Constitutional Law Court Decisions Texas 
Constitutional Law Reporter
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The justices recently granted certiorari in two cases challenging state laws that restrict social media companies’ ability to moderate content on their platforms. The key issue before the Court is whether the Texas and Florida laws violate the First Amendment. Facts of the Cases The two cases before the Court, Moody v.
Constitutional Law Reporter
JUNE 1, 2023
. § 1983 procedural due process claim begins to run at the end of the state-court litigation. Facts of the Case A Texas jury found petitioner Rodney Reed guilty of the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Reed’s conviction and death sentence.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Facts of the Case In 2019, Sylvia Gonzalez ran for a seat on the city council of Castle Hills, a small town in southern Texas. A private attorney tasked with leading the investigation concluded that Gonzalez had likely violated a Texas anti-tampering statute that, among other things, prohibits a person from intentionally “remov[ing].
Constitutional Law Reporter
APRIL 11, 2023
MoneyGram applied the common-law escheatment practices outlined in Texas v. The Supreme Court went on to find that Delaware’s various arguments as to why the Disputed Instruments should not qualify as “other similar written instrument[s]” within the meaning of §2503 were unpersuasive. New Jersey , 379 U.S.
Constitutional Law Reporter
AUGUST 6, 2024
According to the Court, the law ran afoul of the Eighth Amendment because it made the status of being an addict a crime. Texas , 392 U.S. 514 (1968), in which the Court rejected a similar request to extend Robinson. It also cited Powell v.
JonathanTurley
MAY 25, 2021
In a 2-1 panel decision, the court also found that the was overly broad. In so ruling, the appellate court reversed a January 2019 district court decision. Courts in Arizona , Kansas and Texas have also ruled against these laws. There are good-faith objections to the BDS movement.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Sotomayor first told the law students to expect a “huge amount” of disappointment in the law and pointed to “my dissents” as evidence of that struggle. Sotomayor then turned to the recent court decision not to intervene in the Texas abortion case. Sotomayor wrote a heated dissent in Whole Woman Health v.
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