Immigration
Trump Administration Won’t Accept New DACA Applications
Posted on · The Trump administration says it will deny new applications for so-called “Dreamer” immigrants and limit renewals to one year instead of two.
Tag: U.S. Supreme Court
Election 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Texas Democrats’ Effort To Expand Voting By Mail During Pandemic
Posted on · The high court declined to immediately reinstate a federal judge's order that would have allowed all Texans to request absentee ballots if they fear catching COVID-19 at crowded polling places.
Immigration
Supreme Court Sides With Trump Administration In Deportation Case
Posted on · The 7-2 decision could have major consequences for thousands of asylum-seekers.
Immigration
Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Administration In DACA Case
Posted on · The decision is a dramatic victory for immigration advocates and gives a new lease on life for the so-called DREAMers, immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Houston Matters
Tuesday’s Houston Matters: Supreme Court Ruling Protects LGBTQ Employees, And Interim County Clerk Chris Hollins (June 16, 2020)
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: A Supreme Court ruling is a win for LGBTQ rights advocates, interim Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins answers questions, and we discuss recent media coverage of COVID-19 and protests over police brutality.
Immigration
U.S. Supreme Court Allows ‘Remain In Mexico’ Program To Continue
Posted on · The high court will allow the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy to stand across the entire southern border. The decision marks another immigration victory for the White House.
News
Bobby Moore’s Death Sentence Is Changed To Life In Prison After Lengthy Court Fights Over Intellectual Disability
Posted on · Moore was sentenced to death in 1980 in the fatal shooting of an elderly store clerk during a Houston robbery.
News
Supreme Court Revisits Abortion With Louisiana Case
Posted on · At issue is a Louisiana law that mirrors a Texas law the court struck down. What's different, however, is that Justice Anthony Kennedy, who cast the decisive fifth vote in the 2016 case, has retired.
Immigration
Supreme Court Allows Government To Curtail Asylum Requests During Legal Fight
Posted on · The administration scores a victory in its efforts to reduce the number of asylum applicants presenting themselves at the U.S. southern border.
News
Texas Inmate Executed For Killing An Elderly Mother And Daughter In 2003
Posted on · Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, was the 14th inmate executed in the U.S. this year and the fifth in Texas. That state has 10 other executions scheduled for 2019.
News
Texas Inmate Set To Be Executed For Killing 2 Women In 2003
Posted on · Billy Crutsinger's appellate attorney has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution.
Houston Matters
Full Show: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Final Decisions, And Last Night’s Democratic Presidential Debate Overview (June 27, 2019)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We examine the U.S. Supreme Court's final opinions as they end their term, Houston Matters' host Craig Cohen gives us an overview of last night's Democratic presidential debate, and we look at efforts to reduce suicides in Harris County jails. We also speak with local American Ninja Warrior Daniel Gil, and the folks involved in the rock opera Speeding Motorcycle.
News
Montgomery County Judge Sued Over Practice Of Courtroom Prayer
Posted on · The Freedom From Religion Foundation is suing Judge Wayne Mack and the State of Texas for allegedly violating an attorney’s First Amendment rights.
Texas
In Long-Winding Case, Court Considers Federal Oversight Of Texas Redistricting
Posted on · A panel of three judges heard arguments in the high-stakes fight that could return Texas to the days of federal supervision of its political maps.
News
Fifty Percent Fewer Texas “Dreamers” Renewed DACA In Fiscal Year 2018
Posted on · DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, protects undocumented people who were brought here as children from deportation and allows them to get driver licenses, work permits and go to college.