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Gregoire Tournant, a 55-year-old equity-options whiz and onetimeMcKinsey & Co. consultant, entered the plea Thursday in federal court inManhattan. The case is US v. Tournant, 22-cr-00276, U.S. District Court, SouthernDistrict of New York (Manhattan)

There has been a recent surge of due process constitutional concerns in the criminal justice system. One such concern comes in the form of the imposition of fines and fees on indigent individuals, specifically in the Houston municipal context. This Comment explores the current caselaw and legislation around municipal fines and fees and indigency. Part I uses a hypothetical to set out the issues posed by imposing municipal fines and fees on the indigent. In Part II, this Comment analyzes the offenderfunded model of the American criminal justice system through both past and present practices. In Part III, the analysis focuses on striking a balance between the criminal justice system's budgetary needs and due process concerns. Pa rt IV uses recent Tennessee driver's license suspension policies and Houston hail bonds cases as potential guideposts in approaching the due process issues. Finally, P art V proposes policy reforms to supplement current Texas legislation and delves into the current legislation's effectiveness.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she is confident the US Supreme Court will eventually "regain the public's confidence", offering an optimistic message to a liberal audience even as the court considers eliminating the constitutional right to abortion and expanding gun rights. Sotomayor lauded Thomas as "a man who cares deeply about the court as an institution, about the people who work there.".

Two Texas judges ruled that the governor cannot prevent counties from imposing local mask mandates. In temporarily blocking the Texas governor's mask ban, state judge Antonia Arteaga in Bexar County said local public health officials' concerns for school children swayed her thinking, according to The San Antonio Report, a local nonprofit newsroom.

Texas' top appeals court lifted a statewide injunction against Governor Greg Abbott's crackdown on gender-affirming care for trans children -- with a catch. Friday's appeals court ruling, which strikes down the trial judge's statewide injunction because it involved nonparties who are not before the court, means Abbott's letter may be enforced during the litigation.