The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - November 14, 2024

Starting point is 00:00:00 Howdy folks, today is Thursday, November 14th, and you're listening to the Texans Daily Rundown. I'm the Texans assistant editor Rob Lausches, and here is the rundown of today's news in Texas politics. First up, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest and indictment of a Houston-based individual for providing material aid to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and planning a terrorist attack on Texas soil. 28-year-old Anas Saeed was arrested on November 8th after he admitted to multiple offenses, including, quote, researching how to conduct an attack on local military recruiting centers, and, quote, attempting to produce ISIS propaganda. Saeed also admitted to offering his apartment in West Houston as a safe sanctuary to ISIS operatives.

Starting point is 00:00:53 FBI Houston shared that Saeed bragged that he would commit a 9-11-style attack if he had the resources. Saeed is currently in custody, according to the United States Department of Justice, and prevent domestic and international terrorism, end quote, reportedly learned that Saeed was searching for potential avenues to commit violent crimes in conjunction with ISIS in the Houston vicinity. In other news, Juan and Jackie Morales-Botwright have been waiting nine months for the return of their baby born on Christmas Eve last year. This week, after a three-day hearing in Fort Worth, visiting judge Randy Catterton agreed that Evelyn Boatwright should be returned to her family after she was removed in February under allegations of child abuse that the parents denied.

Starting point is 00:01:57 Evelyn was removed from her parents by state child protective services when she was just six weeks old. The Boatwrights noticed unusual behavior by Evelyn, including vomiting and arm twitching, and took her to Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth. Evelyn had been delivered on Christmas Eve of 2023 by emergency cesarean section after being stuck in the birth canal for 12 hours. Because of the difficult delivery, Evelyn was born with swelling and bruising of the head, but was sent home as everything appeared normal. In early February, the Boatwrights took Evelyn to the hospital to seek care for her unusual behavior.

Starting point is 00:02:40 Upon her admission, the doctors at Cook Children's noted they did not have any concerns of abuse or neglect. However, after radiologist Dr. Madan Bozmani read MRI results and found a small brain bleed, he reached the conclusion that it must have been caused by child abuse. Buzmani did not inquire about the circumstances of Evelyn's birth, Family Freedom Project Vice President Jeremy Newman told the Texan. Last but not least, union members have the right to seek a change in their union representation through a decertification election, but one union member in Austin has filed a lawsuit because his attempted decertification election was blocked. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed another lawsuit on behalf of union member Dallas Mudd to challenge the constitutionality of the structure of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that governs labor practices and to whom Mudd must appeal. According to one complaint filed in the U.S. District Court

Starting point is 00:03:31 for the Northern District of Texas Fort Worth Division, the structure of the five-member NLRB is constitutionally infirm because it limits the president's ability to remove NLRB members for, quote, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. The plaintiff, Mudd, argues that the National Labor Relations Act that created this structure impermissibly infringed on the principle of the separation of powers. Aaron Salem, attorney for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, told the Texan, quote, This case is about the right of citizens to have politically accountable NLRB officials adjudicate their case. Under Article 2, the president and only the president has the authority to wield executive power. The Supreme Court has long held that this

Starting point is 00:04:17 includes the power to fire an official if the president loses faith in their ability to faithfully execute the laws. Thanks for listening. To support The Texan, please be sure to visit thetexan.news and subscribe to get full access to all of our articles, newsletters, and podcasts.

The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - November 14, 2024

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