The Fifth Circuit's become little more than a junior varsity version of the Supreme Court. Some fresh faces on the bench will ...

The decision stayed implementation of new guidelines to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) issued last October.

A attorney defending Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally told a panel of federal judges Wednesday ...

"Let's ensure that no one else – inmates or corrections officers – suffers these inhumane conditions," Richard Linklater said ...

The filing says nearly 70% of Texas Department of Criminal Justice prisons lack air conditioning and units routinely reach ...

We thought we’d heard it all, but Texas ... a federal takeover of the entire system. Yet the continued failures detailed in ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s dangerous plan to expand his reach into local government Prosecutors who don’t comply, or fail to prosecute certain crimes, could be removed from office Dusting off a 39-year-old ...

Hospitals are required to stabilize anyone experiencing a medical emergency. Two lawsuits question whether that includes ...

If S.B. 4 takes hold, these limited rights would be crushed.

The Supreme Court justices expressed deep divisions over abortion during arguments about Idaho's near-total ban.

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The Supreme Court will consider arguments on Wednesday regarding a crucial case determining whether doctors can perform ...