The Biden administration on Friday urged a federal judge to block the nation's most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas.
Read More »Texas doctor sued after defying new abortion ban: ‘I can’t just sit back’
A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has been sued by two people.
Read More »Justice Department seeks order against Texas abortion law
The Justice Department has asked a federal court in Texas to stop the enforcement of a new state law that bans most abortions in the state while it decides the case.
Read More »Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?
The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target hot-button issues.
Read More »Justice Department sues Texas, saying abortion law ‘in open defiance of the Constitution’
The Justice Department sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."
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Read More »Was the Texas Supreme Court bought?
Welcome to Monday, July 26, the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here are some news items to get your week started. Did a Texas-sized donation change the state Supreme Court’s mind? Police reform laws sow confusion in ...
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Welcome to Monday, the 28th anniversary of President Bill Clinton’s nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Connecticut governor signs law giving low-income renters a right to ...
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Read More »Opioids settlement will likely be less than expected
Welcome to Monday, the 219th anniversary of the House of Representatives’ breaking in Thomas Jefferson’s favor an Electoral College tie for the presidency between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Here are some news items to get your week started: — Opioids ...
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Read More »Civil-rights lawyer remains missing in Syria
Gender bias, law school, back to class round out roundup.
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Read More »Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion clinic regulation
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down Texas’ widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics Monday in the court’s biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century. The justices voted 5-3 in favor of Texas clinics that had argued the regulations ...
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