Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock embraced constitutional originalism, a judicial philosophy tied to conservatism, in addressing ...
Here’s how federal courts help determine the fate of controversial issues, such as immigration laws, in Texas and beyond.
In a lengthy court battle, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled against a Nashville woman's custom license plate.
The justices reversed a lower court’s decision that had upheld Glossip’s conviction despite his allegations that prosecutors ...
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain ...
The Texas Supreme Court is weighing whether to compel the governor and attorney general to release emails and texts.
Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock asked for higher judicial pay and protections for parents in child custody cases in his first ...
Texas Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock has called for a 30% across-the-board pay raise for judges, increased judicial ...
The Supreme Court is considering whether Ruben Gutierrez, on death row for his role in a 1998 murder of an elderly woman, has ...
On February 21, 2025, in Pitts v Rivas, the Texas Supreme Court finally accepted and applied the “anti-fracturing rule” to ...
The Supreme Court on Monday was divided over whether a Texas man on death row has a legal right to sue, known as standing, to bring federal civil rights claims challenging the constitutionality of the ...
Justice Sarah Campbell wrote in the decision that the First Amendment does not apply to personalized license plates because ...