SCOTUS

A ruling on a Texas-led lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act is imminent. The suit is a Republican-backed effort to eliminate the entire law after…

From Texas Standard.On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a long-running Texas redistricting case. The dispute goes back to 2011,…

From Texas Standard.Defining violent crime can be trickier than it sounds. Mugging someone on a sidewalk or robbing a store with a firearm are obviously…

From Texas Standard.Last August a panel of three federal judges ruled that Texas congressional and state house maps needed to be redrawn. The judges ruled…

From Texas Standard:The Supreme Court tied Thursday morning in a ruling on the legality of President Barack Obama’s immigration program.The ruling United…

A 4-4 tie is a real possibility. In that case, the actions, which would shield some 4 million people from deportation, would never take effect.

Twenty-six states are challenging the action, which would grant temporary, quasi-legal status and work permits to as many as 4 million parents who entered the U.S. illegally before 2010.

From the Texas Tribune: In a unanimous decision released Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold Texas' current system for drawing legislative…

In an interview with NPR, the president says Senate Republicans owe it to the Founding Fathers to give Judge Merrick Garland a Supreme Court confirmation vote.

A former prosecutor, federal judge Merrick Garland will visit Capitol Hill on Thursday to begin meeting with legislators, Obama said.