Posted on · Republican Commissioner Jack Cagle led the effort to seek a dissolution of a consent decree governing the county's misdemeanor bail system and to try to have a similar challenge to the county's felony bail system dismissed.
Posted on · Texas officials cited a need to preserve medical supplies as a reason to crack down on abortions. A new study finds that many Texans left the state during this time seeking the procedure.
Posted on · UHLC constitutional law professor Teddy Rave says it’s unlikely the U.S. Supreme Court will take up an appeal from the U.S. 5th Circuit with Election Day so close.
Posted on · The Texas Democratic Party is suing the state, arguing that its rules to apply for a mail-in ballot violate the 26th Amendment.
Posted on · Outgoing County Judge Ed Emmett accused plaintiffs in the suit of stalling a deal after the election.
Posted on · Governor Abbott signed the law last year saying it would make the state safer
Posted on · The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Texas' voter identification law, reversing a lower court ruling that found it discriminated against voters of color
Posted on · The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that the county’s bail system is unconstitutional. Judge Darrell Jordan and Judge Mike Fields told Commissioners Court that continuing to fight the suit would only waste county resources
Posted on · “I’m all for Jefferson’s wall of separation between church and state but not if there’s water flowing over it!” – Brandon Rottinghaus, co-host of Party Politics, on churches being allowed to claim reimbursement from FEMA after Harvey.
Posted on · A lower court judge ruled earlier this year that the county’s bail system discriminates against poor defendants.
Posted on · U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos found Texas’ voter education campaign is using misleading language that could discourage eligible voters from going to the polls.
Posted on · Secretary of State Carlos Cascos is trying to get the word out about Texas’ expanded ID options. The deadline to register to vote in time for Election Day is October 11.
Posted on · A Federal court has ruled against Texas' controversial Voter ID law. The court ruled that the law violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Posted on · A coalition of civil and immigrant rights groups on Friday asked an appeals court to stop a federal judge’s order that requires the Obama administration to turn over the confidential information of thousands of undocumented immigrants.
Posted on · The Supreme Court has said it will intervene if the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals does not issue a ruling by July 20.