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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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From the Texas Tribune: In a unanimous decision released Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold Texas' current system for drawing legislative…
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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.
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A former prosecutor, federal judge Merrick Garland will visit Capitol Hill on Thursday to begin meeting with legislators, Obama said.