Clarence Thomas, the current longest serving member of the Supreme Court of the United States, was welcomed with a standing ...

Texas voters will decide several high profile statewide judicial contests in 2026, including seats on the Texas Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the newly created 15th Court of Appeals ...

About this seat: The Court of Criminal Appeals is the state’s highest court for criminal cases. Besides appeals from lower courts, it also hears death penalty appeals directly from trial courts. In ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — The battle over Texas' congressional district map is now in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court is set to decide whether the state can use it in next year's midterm ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light to Texas’ efforts to be able to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans in the 2026 elections despite a lower court’s ruling that the ...

Texas voters have had a rough year. They’ve endured a nasty statewide redistricting fight that disenfranchises voters of color under the pretense of partisanship. They’ve watched that map first get ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Voting-rights groups on Monday filed a new challenge to Justice Samuel Alito’s order allowing Texas to use its newly ...