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A motions panel of the Fifth Circuit ruled on September 10, 2021, subsequently rejecting the proposition that Texas state judges and their clerks are proper defendants in an action under Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act or under the Ex Parte Young exception to sovereign immunity. The panel ruled that the state officials listed in the ...
The petition outlines how LGBTQ+ rights have been affected in Texas since 2019, but specifically names seven bills the Legislature passed last year that the groups allege violate human rights ...
The Supreme Court slapped him down with a 7-2 ruling upholding the act's constitutionality in 2021, but that didn't seem to invest O'Connor with any measure of humility.
The 2021 Texas constitutional amendment election took place on November 2, 2021. Texas voters statewide voted on eight proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. All eight propositions were passed. [1] [2]
(The Center Square) – The state of Texas has two more wins in court, in a sweeping small business federal regulatory action that a federal judge ruled is unconstitutional and a federal agency ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 are examples of human rights that were enumerated by Congress well after the Constitution's writing. The scope of the legal protections of human rights afforded by the US government is defined by case law, particularly by the precedent of the Supreme Court of the ...
The raids have triggered outrage and cries of voter suppression in Texas, a state with a long history of discrimination against citizens of Mexican descent. ... civil rights leaders' homes set up ...
United States v. Texas, 595 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case that involved the Texas Heartbeat Act, also known as Senate Bill 8 or SB8, a state law that bans abortion once a "fetal heartbeat" [a] is detected, typically six weeks into pregnancy. A unique feature of the Act, and challenges to it, is the delegation of ...