Current Supreme Court justices' backgrounds are 'similar and narrow,' UT law professor says
The nine justices have similar and narrow intellectual, educational and judicial career backgrounds, making the high court ...
Gov. Abbott appoints Justice Jimmy Blacklock as Texas Supreme Court chief justice
Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Justice Jimmy Blacklock as the new chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, succeeding Nathan ...
Abbott appoints new chief justice to Supreme Court of Texas
Abbott appointed Justice Jimmy Blacklock to serve as chief justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, the governor's office ...
The Supreme Court DIGs securities cases, leaving important questions unanswered
Virginia Milstead and Mark Foster of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP discuss two cases that raised recurring and ...
Ken Paxton sought to put his mark on election rules in Texas and elsewhere
In the lead-up to the Nov. 5 election, Attorney General Ken Paxton ramped up efforts to put his imprint on rules governing elections in Texas and other states. Paxton filed briefs with the U.S.
The lost year: How Merrick Garland’s Justice Department ran out of time prosecuting Trump for January 6
Several months after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, FBI investigators began pursuing a tantalizing tip ...
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A Baton Rouge man killed as a teen. Now he is asking a judge for parole eligibility.
A convicted murderer, now 34, has served 17 years on a life sentence for a 2007 killing. He was 16 at the time and wants to ...
Mayor Blangiardi sworn in for second term
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM Mayor Rick Blangiardi was sworn in for his second term Thursday by former state Supreme Court Associate Justice Steven Levinson at the Mission Memorial ...
Chief Justice John Roberts decries threats to judges, defiance of rulings
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has issued a call for greater protections of judges at all levels from threats ...
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The year that was—7 | Supreme Court on State-sanctioned caste-based discrimination inside Indian Prisons
IN a significant ruling titled Sukanya Shantha versus Union of India & Ors., the Supreme Court has held that the practice of ...