Ruling on Texas Abortion Law Sets Up Potential Supreme Court ShowdownRichey, Warren
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...
Supreme Court justices rejected several high-profile appeals Monday as they returned to the bench following their summer recess. Among the appeals was a request from the Biden administration to throw out a lower court ruling that said hospitals in Texas cannot be required to provide abortions if ...
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, ...
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, praised the Supreme Court -- where conservatives have a clear majority -- for the ruling, which was described as the widest expansion of gun rights in a decade. "Today, the Supreme Court upheld our Second Amendment right to keep and bear ...
AUSTIN –The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to seek medical care for their transgender children. The 8-1 ruling from the all-Republican court, released Friday, leaves in place a law tha...
Chief Justice John Roberts and the three liberal justices dissented from that part of the decision in an opinion that said the purpose of the Texas law was "to nullify this court's rulings" on abortion. "The nature of the federal right infringed does not matter; it is the role of...
The Supreme Court’s bombshell 5 to 4 ruling this month on Texas’s new abortion restrictions law was both an end and a beginning. It put an end to the hopes of abortion rights activists who wanted to overturn this law before it took effect, but it also marked the beginning of a fren...
Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the case in light of their ruling last November in another case also involving a claim arising from the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment bar on cruel and unusual punishment. In that ruling, the justices let another Texas inmate p...
The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Ruben Gutierrez on Tuesday, 20 minutes before he was scheduled to face a lethal injection. Jul 16, 2024 Members of congress from Texas react to historic SCOTUS ruling on presidential immunity ...