national and statewide focus has been on loss of state seats.
I spent yesterday reaching out to hundreds of down ballot Texas Republican candidates who simply could not overcome the blue earthquake. There are many more texts and phone calls to make.
Republicans suffered tragic losses of experienced, competent seated judges and judicial candidates.
We lost down ballot candidates- men and women who are caring, qualified community leaders.
Please reach out and thank honorable candidates and their campaign teams.
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It has been an honor to serve all Texans on the Fifteenth Court of Appeals. I’m proud of the job we did in getting this Court off to a great start, and I wish the new justices on the court well. It has been a privilege to serve for over a decade in the Texas judiciary. I’m thankful for those who have supported me.
Stay tuned for what’s next. 👀
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Friends, I regret to say that my bid for re-election to the Supreme Court of Texas has come up short. I and my judicial colleagues could not overcome the party-line voting in our largest counties. I congratulate the incoming justices and wish them well.
Serving you as a Texas judge for the past 14 years has been an honor and a joy. I intend to work hard in the remaining weeks of my term and look forward to the future opportunities that God has in store for me. I am grateful for the help of so many friends who shared my positive message, contributed funds, hosted events, voted for me in bar polls, and supported and encouraged me and my family in many other ways during my campaign. Thank you!
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Friends, tomorrow is Election Day. 🇺🇸🗳️
As a district judge, I’ve presided over hundreds of civil and family cases in downtown Austin. I am now running for the court of appeals, I would be honored to have your vote.
coryfortexas.com
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Jestem żołnierzem Wojska Polskiego w rezerwie. Przysięgałem Ojczyźnie 🇵🇱 przed Bogiem ✝️.
Uzbrojony w najpotężniejszą broń✝️🙏🙏🙏 jadę do Warszawy.
Panowie wy też przysięgaliście❗❗❗
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"If I really thought that the Church does not exist to bring people to Christ, then I would resign and get an honest job."
Killer walk-off line from Bishop Barron!
Well, another Cardinal has come out with a, shall we say, puzzling take on evangelization.
A few years ago, Cardinal Américo Aguiar, at the time auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, said that he and the other organizers of World Youth Day in his hometown had no interest in converting anyone to Christ.
Now Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algeria has opined that “the Church is not there to convert” and “Christians should approach other religions through fraternity rather than seeking conversions.”
Excuse me, but…what?
Last time I checked, the Founder said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Sure sounds like conversion to me.
When St. Paul came to Corinth or Athens or Thessalonica, his purpose was not to listen or to form a discussion group but rather to declare an unnerving message: the euangelion (glad tidings) that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.
So impassioned is he for this work that he says, “I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:22); and “If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:16)!
Moreover, the entire thrust of the Second Vatican Council was toward bringing the Light of Christ to the peoples of the world (Lumen Gentium). And this missionary élan has given rise in the last few decades to the idea of a “new evangelization,” which is to say, a fresh declaration of the Lordship of Christ.
Quite obviously, no one thinks that this work of evangelization should be done in a brow-beating, overbearing, or disrespectful manner (proselytization), but for God’s sake, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
If I really thought that the Church does not exist to bring people to Christ, then I would resign and get an honest job.
“When St. Paul came to Corinth or Athens or Thessalonica, his purpose was not to listen or to form a discussion group but rather to declare an unnerving message: the euangelion (glad tidings) that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.” -USBRB
Well, another Cardinal has come out with a, shall we say, puzzling take on evangelization.
A few years ago, Cardinal Américo Aguiar, at the time auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, said that he and the other organizers of World Youth Day in his hometown had no interest in converting anyone to Christ.
Now Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco of Algeria has opined that “the Church is not there to convert” and “Christians should approach other religions through fraternity rather than seeking conversions.”
Excuse me, but…what?
Last time I checked, the Founder said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Sure sounds like conversion to me.
When St. Paul came to Corinth or Athens or Thessalonica, his purpose was not to listen or to form a discussion group but rather to declare an unnerving message: the euangelion (glad tidings) that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.
So impassioned is he for this work that he says, “I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:22); and “If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:16)!
Moreover, the entire thrust of the Second Vatican Council was toward bringing the Light of Christ to the peoples of the world (Lumen Gentium). And this missionary élan has given rise in the last few decades to the idea of a “new evangelization,” which is to say, a fresh declaration of the Lordship of Christ.
Quite obviously, no one thinks that this work of evangelization should be done in a brow-beating, overbearing, or disrespectful manner (proselytization), but for God’s sake, let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
If I really thought that the Church does not exist to bring people to Christ, then I would resign and get an honest job.
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Were you in the room when he decided to abandon his long-held support for the Hyde Amendment and support taxpayer-funded abortion on demand up till the moment of birth? His presidency was a scandal to the Catholic Church and you perpetuate that scandal by holding him up as an example for Catholics in public life.
I was in the room multiple times when President Biden met with and prayed with Catholic bishops.
They didn’t run cameras, because he and those present didn’t want to politicize prayer and encounter for electoral gain.
When Biden lost his second child in May 2015, he prayed nearly all night in front of the Blessed Sacrament.
It’s the same thing he did in 1972 when he lost his daughter and late wife to a drunk driver.
He went to Mass every single Sunday as president, oftentimes next to the parish cemetery of his children, and relied on his faith to guide him through hell and high water.
You might not like his politics, but I encourage you to act with Christian charity towards the sincerity of his faith and take the view of the late Pope Francis, who called him a “good Catholic” in 2021.
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New: Texas judge who ordered Gov. Greg Abbott to let Gina Hinojosa review his unredacted communications with Elon Musk donated $500 to Hinojosa's campaign in June.
Judge Catherine Mauzy also gave to Hinojosa's Texas House campaign in 2016.
#txlege
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Pope Leo XIV’s doctors have confirmed that the tumor removed on October 13 was a lung adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized.
Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora said on Wednesday evening that a subsequent oncological assessment has confirmed that “no further treatment is necessary.”
