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Composed of the chief justice and eight justices, the Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for civil matters in the state. The Supreme Court is in Austin, immediately northwest of the state Capitol. Supreme Court justices are elected to staggered six-year terms in statewide elections.
Since then, the Texas Supreme Court has issued two major rulings on abortion, fueling the creation of a new Democratic political action committee, Find Out PAC. Dubbed the “Jimmy, John and Jane” strategy, Find Out PAC began airing statewide commercials attacking Blacklock, Devine and Bland over their votes on abortion, often accompanied ...
That all changed in 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, thereby moving the fight over abortion access to statehouses and courts. Since then, the Texas Supreme Court has issued two major rulings on abortion, fueling the creation of a new Democratic political action committee, Find Out PAC.
The Supreme Court of Texas prepares to hear oral arguments on Senate Bill 14, a prohibition on gender affirming care for transgender youth, on Jan. 30, 2024.
The Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for civil matters (including juvenile delinquency cases, which are categorized as civil under the Texas Family Code) in the U.S. state of Texas. A different court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is the court of last resort in criminal matters. The Court has its seat at the Supreme ...
Republicans won all six races for seats on the Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals in Tuesday’s election. In the race for presiding judge on the state’s highest criminal court ...
Texas' six-week abortion ban took effect in September 2021. The state, along with more than a dozen Republican-controlled states, then banned abortion at every stage of pregnancy after the Supreme ...
This past year, the Supreme Court of Texas upheld the state's near-total ban on abortion in some high-profile legal cases. The justices also upheld a decision by the State Fair of Texas to ban ...
The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday halted the execution of Robert Roberson, a Texas man convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter, after a roller-coaster series of legal maneuvers initiated by ...
The Texas Supreme Court then weighed in with its order, ending a night of uncertainty. Roberson is scheduled to testify before the committee Monday. "This is an innocent man.