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Galveston County redistricting case draws divide among federal appeals court judges

The 5th Circuit expressed skepticism about arguments from both sides in considering whether a coalition of Black and Latino voters should be granted the same protections as a single racial group under the Voting Rights Act.

The Texas Tribune

OpenAI Is Open To AI-Generated Erotica…but Not 'Porn'

The company's confusing statements about how ChatGPT should respond to sexual prompts

Reason

Supreme Court Won't Stop Texas Porn Law From Taking Effect

"We will continue to fight for the right to access the internet without intrusive government oversight," says the group challenging the law.

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A Texas Reporter Busted for Asking Questions Asks SCOTUS To Reject the Criminalization of Journalism

Priscilla Villarreal is appealing a 5th Circuit decision that dismissed her First Amendment lawsuit against Laredo police and prosecutors.

Reason

Supreme Court to decide if government can regulate 'ghost guns' - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will decide whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can regulate so-called “ghost gun” kits.

Roll Call

SCOTUS Misses a Chance To Protect Peaceful Protesters

Under a legal theory endorsed by the 5th Circuit, Martin Luther King Jr. could have been liable for other people’s violence.

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Supreme Court Revives Regulations In Latest High-Stakes Ruling

Explore the dynamic legal relationship between the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, with far-reaching implications and ideological cl...

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Pornhub Halts Texas Operations in Response to State's Age-Verification Legislation

A 5th Circuit's temporary stay mandates age verification and health warnings on porn sites

Latin Times

Pornhub suspends site in Texas due to state’s age-verification law

Legal experts say a 5th Circuit decision to uphold part of a Texas law regulating adult entertainment websites conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent regarding minors’ access to obscene material online.

The Texas Tribune

5th Circuit upholds Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent for contraception

A three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled that a Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent to obtain birth control does not conflict with the goals of the federally-funded Title X program, which has given teens birth control confidentially.

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SCOTUS Ponders the Implications of Prosecuting Gun Owners for a Crime Invented by Bureaucrats

Several justices seemed troubled by an ATF rule that purports to ban bump stocks by reinterpreting the federal definition of machine guns.

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The 5th Circuit Says Criminalizing Journalism Is Not Obviously Unconstitutional

The appeals court dismissed a civil rights lawsuit by a Laredo gadfly who was arrested for asking questions.

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Democratic Attorneys General Support Censorship

In an amicus brief filed in Murthy v. Missouri, they ignore basic tenets of First Amendment law in order to quash online speech they don't like.

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5th Circuit Reluctantly Rules Against Victim of a Prosecutor Who Was Also a Law Clerk

Ralph Petty's "conflicted dual-hat arrangement" as an advocate and an adjudicator was "utterly bonkers," Judge Don Willett notes.

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What's at Stake in the Supreme Court's Abortion Pill Case

The Court announced today that it would take up a case involving access to the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone.

Al Jazeera

US Supreme Court to decide on access to abortion pill in major case

The Biden administration aims to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been approved by the FDA.

WEKU

Civil rights groups appeal court ruling that threatens Voting Rights Act enforcement

Civil rights groups are appealing a federal court ruling that could make it harder to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act.

Reason

5th Circuit Seeks Comment on Proposed AI Rule

Lawyers will have to certify they did not use AI, or verify any work produced by AI.

Roll Call

Supreme Court casts doubt on agency enforcement actions without juries - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to disrupt the process federal agencies use to police federal law violations.

The Texas Tribune

Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general

Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office.

Roll Call

Supreme Court sounds ready to keep domestic violence gun possession ban - Roll Call

Most of the Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to uphold Congress' power to ban gun possession related to domestic violence orders.

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