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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in United States v. Zackey Rahimi, which says banning subjects of protective orders from having firearms is unconstitutional.
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The cancellation of up to $20,000 of debt would have benefited millions of Texans.
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No other public universities use race as a factor, but Texas private schools like Rice and Southern Methodist University will be impacted.
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The court’s ruling will change admissions practices at the University of Texas at Austin, the state’s only large public university that considers race, and some private universities.
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The case concerned the administration's effort to set guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation. Texas and Louisiana had sued to block the guidelines.
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Roe v. Wade protected abortion rights for all Americans — until the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. Now Texans travel far for abortions.
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The case pitted prospective adoptive parents and Texas against the act, a federal law aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their extended families and their tribes.
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Thursday’s 5-4 decision could signal support for future challenges based on a provision of the federal Voting Rights Act.
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The Supreme Court has left the case in the hands of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has scheduled oral arguments in the case for May 17.
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The lower courts ruled the death row inmate waited too long to challenge the state’s DNA procedures, but the Supreme Court disagreed. Now, he can go to a federal court to make his claim.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has placed a hold on a lower court ruling that restricts access to the abortion drug mifepristone until Wednesday night.