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JANUARY 25, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied Tuesday the appeal of Texas citizen journalist Priscilla Villarreal, who claimed that her arrest for misuse of information was unconstitutional. Villarreal had brought a civil rights claim against the city of Laredo, Texas over her 2018 arrest. Penal Code § 39.06(c)

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The US District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled that Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on Wednesday. ” Thus, the court concluded that GA-38 violates the ADA. .”

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MARCH 19, 2024

The US Supreme Court has lifted a stay that prohibited the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries, allowing the law to go into effect. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit later blocked that injunction, allowing the law to go into effect.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Friday ruled that Texas law HB 20 , which prohibits social media platforms from censoring users “based on viewpoint” and requires them to release biannual transparency reports, is constitutional. ” Jaffer believes the plaintiffs will appeal to the Supreme Court.

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JUNE 22, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday that Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) can continue their lawsuit against the University of Texas Austin (UT) for racial discrimination in their admissions process. The court found that the lawsuit was barred under res judicata because of it’s similarity to Fisher v.

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MARCH 20, 2024

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on the case Gonzalez v. Trevino , which concerns the arrest of a Castle Hills, Texas councilwoman who argues that she was arrested in retaliation for her critical speech about the city’s government.

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MAY 15, 2022

The Texas Supreme Court Friday ruled that state agencies in Texas may investigate gender affirming care as child abuse but that the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is not bound to undertake any such investigations. On March 2, a district court implemented a temporary injunction halting any investigations.

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MARCH 22, 2022

The Third Texas Court of Appeals Monday reinstated an injunction to stop the state from proceeding with an investigation into the parents of a transgender teenager. On February 22, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state health agencies to investigate the medical treatment of transgender youth as “child abuse.”

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a stay barring constitutional challenges against a controversial Texas law criminalizing “ vote-harvesting ” until after the November 5 presidential election. Accordingly, the court enjoined Texas from implementing the prohibition.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case that would have allowed them to rule on Texas law enforcement officers’ use of investigative hypnosis. The Innocence Project notes that “more than half of the first 250 DNA exoneration cases featured an incorrect in-court identification.”

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

US District Judge Alia Moses of the Western District of Texas granted a temporary restraining order to Texas and enjoined the federal government from interfering with Texas’s fencing at the U.S.-Mexico The suit was brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Mexico border.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

The US Supreme Court Monday denied to stay the execution to Robert Fratta in the case of Fratta v. Fratta applied for two stays, which the court denied. Fratta is set to be executed in Texas on Tuesday. Fratta’s execution will be Texas’s first execution in 2023. Fratta filed two state habeas petitions.

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MAY 31, 2022

The US Supreme Court Tuesday temporarily blocked a Texas social media law in a 5-4 vote. The law, Texas House Bill 20 (HB20), prohibits social media platforms from censoring users “based on viewpoint” and requires them to release biannual transparency reports.

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JUNE 13, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday denied certiorari in Andrus v. Texas ; Justices Sotomayor, Breyer and Kagan dissented. ” However, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas concluded Andrus failed to meet the applicable burden set in Strickland v. .” Washington.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

The US Supreme Court Monday vacated the judgment in the case of Areli Escobar. In a petition filed in June 2022, Escobar’s lawyers alleged that following Escobar’s conviction and death sentence, Texas discovered “serious inefficiencies” in its DNA testing laboratory.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A US federal judge Monday blocked the enforcement of a Texas law restricting books in schools. The law required every “library material vendor” to review and rate all library material sold to schools and to submit the vendors’ ratings to the Texas Education Agency.

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MARCH 17, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected challenges to Texas’s new voting restrictions in three separate 2-1 decisions on Wednesday. Texas Secretary of State , challenged the constitutionality of the state’s system for verifying signatures on mail-in ballots. The second case, Lewis v.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against Texas Thursday, claiming its recent voting restrictions violate federal voting rights. The DOJ asked the court to enjoin Texas from enforcing the recently signed law. ” But he added that he was “extremely confident” that the court would uphold it.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A Texas federal district judge issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday that ordered Texas to move its floating barrier from the Rio Grande’s main waters to the riverbank. ” Thus, Ezra concluded that the US demonstrated a “substantial likelihood of success” that Texas violated the act. .”

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JUNE 29, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Army reservist can sue Texas for improper treatment under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). The court held that Congress may exercise its power under Article I of the US Constitution to authorize private damages suits against non-consenting states.

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JUNE 15, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that Texas does not have the authority to regulate gaming on the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo reservation in El Paso, Texas. However, Texas argued that bingo is a “prohibited” game in the state if it does not follow state regulations.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The State of Texas Wednesday executed Wesley Ruiz after the US Supreme Court denied Ruiz’s petition to for a stay. Ruiz, convicted of fatally shooting a Texas police officer, filed an application with the court on Tuesday to stay his execution and consider his petition for a writ of certiorari.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Chief US District Judge Alia Moses rejected a motion for a preliminary injunction from Texas on Wednesday to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from cutting wire fencing at the US-Mexico border. The case is in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

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MARCH 8, 2023

A Texas court Tuesday postponed inmate Andre Thomas’ execution date to allow his legal team to prove that he is not competent to be executed. Texas is one of the few states that follows a strong trend of executions despite a significant decline across the country.

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OCTOBER 29, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Friday that the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars private individuals from suing Texas Governor Greg Abbott over Executive Order GA-37. Thus, Oldham concluded that sovereign immunity is not waived in this case and sent the case back down to the district court for dismissal.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

The Supreme Court added two new cases Monday involving Native Americans to its docket this term. United States , which asks the Court to consider an issue regarding the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment. The law prohibits all gaming activities which are prohibited by the state of Texas from being played on tribal lands.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Divison Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order to prohibit poll workers from harassing Black voters at a polling center in Beaumont, Texas. The court held an expedited hearing on the motion late Monday evening.

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MAY 16, 2024

Texas Governor Greg Abbott pardoned former US Army Sergeant Daniel Perry on Thursday after the Texas Parole Board unanimously recommended a pardon for the ex-soldier who was convicted of killing armed protester Garrett Foster at an Austin Black Lives Matter demonstration in 2020.

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MARCH 29, 2024

The Court of Appeals of the Second Appellate District of Texas threw out a voter fraud conviction Thursday that would have put a Texas woman accused of voting while on supervised release after being convicted of a felony behind bars for five years.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A US federal judge in Texas ruled on Tuesday that the state’s ban on drag performances was unconstitutional and blocked it from going into effect. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the ban, Senate Bill 12 (SB 12), into law back in June.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Justice Department announced Monday that it had filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas and the Texas attorney general, challenging the state’s congressional and statehouse redistricting plans. And that is prohibited by federal law.”

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AUGUST 18, 2021

A disability rights group filed a complaint in federal district court on Tuesday against Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order prohibiting government agencies from issuing a mask mandate.

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APRIL 3, 2023

Human Rights Watch (HRW) last week criticized two immigration enforcement bills before the Texas state legislature that would expand the state’s ability to enforce immigration laws, a matter usually left to the US federal government. Statistics show that 2.4

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Thursday sued Google for allegedly collecting biometric data on millions of Texans without their informed consent. Paxton cited Texas’ Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act , which prohibits companies from collecting voice or face data for commercial purposes without first informing users.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

A Texas federal judge Wednesday ruled that private employers do not have to provide health insurance coverage for HIV prevention drugs (PrEP drugs) and other preventative care if it violates their religious rights. O’Connor agreed with the Braidwood Management, stating that the government’s arguments were unpersuasive.

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OCTOBER 5, 2024

The State of Texas on Thursday sued social media platform TikTok for violating a Texas law enacted to protect children’s online privacy. Texas is seeking $10,000 per violation. Texas law requires social media companies to take steps to protect kids online and requires them to provide parents with tools to do the same.

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MAY 26, 2023

The Texas state House of Representatives filed articles of impeachment Thursday against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton allegedly directed Texas prosecutor Brandon Cammack to “conduct an investigation into a baseless complaint,” during which Cammack issued more than 30 grand jury subpoenas.

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