In its second petition for writ of certiorari in the past several months, the game ranch is seeking review of an opinion by the Supreme Court of Texas. Previously, the game ranch sought to obtain review of the federal claims at issue in the case. That petition was filed April 18, 2012,...
Supreme Court Lets Texas Death Row Inmate Pursue DNA Lawsuit More 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 justi...
The Supreme Court issued its first opinion of the term, a one-line decision dismissing Facebook's appeal. Nov 22, 2024 When will Trump face sentencing in Manhattan? The Manhattan district attorney said Tuesday he agrees with postponing sentencing in President-elect Donald Trump's "hush mone...
Texas Supreme Court revises opinion, clearing way for school bond issues.Shah, Angela
justices have opted to bury their heads in the sand," Sotomayor wrote in her own opinion. "Because the Court's failure to act rewards tactics designed to avoid judicial review and inflicts significant harm on the applicants and on women seeking abortions in Texas, I dissent." ...
While the emergency appeal of a lower court ruling upholding the action by Texas did not require an explanation for their votes, it likely is because the majority felt the Constitution grants power to the federal government over individual states when it comes to border control. The ...
The court found that Texas and Louisiana, the two states that challenged the administration's guidelines, lacked standing to bring the suit, formally known as United States v. Texas. Therulingwas 8-1, with only Justice Samuel Alito dissenting. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion for the ...
The Supreme Court recently decided Moore v. United States, --- U.S. --- (June 20, 2024), a case focusing on the constitutionality of the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (MRT). While the majority opinion, authored by Justice Kavanaugh, upheld the MRT, Justice Thomas published a strong dissent ...
district court," Texas Supreme Court Justice Evan Young wrote in his opinion. "Whether the legislature may use its authority to compel the attendance of witnesses to block the executive branch's authority to enforce a sentence of death is a question of Texas civil law, not its criminal law...
"There's no remedy, the American people have no remedy for that," said Alito, who authored the Supreme Court's majority opinion overturning Roe and appeared the most sympathetic to the doctors' theories. Justice Brett Kavanaugh sought to confirm that under federal law, doctors cannot be forced...