Although the Fifth Circuit already restored force to the law with a previous order, yesterday's ruling is an important milestone.
Senate Bill 8 was paused for 2 days. Some of the law's proponents say those who violated it during that time could still face lawsuits.
The lawsuit comes after the legislature passed a bill banning the storage of high-level radioactive waste in Texas.
“Federal courts enjoy the power to enjoin individuals tasked with enforcing laws, not the laws themselves."
“Dismemberment [dilation and evacuation abortions] are self-evidently gruesome,” the majority opinion reads.
Prosecutors alleged former Mayor Laura Maczka accepted bribes from a real estate developer with whom she was having an affair.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has declared that Judge Wayne Mack may continue his practice of inviting volunteer chaplains to open the court in prayer.
Attorneys, local politicians, Planned Parenthood, and ordinance herald Mark Lee Dickson chime in on the landmark vote.
A years-long legal battle was set to remove Planned Parenthood from the state's list of Medicaid providers just yesterday.
Months after an appeal was filed by Planned Parenthood, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that a Fifth Circuit opinion upholding Abbott's emergency abortion ban be vacated.
A speech-policing body at the University of Texas will be disbanded after a legal challenge to the school's speech code.
The United Airlines union collects mandatory fees from non-members for political activism without first getting their affirmative consent.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an earlier ruling, supporting Texas' exclusion of Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program.
The Republican Party of Texas seeks to stop Harris County’s expansion of curbside, or “drive-thru,” voting to all registered voters, noting that Election Code limits the practice.
Counties, just as before coronavirus, will again be limited to one drop-off location for hand-delivered mail ballots after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the lower court's ruling.
Trump’s new list of potential Supreme Court nominees included Sen. Cruz and former Texas Solicitor General James Ho.
With two simultaneous mail-in ballot lawsuits in the works, the question of whether Texas voters under the age of 65 can vote by mail due to coronavirus concerns continues to broil.
In the latest development of the dispute between state officials and abortion providers over temporary abortion restrictions, medical abortions are again prohibited under Governor Abbott's executive order.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing medical abortions in Texas, despite state officials arguing that such procedures need to be postponed during the coronavirus pandemic.
A U.S. appellate court upheld a temporary ban of abortions under an executive order requiring the postponement of all non-essential surgeries.
