By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica Jan. 17, 2022 The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday sent the legal challenge to Texas’ restrictive abortion law to the state’s Supreme Court, a move that is expected to significantly delay the case and that abortion opponents had hoped …
Read More »Texas AG Ken Paxton violated law and must release records related to Jan. 6 Trump rally
By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune Jan. 13, 2022 The Travis County district attorney on Thursday found that Attorney General Ken Paxton violated the state’s open records law by not turning over his communications from last January when he visited Washington, D.C., for a pro-Trump rally that preceded the Jan. …
Read More »Supreme Court rules that abortion providers can sue over Texas law
Originally published by The 19th The U.S. Supreme Court will allow a legal challenge to Texas’ six-week abortion law to continue — potentially opening the door for lower courts to once again halt enforcement of the law, but also leaving open an avenue for future abortion restrictions and limiting the …
Read More »DOJ Files Lawsuit Against the State of Texas Over Redistricting Plans
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday that it has filed a lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act against the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State, challenging the State’s redistricting plans for the Texas congressional delegation and the Texas House of Representatives. …
Read More »Texas Democratic Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Announces Retirement
Longtime Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has announced her intentions to retire after her term ends next year. The 85-year-old Dallas Democrat, who represents Texas’ 30th congressional district, told a crowd of supporters over the weekend that she will be endorsing a candidate in the race to fill her seat. …
Read More »Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas
Former U.S. Congressman, 2018 U.S. Senate nominee and 2020 presidential contender, Beto O’Rourke, has officially announced he is running for governor of Texas. O’Rourke announced his campaign in a video posted to YouTube on Monday. In the video, O’Rourke cites the power grid failure during February’s winter storm as one of …
Read More »Federal Judge Blocks Texas Gov. Abbott’s Mask Mandate Ban In Schools
A federal judge has ruled that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott‘s executive order that bans public schools from imposing mask mandates cannot be enforced because it violates federal law by putting students with disabilities at greater risk of contracting COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel of Austin also blocked Texas Attorney …
Read More »DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Texas Over Restrictive Voting Procedures
On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State over certain restrictive voting procedures imposed by Texas Senate Bill 1, which was signed into law in September. “Our democracy depends on the right of …
Read More »Supreme Court Seems Skeptical About Texas Abortion Law
A majority on the US Supreme Court appeared to be leaning Monday towards blocking a Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks. The court fast-tracked two separate but related cases (Whole Women’s Health v. Jackson and United States v. Texas) to be heard Monday, and spent about three hours …
Read More »Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Monday over Texas abortion ban
On Monday, The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on Texas’ six-week abortion ban. The controversial law, which took effect in September, makes it illegal for a woman to get an abortion after six weeks– a period in which women typically aren’t aware that they are pregnant. In addition, the …
Read More »Lawsuit: Texas City Refused Escort To Protect Biden Bus In 2020
An updated federal lawsuit alleges that police officials in San Marcos, Texas, refused to provide an escort for a Joe Biden campaign bus when supporters of then-President Donald Trump surrounded it on an interstate in October 2020. The Texas Tribune reports that the suit alleges that law enforcement officers in …
Read More »Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In Texas Abortion Ban Case
The United States Supreme Court has once again decided not to block the controversial and severely strict Texas abortion ban, but it has agreed to hear arguments in the case. The ‘Texas Heartbeat Act ‘makes it illegal for a woman to get an abortion after six weeks– a period in …
Read More »Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Ban
On Monday, the Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to block SB8, a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks. The administration claims the measure is unconstitutional, that it was purposefully designed to evade judicial review, and violates the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which enshrined …
Read More »Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Bans COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
On Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates from being implemented by any “entity in Texas.” “No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for any reason of personal conscience, …
Read More »Texas Six-Week Abortion Ban Reinstated By Federal Appeals Court
A federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated a Texas law that bans abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considered the most conservative federal appeals court in the country, granted the state’s request for a temporary halt to a lower …
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