1. Lynn Hughes received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama in 1963 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1966.
19 Facts About Lynn Hughes
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Lynn Hughes was in private practice in Houston from 1966 to 1979.
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Lynn Hughes was President of Southwest Resources in Houston from 1969 to 1970.
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Lynn Hughes was a judge on the 165th Judicial District, State of Texas from 1979 to 1980.
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Lynn Hughes was a judge on the 189th Judicial District, State of Texas from 1981 to 1985.
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Lynn Hughes was an adjunct professor at the South Texas College of Law from 1973 to 2003.
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Lynn Hughes was an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law from 1990 to 1991.
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Lynn Hughes received a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1992.
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Since approximately 2008, Lynn Hughes has been a lecturer focusing on ethical issues for the 35,000-member American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
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Lynn Hughes was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16,1985, and received his commission on December 17,1985.
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Lynn Hughes assumed inactive senior status on February 12,2023.
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Critically, the Fifth Circuit found Lynn Hughes to be so biased that it took the unusual step of reassigning the case to a district court judge on remand.
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Lynn Hughes engaged in personally insulting conduct, attacking individual attorneys for the federal government, which caused the Fifth Circuit to conclude that his behavior "reveal[ed] a level of prejudice" that was unacceptable for a federal judge.
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In Jennifer Bridges v Houston Methodist Hospital Hughes ruled that private employers have the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition for employment, even while the vaccine was only available under an Emergency Use Authorization.
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Lynn Hughes further noted that individual plaintiffs would still be able to seek medical or religious accommodations under the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Lynn Hughes found that the vaccine has been authorized for emergency use by the FDA, and that the plaintiffs were not clinical trial participants, and were therefore not being utilized as test subjects.
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Lynn Hughes rejected the notion that requirement for vaccination violated the Nuremberg Code and described the comparison of vaccination to the Holocaust was "reprehensible".
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Lynn Hughes has repeatedly been chastised for failing to follow the law of the appellate court which supervises him.
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Lynn Hughes was reprimanded for explicitly attacking a female attorney representing the United States of America in open court.