After a number of school districts, cities, and counties began issuing their own local mask mandates, in defiance of an executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott expressly prohibiting the action, the Texas Supreme Court is temporarily upholding Abbott’s prohibition....
Last week, the Texas House Democrat Caucus, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, the Legislative Study Group, and employees of the state Legislature represented by the Texas chapter of the AFL-CIO labor unions filed a petition...
Two Republican election workers in Democrat-controlled Dallas County were fired Saturday for not wearing a mask, despite Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton, and the Secretary of State not making it mandatory for voters and election workers. A Dallas County...
The Supreme Court of Texas dealt a severe blow to plans by Democrat Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins to send mail-ballot applications to all 2.37 million registered voters in the county. On Tuesday afternoon, the state’s highest civil court issued a stay against the...
The state’s highest civil court has a new justice on the bench. Shortly after receiving his confirmation from the Texas Senate on Wednesday, Brett Busby was sworn in as the newest member of the Texas Supreme Court, filling a vacancy left by former Justice Phil...
Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Brett Busby to the Supreme Court of Texas following last year’s retirement of former Justice Phil Johnson. “It is a distinct honor to appoint Brett Busby to serve on the Supreme Court of Texas,” said Abbott. “Brett’s respect for the...
Roughly a year after the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the University of Texas’ race-based admissions policy, the architect for the case is back fighting for equal rights before the Texas Supreme Court. Edward Blum, director of the Project on Fair...
The end of June marked what is likely the temporary end to a much larger legal battle here in Texas over benefits to same-sex couples. In a unanimous decision, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of two Houston taxpayers, Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks, in Pidgeon...
In the wake of the US Supreme Court’s 2015 same-sex marriage ruling, Texas courts are wrestling with how to handle spousal benefits under the Texas Constitution and state law. The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments earlier this month on the legality of same-sex...
Desperate consultants can get their desperate candidates to say the craziest things. That’s certainly the case in the race for the Texas Supreme Court, where Michael Massengale is challenging incumbent Debra Lerhmann. Lehrmann is raising money on the basis of being...
Judicial races go overlooked too often on the ballot, despite the impact our courts can have on people’s lives and the state’s economy. Three seats on Texas’ highest civil court, the Supreme Court of Texas, are up for election. Massengale challenging Lehrmann...
Adding to the list of continuous blows to Houston Mayor Annise Parker’s controversial Equal Rights Ordinance, the Supreme Court of Texas issued another opinion today rejecting Parker’s choice of ballot language, claiming it conflicts with the city’s own laws. Parker...
Recently, we reported on a website and twitter account from a group calling themselves “Texans4Justice” [sic]. This website and twitter account are paid for by a trial lawyer-funded political action committee (PAC) known as the BalancePAC. This same BalancePAC is...
Some political advertisements just don’t seem quite right. If you have been on Twitter lately, it is likely that you’ve come across a number of advertisements from an account calling for the removal and replacement of current Texas Supreme Court Justices Nathan Hecht,...
