Constitutional Law Court Litigating Texas 
Constitutional Law Reporter
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Supreme Court next term. The justices recently granted certiorari in two cases challenging state laws that restrict social media companies’ ability to moderate content on their platforms. The key issue before the Court is whether the Texas and Florida laws violate the First Amendment. Meanwhile, the Texas law, H.B.
Constitutional Law Reporter
JUNE 1, 2023
Supreme Court held that death row inmate Rodney Reed did not wait too long to seek DNA testing of the evidence in his case. According to the Court majority, when a prisoner pursues state post-conviction DNA testing through the state-provided litigation process, the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
MAY 3, 2022
Supreme Court held that Texas can’t execute a man death row unless it allows his pastor to pray and lay hands on him while he is executed. A Texas jury sentenced John Ramirez to death after he brutally murdered Pablo Castro in 2004. Ramirez also sought a stay of execution while the District Court considered his claims.
Constitutional Law Reporter
MARCH 10, 2022
Supreme Court recently returned to the bench for its February sitting. The issues before the Court involved Native American law and immigration. Below is a brief summary of the cases before the Court: Denezpi v. Texas : The case involves gaming activities on Native American land in Texas. Texas , 36 F.3d
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Share In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12, a ballot initiative that its supporters describe as the country’s strongest law to protect farm animals. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a challenge to the constitutionality of the law.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 27, 2022
Bruen invokes the authority of history but presents a version of the past that is little more than an ideological fantasy, much of it invented by gun-rights advocates and their libertarian allies in the legal academy with the express purpose of bolstering litigation such as Bruen. Bruen does mark a new low for the court.
Constitutional Law Reporter
JANUARY 10, 2022
Supreme Court held in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson that abortion providers may bring a pre-enforcement challenge in federal court as one means to test whether Texas’ s strict abortion law violates the U.S. Constitution, albeit only against certain state medical licensing officials. 8 violates the Constitution.
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