Supreme Court won’t block Texas law requiring porn sites to verify users’ ages

Adult-entertainment industry trade group the Free Speech Coalition filed an emergency appeal asking the high court put Texas House Bill 1181 on hold.

by Sanford Nowlin April 30, 2024August 22, 2024

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Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule

Hospitals are required to stabilize anyone experiencing a medical emergency. Two lawsuits question whether that includes performing an abortion, despite state laws.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune April 18, 2024May 21, 2024

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Bad Takes: Sylvia Gonzalez’s Supreme Court fight with Castle Hills is one worth waging

The grandmother arrested by the San Antonio suburb is fighting to ensure she and others can criticize government officials without fear of retribution.

by Kevin Sanchez April 4, 2024July 27, 2025

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Appeals court votes not to reinstate Texas’ ‘show me your papers’ law

The ruling likely means Texas’ Senate Bill 4 will remain blocked until a court issues a final ruling on its legality.

by Sanford Nowlin March 27, 2024May 11, 2024

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Immigrant families on edge amid uncertainty over new Texas law

Advocates for immigrant rights say they worry the law could encourage racial profiling. The law’s authors say it won’t likely be enforced beyond the border.

by Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune March 22, 2024August 5, 2024

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Texas’ new immigration law is blocked again

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Senate Bill 4 to go into effect, a federal appeals court let an earlier injunction stand. SB 4 lets Texas police arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border.

by Uriel J. García and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune March 20, 2024December 11, 2024

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Supreme Court permits Texas police to arrest people who illegally cross the border as the SB 4 legal clash continues

The ruling allows Texas to start enforcing SB 4 while a lawsuit over its constitutionality remains pending before a federal appeals court.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune March 19, 2024June 12, 2024

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U.S. Supreme Court again extends its freeze on Texas’ ‘show me your papers’ law

Unlike the high court’s previous stays, this one is open ended and includes no expiration date.

by Sanford Nowlin March 19, 2024August 7, 2024

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U.S. Supreme Court extends its block on Texas’ ‘show me your papers’ law

The court’s original stay was set to expire Wednesday. Now it extends until March 18.

by Sanford Nowlin March 12, 2024July 28, 2024

Gov. Greg Abbott puts on a happy face during one of his U.S. border cosplay sessions.

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U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas’ controversial ‘show me your papers’ law

Originally set to take effect Tuesday, SB 4 would have allowed Texas authorities to arrest anyone suspected of being in the U.S. without documents.

by Michael Karlis March 5, 2024September 6, 2024

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Does the First Amendment apply to social media moderation? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide.

In 2021, Texas passed a law restricting large social media companies from banning political posts or users. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a legal challenge to the state law.

by Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune February 26, 2024December 5, 2024

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Texas had 26,000 pregnancies from rape since enacting total abortion ban

Apparently, Gov. Greg Abbott was unable to make good on his pledge to ‘eliminate all rapists.’

by Sanford Nowlin January 26, 2024February 1, 2025

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Border Brawl: What’s Abbott trying to prove in his showdown with the feds?

Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star and seizure of Shelby Park are little more than political theater, according to experts — albeit with real-world consequences.

by Michael Karlis January 23, 2024November 16, 2024

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U.S. Supreme Court temporarily restores access to abortion pill

The five-day administrative stay from Justice Samuel Alito gives the Supreme Court time to consider the case next week.

by Eleanor Klibanoff and Raul Trey Lopez, The Texas Tribune April 15, 2023August 16, 2023

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Texas billionaire Harlan Crow treated Justice Clarence Thomas to luxury trips that weren’t disclosed

Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court.

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica April 7, 2023August 7, 2024

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‘I want to fight’: LGBTQ Texans ready for legislative session as GOP lawmakers target them in dozens of bills

Republicans are backing legislation targeting gender-affirming care for children, classroom lessons about sexuality and drag shows.

by Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune January 9, 2023August 17, 2023

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Bad Takes: Donald Trump isn’t the only threat U.S. democracy is facing from within

Lucky for us, Trump is not only an attempted rapist of democracy, he’s also a moron.

by Kevin Sanchez January 1, 2023January 1, 2025

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Texas’ Greg Abbott blasted for tweeting Christmas message after dumping migrants in freezing cold

“This you, King Herod?” one person tweeted in response to Abbott’s message about the birth of Christ.

by Sanford Nowlin December 27, 2022March 28, 2025

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Buses from Texas drop off more than 100 migrants in a bitterly cold Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve

Gov. Greg Abbott reportedly sent the migrants, who arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence Saturday night. The governor has been busing migrants to Democratic-let cities since April and first sent buses to Harris’ home in September.

by Jayme Lozano, The Texas Tribune December 26, 2022February 7, 2024

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U.S. Supreme Court allows rapid removal of migrants to continue as legal challenge plays out

Title 42, an emergency health order invoked at the start of the pandemic, allows immigration agents to quickly remove migrants from the country. It was scheduled to be lifted on Wednesday.

by Uriel J García and Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune December 20, 2022May 10, 2025