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Justices wrestle with statute of limitations in Rodney Reed’s effort to revive DNA lawsuit

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Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the case of a Texas death-row inmate seeking DNA testing for evidence that he believes will clear him. A federal appeals court threw out Rodney Reed’s federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas law governing DNA testing, explaining that Reed had filed his suit too late.

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US DOJ sues Texas over state law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Texas and Governor Greg Abbott in his official capacity on Wednesday over a state law that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is usually a federal matter. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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Meandering argument showcases differing views about gambling on tribal lands in Texas

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Texas was another instance of a common jurisprudential problem for the justices: how should a modern court, largely devoted to textualism in its statutory interpretation, deal with cases about Native American tribes, which traditionally have depended on historical and contextual understandings only weakly linked to the text of the statute.

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Court revives DNA evidence case of Texas man on death-row

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Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived the case of a man on death-row in Texas who is seeking DNA testing to provide evidence that he asserts will clear him. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that Rodney Reed had filed his challenge to the Texas law governing DNA testing too late.

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Justices to review long-simmering dispute over gambling on tribal lands in Texas

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Texas presents yet another installment in the decades-long conflict between state gambling regulators and Native American tribes. In 1983, responding to a lower-court decision holding that the transfer of those trust responsibilities violated the Texas Constitution, Texas terminated the trust relationship.

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Texas redistricting fight arrives at the Supreme Court

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United States , involving the scope of the federal “identity theft” statute. Abbott , concerning redistricting for the Texas state legislature, and particularly its senate district 10, encompassing portions of Fort Worth. Texas , 21-1601. The Supreme Court continued to work through its backlog of relists. relisted after the Nov.

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Supreme Court Approves Wrongful Conviction Hearing for Rodney Reed

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Reed’s case raises a statute of limitations question about whether such a claim can be brought at the end of state court litigation or at the moment a trial court denied DNA testing. See also: I s Texas Ignoring DNA Evidenced in Rodney Reed Case?

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