5th Circuit Dismisses Legislative Privilege Appeal For Lack Of Jurisdiction

( November 10, 2025, 9:04 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — Dismissing an interlocutory appeal concerning legislative privilege in a civil rights lawsuit over a school district’s hair policy, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals concluded that under the “circuit’s third-party and non-party standing limitations,” it lacks jurisdiction because no appellant has standing to appeal....