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Texas Supreme Court Lifts Restraining Order Protecting Democratic Legislators from Arrest

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Last night, the Texas Supreme Court lifted the temporary restraining order. The decision has not only exposed the Democrats to arrest but it has exposed another claim of bias against the PolitiFact, which lambasted Sen. This is because no Texas court has reviewed how this provision is to be enforced. Ted Cruz (R.,

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Affirmative action cases up first in November argument calendar

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8): Whether federal laws enacted under Congress’ spending clause power allow a plaintiff to file a federal civil rights claim for their violation. Brackeen , Texas v. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court. Hendrix (Nov. Talevski (Nov. Brackeen (consolidated with Cherokee Nation v. Haaland ) (Nov.

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Justices grant review in two cases that test jurisdiction of district courts

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Cochran went instead to a federal district court in Texas, seeking to block the administrative proceedings before the new ALJ.

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The long conference’s relists

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Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions. First Amendment The current court is very solicitous of First Amendment rights. In dissent, Judge Andrew Oldham said “there’s zero difficulty … in figuring out whether it was animus or [Gonzalez’s] purportedly criminal conduct that caused her arrest.”

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Blockbuster watch: Affirmative action, same-sex weddings, and other big relists

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Oklahoma that Congress had not clearly disestablished a Creek Nation reservation covering much of eastern Oklahoma, and thus the area remained Native American territory for the purposes of a federal criminal law, eliminating the state’s ability to prosecute crimes there. Brackeen , 21-377 , Texas v. Texas , 21-5050.

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Two Sixth Amendment claims and an ERISA lawsuit

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The court will likely be paying special attention to three of them, which are this week’s new relists. The court will be considering each of them for a second time. Two of the cases involve criminal law, and one is a capital case. The third case involves a fairly arcane issue of pleading claims under federal pension law.

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Circuit Scoop — February 2025

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EL Paso County , which examined Fourth Amendment protections in the context of abusive strip searches, and Texas v. These rulings illustrate the courts involvement in shaping public policy and addressing complex legal challenges in a politically and socially divided landscape. Administrative Law, Criminal Law: 20 points.

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