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AUGUST 27, 2023

Texas District Court Judge Maria Cant ú Hexsel temporarily blocked SB 14 , which bans gender-affirming care for minors and restricts children already taking gender-affirming prescription drugs, from going into effect on Friday. The case is in the District Court of Travis County, Texas. The ACLU of Texas represents the plaintiffs.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A US federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Texas can leave the floating barrier in the Rio Grande after a district court ordered the state to remove it on Wednesday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott appealed the order along with an emergency motion to stay the district court’s order earlier on Thursday.

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OCTOBER 29, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Friday that the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars private individuals from suing Texas Governor Greg Abbott over Executive Order GA-37. The governor shall use the personnel of the Texas Highway Patrol only if the other personnel of the department are unable to cope with the emergency.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

“Texas Booksellers Warn Fifth Circuit on Sex-Content Rating Law; Texas law requires sellers to rate sex content of books in schools; State argues case was brought too early”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

Travis County District Judge Jessica Mangrum issued a temporary injunctive order Friday, blocking a Texas abortion ban from being applied to people with pregnancy complications. ” Zurawski and several other plaintiffs, who were pregnant at the time of filing, sued the state of Texas to block the state’s abortion ban in March. .”

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JULY 23, 2023

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Environment and Natural Resources Division sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Interim Attorney General Angela Colmenero on Thursday over the legality of Texas deploying floating barriers in the Rio Grande. Constitution and the Texas Constitution.

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JUNE 18, 2023

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, on Friday signed S.B. ” The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will also conduct biennial studies to determine to bill’s impact on application, acceptance, enrollment, retention, academic success and graduation rates. The bill is set to take effect on Jan.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

“Texas Supreme Court appears hesitant to clarify emergency exception in state’s abortion ban”: Taylor Goldenstein of The Houston Chronicle has this report. Valerie Richardson of The Washington Times reports that “ Texas Supreme Court takes up judge’s temporary order easing abortion restrictions.”

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MAY 26, 2023

The Texas state House of Representatives filed articles of impeachment Thursday against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton allegedly directed Texas prosecutor Brandon Cammack to “conduct an investigation into a baseless complaint,” during which Cammack issued more than 30 grand jury subpoenas.

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JUNE 4, 2023

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 14 on Friday, which bans gender-affirming care for minors and places restrictions on children already taking gender-affirming prescription drugs. The law contains several provisions relating to physicians losing their ability to practice in Texas. The law becomes effective on September 1, 2023.

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JULY 25, 2023

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint Monday against the State of Texas over its construction of a floating barrier comprised of buoys on the Rio Grande River, which serves as a border between Mexico and Texas. In a tweet , Governor Abbott shared his letter, saying: “ Mr. President, Texas will see you in court.”

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case challenging abortion bans that prohibit the procedure in the instance of a medical emergency. The post Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments over abortion bans for medical emergencies appeared first on JURIST - News. In the case, State v.

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MARCH 7, 2023

Five Texas women and two Texas-based doctors Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban for failing to provide adequate medical exceptions. In the complaint, the plaintiffs’ alleged, “As a direct result of Texas’s abortion bans, Texas is in the midst of a health care crisis.”

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MAY 29, 2023

The Texas legislature passed a bill on Sunday that bans sexual conduct from public performances in the state, a move initially motivated by fears surrounding children viewing drag shows. ” Both the Texas House and Senate passed the measure on the same day. The bill also includes a $10,000 civil penalty for each violation.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

A Texas man filed a lawsuit Tuesday against six state-run medical schools, accusing them of violating anti-discrimination laws by using affirmative action to give preference to female and non-Asian minorities in admissions. The plaintiff, George Stewart, is a Texas man who was denied admission to all six public medical schools.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“Texas Supreme Court to hear case Tuesday challenging state’s near-total abortion ban”: Bayliss Wagner of The Austin American-Statesman has this report. The post “Texas Supreme Court to hear case Tuesday challenging state’s near-total abortion ban” appeared first on How Appealing.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed on Friday to rehear a gerrymandering case out of Galveston County, Texas, en banc— meaning the full bench of judges from the Fifth Circuit will sit to rehear arguments. The post Federal appeals court agrees to rehear Texas gerrymandering case appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JULY 16, 2023

Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Relations sent a diplomatic note to the US government on Friday expressing its concerns about the deployment of floating barriers by Texas on the Rio Grande River. The post Mexico raises concerns over Texas floating barriers on Rio Grande border appeared first on JURIST - News.

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APRIL 3, 2023

Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week criticized two immigration enforcement bills before the Texas state legislature that would expand the state’s ability to enforce immigration laws, a matter usually left to the US federal government. Statistics show that 2.4

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DECEMBER 10, 2022

A Texas state court Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed against a physician who violated Texas’s state law that bans abortions after six weeks. A lawsuit was filed against Dr. Alan Braid claiming he violated the Texas state law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

“Texas, Biden administration square off in court over emergency abortions”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report. The post “Texas, Biden administration square off in court over emergency abortions” appeared first on How Appealing. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

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JULY 26, 2023

A group of book sellers and publishers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Texas officials to block House Bill (HB) 900, the state’s new book ratings law. The suit aims to enjoin the enforcement of HB 900, which was signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in June 2023. Johnson , a 1989 U.S.

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JUNE 26, 2022

The Supreme Court of Texas Friday ruled to uphold a state ban that “prohibits the processing and manufacturing of smokable hemp products.” ” In response to this argument, the trial court permanently enjoined the Texas Department of State Health Services from enforcing the ban. .”

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MARCH 8, 2023

A Texas court Tuesday postponed inmate Andre Thomas’ execution date to allow his legal team to prove that he is not competent to be executed. Texas is one of the few states that follows a strong trend of executions despite a significant decline across the country.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Texas authorities Monday announced a criminal investigation into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ operation which flew approximately 50 Venezuelan migrants into Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Salazar said his office does have several persons of interest already in mind, but he was unwilling to disclose such information at this time.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Fratta is set to be executed in Texas on Tuesday. Fratta’s execution will be Texas’s first execution in 2023. In 1996, a Texas jury convicted Fratta of hiring someone to murder his wife and sentenced him to death. Fratta applied for two stays, which the court denied.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against Texas Thursday, claiming its recent voting restrictions violate federal voting rights. The DOJ asked the court to enjoin Texas from enforcing the recently signed law. ” But he added that he was “extremely confident” that the court would uphold it.

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JUNE 29, 2022

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Tuesday said that he had launched an investigation into whether Walmart improperly filled prescriptions for controlled substances and whether it failed to report suspicious orders, as required under the law. The post Texas attorney general investigating Walmart opioid sales appeared first on JURIST - News.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an emergency motion Tuesday seeking to immediately block Texas’ controversial abortion restriction pending further proceedings. The DOJ filed suit against Texas earlier this month, challenging the constitutionality of Senate Bill 8 (SB 8). 8 purports to prohibit.”

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of controversial laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies like Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) control content posted on their sites. The Texas law, known as H.B. The Florida law, known as S.B.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The State of Texas Wednesday executed Wesley Ruiz after the US Supreme Court denied Ruiz’s petition to for a stay. Ruiz, convicted of fatally shooting a Texas police officer, filed an application with the court on Tuesday to stay his execution and consider his petition for a writ of certiorari.

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APRIL 6, 2023

million settlement with families of those injured and killed in the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. In 2017 Kelley purchased the firearms and ammunition used in the shooting from an Academy store in San Antonio, Texas in four separate transactions. The post US Justice Department to give $144.5M

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Texas judge Karin Crump of the Travis County District Court issued a temporary injunction on Monday that preventing Texas Right to Life from enforcing the new six-week abortion ban against Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Divison Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order to prohibit poll workers from harassing Black voters at a polling center in Beaumont, Texas.

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JULY 14, 2022

Texas Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging President Joseph Biden’s executive order which preempts states’ abortion laws with federal law when emergency care is required to save a mother’s life. Texas also argues that the executive order violates the Hyde Amendment as well as the Weldon Amendment.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

“Texas is a Magic 8 Ball for the Country”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link. The post “Texas is a Magic 8 Ball for the Country” appeared first on How Appealing.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Texas voters and grassroots political organization Voto Latino filed a lawsuit Monday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas against Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Secretary of State John Scott, challenging Texas Senate Bill 6. The groups alleged violations of the Voting Rights Act.

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