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The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously held that federal courts can’t weigh in on the constitutionality of the county’s pre-trial processes.
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The Supreme Court says retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the high court, died Friday. She was 93. O’Connor was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi. The case could determine if it's legal to disarm subjects to domestic violence protective orders.
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An Arlington case before the Supreme Court, United States v. Rahimi, could determine if it's legal to ban domestic abusers under protective orders from have guns.
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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.