5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a decades-old desegregation mandate for the Concordia Parish School Board. The school system has been a focal point in the Trump administration’s attempt to end legal cases dating back to the Civil Rights era.

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Edith Jones has come under fire over remarks some have called racist. Now, the Judicial Council of the District of Columbia Circuit will conduct a rare formal disciplinary review.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is widely viewed as one of the nation's most conservative federal appellate courts, but President Barack Obama could…