The five justices in the majority wrote that the petitioners raised "serious questions" about theconstitutionality of the Texas lawbut argued the request didn't meet certain procedural thresholds. The justices also noted that they haven't made a decision on the merits of the law. "The applicant...
While the high court refused to stop the law while the legal fight continues, the majority said its decision "is not based on any conclusion about the constitutionality of Texas's law, and in no way limits other procedurally proper challenges to the Texas law, including in Texas state courts...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A court order that says hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a Texas abortion ban will stay for now, the Supreme Court said Monday. The decision is another setback for opponents of Texas’ abortion ba...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed should have a chance to argue for testing of crime-scene evidence that he says will help clear him. The justices, in a 6-3 decision, sent Reed's case back to a lower ...
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Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas can now allow local law enforcement to arrest anyone who is suspected of crossing the border illegally. Senate Bill 4 was passed last year that would make crossing the Texas-Mexico border between entry points a crime. Meaning you must enter the...
In a brief, five-sentence ruling, the Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law that was forcing many abortion providers to close. “Tomorrow, 13 clinics across the state will be allowed to reopen and provide women with safe and legal abortion care in their own communities,” Nancy Northup, ...
The majority provided no explanation for its decision, as is common in emergency matters on what is informally known as the court's "shadow docket." Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan and Neil Gorsuch would have allowed the law to remain in effect. ...
“If Greg Abbott wants to have a future on a national ticket he will defy this lawless Supreme Court and protect the Texas border from invasion,”he wrote. On social media Wednesday, Abbott posteda picture of four guardsrolling out concertina wire with a statement: “Texas’ ...