The frivolous charges, brought by a Texas Supreme Court committee, were dismissed in December 2018. – Photo: Fox 4 News Addendum . ..…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has decided not to enforce the rule of law.. ..…

Civil cases could be appealed to a Court of Appeals and then to the Texas Supreme Court. ..…

Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the validity of Louisiana law that requires doctors. ..…

Myers was honored with Peveto Award at 33rd Annual Legal Conference on Ad Valorem Tax held San Antonio August 20th. ..…

How Supreme Court's on the citizenship question could affect Texas. ..…

This is an interesting opinion from the Texas Supreme Court on citing Wikipedia as a dictionary. ... The Texas Supreme Court affirms the anti-SLAPP denial, but it also criticizes the appeals court for not sufficiently examining the entire article's gist. ..…

'The Texas Supreme Court’s opinion has no legal or factual integrity,' Levin said. . . . . . . ..…

abortion rights activist holds placards outside of US Supreme Court 2016 Washington, DC. ..…

The Supreme Courrt stopped Texas Thursday night because he was not allowed to have Buddhist advisor accompany him to the death chamber.. ..…

Cornyn, 67, a former Texas Supreme Court justice and former Texas Attorney General under then-Gov. ..…

As recently as 2018 the Texas Supreme Court noted that the Texas Citizen Participation Act holds an “unique role in protecting the democratic process that allows our state to function.” ... During that same eight-year stretch, only 15 of the Texas Supreme..…

Michael Bogren is Chairman of Plunkett Cooney P.C.�s Board of Directors and Managing Partner in Kalamazoo, Michigan, office. ..…

In ethics complaints involving judges facing criminal charges, the commission can recommend to the Texas Supreme Court that they be removed from office. . ..…

Supreme Court said in 2017 that Texas high court had used the wrong analysis when it found that Moore had not shown adaptive deficits necessary for proof of disability. ... Texas high court on remand did not discuss evidence that, when he was young,..…

The Supreme Court will delay its decision as to whether Louisiana law can take effect.. ..…

Supreme Court on Friday prevented Louisiana imposing strict regulations on abortion clinics from taking effect in case that presents key test on the contentious issue following last retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, supporter of abortion rights... ..…

abortion clinic, along with two abortion doctors and Center for Reproductive Rights, petitioned Supreme Court Friday to halt Louisiana law that requires doctors at abortion clinics to have admitting privileges at local hospital. ..…

Louisiana will join the abysmal ranks of states with only one provider. ..…

With two Trump-nominated conservative justices -- Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh -- on Supreme Court, Louisiana law almost identical to Texas one is before the courts and the outcome could be different.. ..…

Abortion rights groups filed emergency request asking Supreme Court to block restrictions from going into effect Louisiana that are similar those Supreme Court struck down more than two years ago.. ..…

Of course, we knew that they could always appeal the decision of Circuit to Supreme Court. ..…

“One wonders if our colonial ancestors, transported to 2014, would be astonished — watching government seize, then sell, the property of guiltless citizens who have not been charged with any crime, much less convicted of one,” former Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett, a..…

Hill, Ohio death penalty case, vacating Sixth Circuit that Danny Hill should not be subject to the penalty because of intellectual disability.. ..…

But in, the court, and lost, rejected constitutional challenge to 6-foot-high, 3-foot-wide Ten Commandments monument that sits at the corner between Texas State Capitol and Texas Supreme Court. ..…

“One wonders if our colonial ancestors, transported to 2014, would be astonished — watching government seize, then sell, the property of guiltless citizens who have not been charged with any crime, much less convicted of one,” former Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett, a..…

According to report published by Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the abortion rate has decreased 26 cent from 2006 to 2015 - in the 45 years since abortion was made in US.. ..…

West Orange, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that this was essentially a statewide property tax, which is prohibited in the state constitution. . ... In 2016, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the state met its minimal constitutional duty and that the..…

Statewide races for governor, governor, attorney, comptroller, agriculture commissioner, land commission, one seat on the three-member railroad commission, plus judges for Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals are also on the ballot.. ..…

Hodges decision by restricting the benefits offered to same-sex couples.[25] In 2017, the Supreme Court struck down an Arkansas policy prohibiting the same-sex spouses of biological mothers from appearing on children’s birth certificates,[26] and in the same year the Texas Supreme..…

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court overturned the death sentences for three Texas murderers yesterday, ruling that jurors were not given fair chance to spare them given their mental difficulties and histories of childhood abuse.. ..…

'Harriet is pro-life, and has been active in a pro-life church for 25 years,' said Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan L. ... Gonzalez, a longtime acquaintance and retired Texas Supreme Court justice. ..…

Jefferson, justice of Texas Supreme Court, voted no on the resolution simply because he has not had time to review the measure. ..…

The case is pending before a state trial judge after the Texas Supreme Court, in a blatant misinterpretation of the 2015 Obergefell marriage equality decision, held that the US Supreme Court had not necessarily decided the issue, despite the fact that the Obergefell opinion..…

NEW ORLEANS, rule which opponents say could limit abortions to just one doctor at one clinic — does not violate women's constitutional rights.. ..…

federal appeals court upheld Louisiana Wednesday that requires abortion facilities to meet health and safety standards... ..…

The Republican-dominated Texas Supreme Court ruled against the city, finding that the extension of marriage to same-sex couples does not include the extension of the benefits of marriage.. ... With all eyes on tomorrow's arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop religious exemptions..…

'Unacceptable risk necessitates that the States should adhere to the definitions of disability as contained within the current versions of the clinical manuals, said the brief.. ..…

Justice Don Willett of the Texas Supreme Court . . This is an exceptional list. ..…

Don Willett (Justice, Texas Supreme Court) . Make no mistake about it: Although he is known as the “Tweeting Judge” and the “Tweeter Laureate of Texas” for his humorous and extensive use of social media, Willett is a serious jurist. ..…

fifth of the US population now lives in states where decisions striking down same-sex marriage bans have been stayed, pending appeal.. ..…

state court there has ordered LEAA to reveal the donors who funded those ads, ruling that's being appealed to Texas Supreme Court.. ..…

The state is under orders from the Texas Supreme Court to rewrite its tax code to eliminate a state cap on property taxes. ..…

True to form, on Thursday, the committee split along party lines, rejecting Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen for U.S. ..…

Earlier this week, Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Johnny Paul Penry for the time. ..…

FOR THE RECORD - Correction ran April 24, 1996 on Page A2. * The dean of University of Connecticut Law School is Hugh Macgill. ..…

WASHINGTON - — The Supreme Court on Monday threw out federal appeals court ruling that said student-led prayer at graduation was unconstitutional. ..…