Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday night that significantly loosens voter identification requirements. Senate Bill 5 is intended to salvage portions of a 2011 law that was found to be discriminatory against minority voters...
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US District Judge Nelva G. Ramos found Monday that a controversial Texas voter ID law was passed in part with discriminatory intent. The plaintiffs argued that the law burdened minority voters who are more...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) introduced a motion to withdraw in a Texas Federal Court Monday, reversing its previous stance that SB 14 , a Texas voter ID law, was created with an intent to discriminate...
The Senate's Role in the Confirmation of Executive Officials
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University discusses the role of the Senate in the confirmation of executive nominees under the new administration... Controversies involving many of the persons nominated by President...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday dismissed the last charge in a criminal case against former governor Rick Perry . The charge for abuse of official capacity under Texas Penal Code Sec. 39.02...
Supreme Court to decide if Texas abortion law is constitutional
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in Whole Woman's Health v. Cole to decide whether a Texas law passed in 2013 imposes an undue burden on the...
Appeals court throws out one of two criminal charges against Rick Perry
The US Third Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed one of two criminal charges filed against former Texas governor Rick Perry last year.The court stated that the coercion of a public servant [Texas Penal Code Chapter...
Texas judge refuses to drop criminal charges against former governor Rick Perry
A Texas state judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss criminal charges against former governor Rick Perry . The charges came after Perry threatened to veto $7.5 million dollars in funds if Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg...
Federal appeals court judges heard arguments Wednesday on a restrictive Texas abortion law that critics say would close more than half the state's remaining abortion clinics. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday placed a hold on a Texas law that would have forced several abortion clinics to close. The bill requires any physician performing an abortion to have active admitting privileges...
