Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for a rehearing from the full federal appeals court on a Texas immigration law. The legal action seeks to advance state immigration enforcement authority. This represents state-level litigation on immigration policy.
Routine en banc rehearing request in ongoing immigration federalism litigation. While touches separation of powers (state vs federal authority) and rule of law questions, this is standard appellate procedure with no immediate constitutional damage. The mechanism is judicial_legal_action which gets +15% modifier, but single_state scope reduces by 15%. Separation scores 3.5 (federalism tension), rule_of_law 3.0 (enforcement authority dispute), election 2.5 (immigration politics), civil_rights 2.0 (immigrant impact). Base calculation: (2.5×0.22 + 3.0×0.18 + 3.5×0.16 + 2.0×0.14 + 1.5×0.14 + 0.5×0.10 + 0×0.06) × 1.265 × 1.15 × 0.85 = 18.93. B-score: Layer1 (5+3+2+6)/4×0.55=4.4, Layer2 (2+3+2+4)/4×0.45×1.28=2.59, Total=11.86. This is routine appellate maneuvering in established litigation, not novel constitutional crisis. Paxton frequently files such requests. Falls below A-score threshold of 25 and exhibits clear noise indicators.
Monitor only if en banc rehearing is granted and produces novel constitutional precedent on state immigration enforcement powers. Current procedural posture is routine litigation maintenance.