Tag Archives: U.S. Supreme Court
Houston City Employees are Fighting to Uphold Marriage Equality in Texas
Couples turn to the federal courts after Texas’ highest court ruled against benefits for same-sex spouses of government employees.
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage across the country, Texas couples are still fighting for marriage...Read More
Lawsuit Filed Against New Texas Abortion Law
The Trump presidency and possible changes to the Supreme Court raise the stakes for the state’s next abortion fight.
One year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Texas’ sweeping 2013 anti-abortion law that closed the majority of clinics in the state, reproductive-righ...Read More
How Texas’ Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Win Even While Losing in Court
Senate Bill 8 will likely face a lawsuit this summer. The problem for abortion-rights advocates is that legislation often moves faster than the courts.
“Why don’t we just stop passing unconstitutional laws?” asked an exasperated Representative Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie. He spoke in May as the House de...Read More
Austin Abortion Clinic Reopens After Supreme Court Ruling. Will Any More Follow?
Whole Woman’s Health is accepting appointments in Austin this week while about two dozen other clinics remain closed in the wake of HB 2.
Nearly one year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck two major provisions from Texas’ sweeping anti-abortion law, the clinic at the center of the case is emerg...Read More
Don Willett’s Quiet Revolution
Social media’s most famous judge is at the forefront of a conservative legal movement that’s redefining what it means to be a judicial activist. And he’s on Donald Trump’s Supreme Court short list.
Social media’s most famous judge is at the forefront of a conservative legal movement that's redefining what it means to be a judicial activist. And he's on D...Read More
With More Texans Traveling for Abortions, Meet the Woman Who Gets Them There
With more Texans traveling out of state for abortions thanks to HB 2, a patchwork of nonprofits, like Fund Texas Choice, are helping arrange logistics....Read More
‘Trapped’ in the Limelight
The everyday struggles of a San Antonio abortion clinic services director are at the heart of the acclaimed documentary 'Trapped.'
San Antonio clinic director Marva Sadler is at the center of an acclaimed new documentary tracking anti-abortion laws' effects on providers and patients....Read More
Empty Suits, Empty Seats
As Obama tries to fill Scalia's empty SCOTUS seat, Senators Cornyn and Cruz boast pioneering work in showing that you can simply not promote new judges....Read More
How Will the Supreme Court’s ‘Swing Vote’ Judge Rule in Texas’ Abortion Case?
Anthony Kennedy is widely regarded as SCOTUS' "swing vote" on abortion. Based on his remarks during Wednesday oral arguments, here's what might happen....Read More