Alito, appointed by President George W. Bush, issued a late-night stay Friday, Nov. 21, reversing a split 2-1 ruling from a three-judge panel on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The panel had found ...

In a letter sent to the officials on Wednesday, Abbott pointed to the Islamic Tribunal, launched in Dallas in 2014. He said the group had set up a rival court system to illegally enforce Shariah law.

Texas AG Ken Paxton seeks SCOTUS intervention in a dispute over Texas' new congressional maps, filing an emergency stay after ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott swears in newly appointed judges to the Texas business courts at an official ceremony at Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday, September 19, ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court requesting it to stay a federal district court ruling in a lawsuit filed over Texas’ new redistricting law.

Gov. Greg Abbott has asked North Texas district attorneys and Attorney General Ken Paxton to investigate what Abbott called ...

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The new Texas congressional map has been temporarily restored while the full Supreme Court considers the emergency petition.

On the final day of the 89th Legislative Session, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 40 (HB 40) to expand the jurisdictional and operational framework of the Texas Business Court. 1 The Bill has ...

Dismantling Bexar County’s Presiding Court system would be “catastrophic” to the way the civil district courts operate, requiring millions of dollars to pay for more courts and personnel, Bexar County ...

The decision comes after a push from President Trump to revise Texas voters' district maps spurred other states to pursue mid-decade redistricting.

Texas' highest criminal court on Thursday blocked Robert Roberson's execution a week before it was set to take place, sending his case back to trial court. Roberson was convicted of capital murder in ...