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It's Thursday, May 22nd, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Pakistani Muslim man abducted, forcibly converted, and “married” Christian teen A Christian 15-year-old girl in Pakistan reunited with her parents yesterday after being abducted five months ago. A 29-year-old Muslim man, Muhammad Anees, kidnapped her with four other men from her aunt's home, forcibly converted her to Islam, and married her. The girl suffered abuse for months and is now pregnant.  Attorney Hanif Hameed told Morning Star News, “This is a clear case of false conversion and fake marriage to cover the crime of abduction and rape.” Sadly, such cases are increasing in the South Asian country. Pakistan is ranked eighth on the Open Doors' World Watch List of nations where it is most difficult to be a Christian.  Billy Graham Association to host evangelism meeting in Germany The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is hosting the largest meeting on evangelism in 25 years in Berlin, Germany later this month. It's the same location that Rev. Billy Graham held the first World Congress on Evangelism in 1966. Evangelist Franklin Graham is focusing the upcoming event on the church in Europe. Listen to his comments to CBN News. GRAHAM: “We want to ignite a fire in Europe to where there's an excitement for evangelism and the churches are willing to be bold and not ashamed of the Gospel. “We've got Ukrainian churches coming. We have churches coming from Russia. You know, some say, ‘These countries are at war.'  Yes, they are, but the Gospel is more powerful than any of that stuff.” In Romans 1:16, the Apostle Paul wrote, “I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.” Trump announces “Golden Dome” missile defense system U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans for a $175 billion missile defense system on Tuesday. U.S. Space Force General Michael Guetlein is leading the project, known as the “Golden Dome.”  Trump said the system should be completed in about three years. Defunding Planned Parenthood remains in Trump's budget bill A handful of conservative Republicans, who hesitated to support Trump's “big, beautiful bill,” appear ready to support the massive package after a furious pressure campaign from President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, reports The Hill. After meeting with Trump at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, and then huddling together afterward on Capitol Hill, the members of the conservative Freedom Caucus emerged to say they're on the cusp of supporting the package — if a laundry list of changes promised by the White House is reflected in the final proposal. Their newfound enthusiasm appears to stem from assurances Trump and Johnson made during the White House meeting, including a promise from the president to issue more executive orders addressing some of the spending concerns the conservatives couldn't secure in the legislation, and expanding the rollback of green energy tax credits enacted in the Democrats' 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.  The bill seeks to deliver on Trump's key campaign promises, including making permanent Trump's 2017 tax cuts and eliminating taxes on tips.  And, thanks in part to the calls of Worldview listeners, the defunding of Planned Parenthood remains in the bill. Court: Florida should require parental consent for a minor's abortion Last Friday, a federal appeals court ruled against a Florida law that allows minors to get abortions without parental consent. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled that the law was unconstitutional and violated parental rights. The decision stated, “Whatever asserted constitutional abortion rights may have justified Florida's [law] in the past unequivocally have been repudiated by both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Florida Supreme Court.” Married, employed, church-attending people happier Harvard University recently published their Global Flourishing Study which surveyed 200,000 people across 22 countries over the past five years. The study found people experienced higher levels of wellbeing when married, employed, and attending religious services. Professor Tyler VanderWeele led the research. He noted, “Religious service attendance was one of the factors most consistently associated with present or subsequent wellbeing, across countries and across outcomes.” Anniversary of First Council of Nicaea And finally, this month marks the anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, 1,700 years ago. In May A.D. 325, about 300 Christian leaders convened in the city of Nicaea, located in modern-day Turkey.  The council dealt with the doctrine of the Trinity. In particular, the church at the time had to refute the heresy of Arianism, which denied that Jesus is fully and eternally divine.  The council went on to affirm the Trinity and Christ as fully God in the Nicene Creed. It is recited by churches worldwide to this day.  The creed affirms there is “one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by Whom all things were made.” John 1:1 and 4 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ... In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Thursday, May 22nd, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

A Democratic Dallas County judge won a seat on Texas' Fifth District Court of Appeals by less than 1,600 votes, thwarting a Republican sweep of the Dallas-based appellate court this election. Judge Tina Clinton narrowly defeated Republican attorney Matthew Kolodoski. Clinton received 50.05% of the vote to Kolodoski's 49.95%. In other news, Freeman Martin was sworn in Monday as the new director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, taking over from longtime leader Steve McCraw. Next up, as child hunger rises in North Texas, schools are searching for solutions. One federal program could help. During the pandemic, the federal government expanded funding for free lunch in schools, which allowed meals to be served to all children regardless of income. And North Texas federal judges hand out the harshest sentences for methamphetamine trafficking in the country, a new investigation from The Dallas Morning News reveals. Even for first-time, non-violent offenders, getting caught with meth in North Texas can land them a longer prison sentence. The Dallas Morning News spent years investigating the harsher sentences, factors and guidelines judges use to hand out decadeslong prison sentences. Visit dallasnews.com/methpipeline to read the whole series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

January 31, 2024   Hour 1:  The Fresno City Council is considering a new policy aimed at combating wage theft throughout the city. A motion to strike down a lawsuit filed by Fresno City Councilman Mike Karbassi against Asm. Esmeralda Soria has been vacated. The Fifth District Court of Appeal issued a ruling on striking the anti-SLAPP ruling.   KMJ's Afternoon Drive with Philip Teresi & E. Curtis Johnson  Weekdays 2-6PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and X  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com  Subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon Music    Contact See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

January 31, 2024   Hour 1:  The Fresno City Council is considering a new policy aimed at combating wage theft throughout the city. A motion to strike down a lawsuit filed by Fresno City Councilman Mike Karbassi against Asm. Esmeralda Soria has been vacated. The Fifth District Court of Appeal issued a ruling on striking the anti-SLAPP ruling.   KMJ's Afternoon Drive with Philip Teresi & E. Curtis Johnson  Weekdays 2-6PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and X  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com  Subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon Music    Contact See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion should be central to your law firm's mission, but how do you go about building a welcoming workplace? John G. Browning gives tips from his session at the State Bar of Texas' Annual Meeting on effective DEI solutions for law firms. He discusses historical challenges surrounding this issue and the education, training, and resources available to help your firm become a welcoming place for all.  John G. Browning is a partner at Spencer Fane and a former Justice on Texas' Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas. Mentioned in this Episode: National Association for Law Placement

Diversity, equity, and inclusion should be central to your law firm's mission, but how do you go about building a welcoming workplace? John G. Browning gives tips from his session at the State Bar of Texas' Annual Meeting on effective DEI solutions for law firms. He discusses historical challenges surrounding this issue and the education, training, and resources available to help your firm become a welcoming place for all.  John G. Browning is a partner at Spencer Fane and a former Justice on Texas' Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas. Mentioned in this Episode: National Association for Law Placement

Today on The Jeff Crilley Show, Jeff sits down with Justice David Schenck, Fifth District Court of Appeals.

The first panel of the Federalist Society's Eighth Annual Florida Chapters Conference featured an impressive group of lawyers and professors to discuss redistricting in Florida since the previous decade. Judge Meredith Sasso of Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal moderated the discussion.Featuring:Phillip Gordon, Partner, Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLCDr. Michael McDonald, Professor of Political Science, University of FloridaProf. Michael Morley, Professor of Law, Florida State University College of LawModerator: Hon. Meredith Sasso, Florida's 5th District Court of Appeal

Disciplinary Actions are likely the most closely read section of each edition of The Florida Bar News. However, total discipline cases are actually on the decline. According to the Bar's website, in a typical year, the Attorney Consumer Assistance Program (ACAP) receives over 16,000 requests for assistance; and only about 25% of those inquiries result in the opening of a disciplinary file. Last year 3,364 files were opened which resulted in only 318 Supreme Court Discipline cases.In today's episode hosts Christine Bilbrey and Karla Eckardt welcome back Deputy Director of Lawyer Regulation, Patricia Savitz, to discuss The Florida Bar's lawyer discipline process. If your questions or issues are not addressed, you can contact LegalFuel: The Practice Resource Center of The Florida Bar for guidance.Patricia Savitz has been with the Bar since 1997 and was previously Bar Counsel with the Orlando Branch of The Florida Bar where she handled all aspects of Bar disciplinary proceedings. She was recently promoted to Deputy Director for the Lawyer Regulation Department of The Florida Bar. Patti received both her undergraduate and her law degree from the University of Miami. Prior to working at the Bar, Patti was an Assistant Public Defender in the 20th Judicial Circuit in Fort Myers and was a Senior Attorney with the Department of Children and Families. She has done extensive appellate work including oral argument before the Fifth District Court of Appeal and the Florida Supreme Court.This podcast has been approved by The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Department for 1 hour of General CLE credit including 1 hour of Ethics CLE credit. Course #5838­­. REFERENCED RESOURCES:The Florida Bar – Attorney DisciplineFlorida Bar Attorney Consumer Assistance (ACAP) Hotline 866.352.0707 The Rules Regulating The Florida BarChapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5LegalFuel: The Practice Resource Center of The Florida Bar

This week, your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Rich Newsome of Newsome Melton Law Firm (https://www.newsomelaw.com/).    Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review   Episode Details: Orlando trial lawyer Rich Newsome of Newsome Melton Law Firm shares how he successfully advocated for the parents of deceased University of Florida student Abigail Dougherty after she was struck and killed by a Waste Corporation of America (WCA) garbage truck while riding her bicycle. On October 28, 2016, Abigail was riding her bike in the dedicated bicycle lane near 17th Street and University Avenue in Gainesville, Florida, when a 15-year veteran WCA driver made a right turn, striking the rear tire of Abigail's bike in the crosswalk. Abigail and her bicycle were pulled under the truck, dragged and crushed by the right rear tires of the 2,000-ton vehicle. Despite the defense's attempts to blame Abigail for this tragic collision, Rich convinced the jury that WCA was responsible due to its driver's negligent actions, including not checking the right-side mirrors and making a sharp turn at a high speed. In October 2018, an Alachua County, Florida jury assigned 80% of the blame for Abigail's death to WCA and awarded a sum of $12,500,000 in damages to each of Abigail's parents, Pat Dougherty and Anita Forester, resulting in a major $25 million verdict.  Click Here to Read/Download the Complete Trial Documents   Guest Bios: Rich Newsome Rich Newsome is the senior partner of the Newsome Melton law firm and represents people and families in complex civil litigation. After graduating from the University of Florida College of Law in 1989, Rich worked as a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern and Middle Districts of Florida. Rich left the U.S. Attorney's Office in 1993 and went to work for a large product liability defense firm in Orlando, Florida where he represented manufacturers. After defending a manufacturer in a case brought by a family who lost a child, Rich felt compelled to leave the defense practice and began representing only families and individuals. Since then, for more than 25 years, Rich's practice has focused on representing people who have suffered catastrophic or fatal injuries. In 2001, Rich was appointed by the Florida Governor to the Fifth District Court of Appeals Judicial Nominating Commission and served as the JNC's Chairman during his term. He is a Past-President of the Orlando Federal Bar Association, Past-President of the Florida Justice Association, Past-Member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice, Past-President of the Central Florida Trial Lawyers Association, and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocacy. Rich is a graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer's College and was invited to serve as a member of the College Faculty. Rich is a member of the Florida, Texas, New Mexico, and Oregon Bar Associations. In 2016, Rich was selected as the “Orlando Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers, a peer-review publication. In 2015, Rich received the Steven C. Sharpe Public Service Award from the American Association for Justice, in recognition of his representation of Corey Burdick who was severely injured by a defective Takata airbag. The Steven C. Sharpe Award is awarded annually to one attorney and their client. In 2017, Rich was appointed to the Constitution Revision Commission by Richard Corcoran, the Speaker of Florida's House of Representatives. The 37 member Commission drafted and submitted 32 amendments to the Florida Constitution which were placed on the ballot and approved by Florida voters to be part of the Florida Constitution in November 2018. In 2019, Rich was recognized by the National Law Journal as having won two of the Nation's 100 largest verdicts in 2018. Rich is a member of the Summit Council, a national group of America's best plaintiff trial lawyers. Membership is limited to less than thirty trial lawyers from across the country, is by invitation only, and is extended to lawyers who have a proven record of large jury verdicts and are recognized as leaders of the national plaintiffs bar. Rich is a founding faculty member of Trial School, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that seeks to foster collaboration between lawyers on today's best trial advocacy methods and to provide free education and practice for trial lawyers who exclusively represent people and families. Read Full Bio   Show Sponsors: Legal Technology Services -LegalTechService.com Digital Law Marketing - DigitalLawMarketing.com Harris, Lowry, and Manton - hlmlawfirm.com   Free Resources: Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 1 Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 2

Mr. McKenzie was sentenced to six months incarceration, two years community control, and three years probation for engaging in sexual activity with a child. After Mr. McKenzie completed his sentence, the State of Florida filed a notice to designate him as a sexual predator, and the trial court imposed the designation. Mr. McKenzie appealed to the Fifth District Court of Appeal arguing that the trial court did not have the authority to designate him as a sexual predator. The Fifth DCA agreed with Mr. McKenzie. The State of Florida asks this Court to review the decision because it conflicts with another appellate court decision. Case history is available here.

R.R. and other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit alleging multiple claims and stemming from allegations of sexual abuse of children. The lawsuit was filed against several defendants, including New Life Community Church of CMA, Inc., the employer of the individual accused of committing the misconduct. Although the trial court allowed certain claims to proceed, it denied others because the statute of limitations had expired. The Fifth District Court of Appeal agreed with the trial court but certified that its decision conflicts with decisions from other district courts of appeal.

On May 30, 2018, the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Fresno issued a unanimous decision that the ALRB must count the Gerawan farm workers votes, which were cast in 2013. A recent motion by Attorney Anthony Raimondo is again pushing for the vote count.

What methods of interpretation should Ohio courts use in constitutional matters and in cases involving disputes over statutory text? Does the Ohio Supreme Court have obligations or restrictions different from those facing federal courts? Are there systemic problems in the Ohio judicial system that the Ohio Supreme Court needs to address? Has the Ohio Supreme Court improperly ignored established precedent or constitutional or statutory requirements in ways that need to be corrected? Can judges really maintain independence if they are elected by voters and must run in partisan primaries? If so, how? What role do lawyers play in building citizen trust and support in the judiciary?Candidates for the two current vacancies on the Ohio Supreme Court shared their views on how the Ohio Supreme Court should address these and other questions. They also explained how their views are informed and shaped by the Ohio Constitution, the Ohio canons of judicial ethics, and past studies of the administration of justice in Ohio’s courts.Hon. Craig Baldwin, Fifth District Court of AppealsHon. Mary DeGenaro, Associate Justice, Ohio Supreme CourtHon. Michael Donnelly, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas CourtHon. Melody Stewart, Eighth District Court of AppealsModerator: Douglas R. Cole, Partner, Organ Cole LLP

What methods of interpretation should Ohio courts use in constitutional matters and in cases involving disputes over statutory text? Does the Ohio Supreme Court have obligations or restrictions different from those facing federal courts? Are there systemic problems in the Ohio judicial system that the Ohio Supreme Court needs to address? Has the Ohio Supreme Court improperly ignored established precedent or constitutional or statutory requirements in ways that need to be corrected? Can judges really maintain independence if they are elected by voters and must run in partisan primaries? If so, how? What role do lawyers play in building citizen trust and support in the judiciary?Candidates for the two current vacancies on the Ohio Supreme Court shared their views on how the Ohio Supreme Court should address these and other questions. They also explained how their views are informed and shaped by the Ohio Constitution, the Ohio canons of judicial ethics, and past studies of the administration of justice in Ohio’s courts.Hon. Craig Baldwin, Fifth District Court of AppealsHon. Mary DeGenaro, Associate Justice, Ohio Supreme CourtHon. Michael Donnelly, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas CourtHon. Melody Stewart, Eighth District Court of AppealsModerator: Douglas R. Cole, Partner, Organ Cole LLP

On January 12th, Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal ruled that lenders can sue to foreclose more than five years after the first missed payment, but they can’t collect damages for defaults falling outside the window the provided in the statute of limitations. The ruling in Velden v. Nationstar has statewide implications on which foreclosures can survive defense motions to dismiss, and how much plaintiffs can collect if they miss the statue of limitations deadline.  The ruling is significant in a state where hundreds of thousands of foreclosures clogged court dockets after the last real estate market collapse. Joining the podcast to discuss legal issues within the NPL space is Harris Howard, Managing Attorney of the Howard Law Group, a boutique real estate law firm in Florida. Howard Law Group represents servicers, hedge funds and investors in mortgage foreclosure litigation, bankruptcy real estate closings and evictions throughout the state of Florida. 

In this first installment of the three-part series, The Shooter, The Victims, The Aftermath, Chief Judge Frederick Lauten speaks with former Fifth District Court of Appeal Chief Judge Emerson R. Thompson, Jr. about what it was like to work in Orlando prior to the 1984 courthouse shooting. The “Magic City” was a quieter and friendlier town before the tragic event of January 10, 1984 rocked the community. Appointed to the circuit bench by Governor Bob Graham in 1980, Judge Emerson Thompson was the first African-American chief judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court serving from 1989 to 1991. Judge Thompson describes the courthouse security, although appropriate for its time, as being drastically different from what it is today. He recalls there being multiple entrances to the courthouse with few security checkpoints. He also details how carrying small weapons in the 1980s was socially acceptable, so it would be commonplace for civilians to have handguns or pocket knives in their possession.  Additionally, he talks about the lack of cameras, computers, or radio systems in the courthouse. Coupled with the less stringent security measures that were established at the time, Judge Thompson’s account provides listeners with an accurate backdrop for the events that occurred on that dreadful day. Both Judge Thompson and Judge Lauten recount the times they ran into the shooter, Thomas Provenzano. They explain that, in hindsight, Provenzano was a suspicious character who visited the courthouse often and was, at times, very pushy and overstepped his bounds. Take a listen to their stories and the eye witnessed accounts of many others. Be sure to tune in next week as Judge Lauten and Judge Thompson sit down with Judge Mark S. Blechman to discuss the fateful day of the shooting at the Orange County Courthouse. Let us know what you think about the podcast.

Circuit Court Chief Judge Frederick Lauten and Appellate Court Chief Judge Jay P. Cohen have long and distinguished legal careers. Both Chicago natives, the two friends spend this week’s podcast discussing Judge Cohen’s career as an appellate and trial judge and his instrumental hand in creating the Orange County mediation program. Launched in 1992, the program has helped thousands of litigants quickly resolve their disputes while lightening the load off bloated trial dockets and saving countless tax dollars. Judge Cohen was born on the Southside of Chicago (Go White Sox!). He earned a degree in English before receiving his juris doctor, both from the University of Florida. In 1990, Judge Cohen was appointed to the Orange County Bench and was later appointed to the Circuit Bench in 1993. Throughout his career at the Ninth Judicial Circuit, he served as Administrative Judge in the criminal, appellate, and civil divisions. In January 2008, he was appointed to the Fifth District Court of Appeal, becoming Chief Judge this January. Let us know what you think about the podcast.

Doesn’t everyone have a calling in life? Oftentimes our path is nothing like we imagined, but as Justice Alan Lawson proves in the 23rd episode of Open Ninth, this can sometimes be for the best. In this engaging and entertaining podcast, Judge Lauten and Justice Alan Lawson candidly discuss a host of topics including the latter’s journey to being appointed to the Supreme Court, his family’s life-changing volunteer work in Central America that left a lasting impression on a family in need, his experiences working as both a trial judge and an appellate judge, and his adventures joining a local running club. Justice Lawson also reveals how he chose to pursue a legal career, having previously been set on attending the Air Force Academy before life pushed him in a different direction while he was attending school in Tallahassee. Justice Alan Lawson was recently sworn in as the 86th justice to the Florida Supreme Court. In 1987, he began his legal career at a private firm as a trial lawyer, before serving for four years as an Assistant County Attorney in Orange County. He was appointed to the Circuit bench in the Ninth Judicial Circuit and later served as an appellate judge in the Fifth District Court of Appeal where he went on to become Chief Judge. He is the 4th “Orlandoan” to be appointed to the Florida Supreme Court. Let us know what you think about the podcast.