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Texas City Council Approves $500,000 Payment to Former Member Who Said Her Advocacy Led to a Bogus Arrest

The settlement, which followed Sylvia Gonzalez's victory at the Supreme Court, also includes remedial First Amendment training for city officials.

Reason

New Supreme Court term could include birthright citizenship case - Roll Call

The Supreme Court’s term starting Monday could include a challenge to President Donald Trump’s order to curtail birthright citizenship.

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Trump Has a Habit of Asserting Broad, Unreviewable Authority

Whether he is waging the drug war, imposing tariffs, deporting alleged gang members, or fighting crime, the president thinks he can do "anything I want to do."

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2 Trump Cases To Watch as the Supreme Court Returns From Summer Break

Plus: A momentous date in the life of Frederick Douglass

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The 5th Circuit Rejects Trump's Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act

The appeals court blocked the removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members under that law "because we find no invasion or predatory incursion."

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West Texas A&M Drag Ban Defeated in Court

Obviously drag shows are protected by the First Amendment.

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Did the Texas Tribune Hallucinate About Judge Ho's Dissent?

The article misattributed two quotations to Judge Ho. And variants of those quotes appeared in the majority, but there were inexplicable alterations.

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Hunter Biden Walks Free While This Iowa Man Serves 4 Years for the Same 'Crime'

The contrast between the two cases illustrates the haphazard impact of an arbitrary, constitutionally dubious gun law.

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Why a Trump-Appointed Judge Is Torching His Own Court’s Qualified Immunity Logic—and the Government Abuse It Enables

Judge James C. Ho recently described a troubling phenomenon on the 5th Circuit and the government abuse it enables.

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Trump Says the Courts Have No Business Questioning His Dubious Definition of 'Alien Enemies'

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is considering whether the president properly invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members.

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The 5th Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity for a Child-Snatching Texas Cop Who Falsely Alleged Abandonment

Alexandra Weaver argued that she could not reasonably have been expected to know her actions were unconstitutional.

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Federal Courts Shrug at Potentially Lethal Wrong-Door Raids

Cops should not be free to forgo the modicum of care required to make sure they’re in the right place.

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3 Supreme Court Cases To Watch in June 2025

Plus: The glorious return of drive-in movie season.

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Police Blew Up This Innocent Woman's House and Left Her With the Bill. A Judge Says She's Owed $60,000.

Vicki Baker's legal odyssey is finally coming to an end.

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The Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects a 'Very Narrow Approach' to Deadly Force by Police

The decision revives a lawsuit against a Texas officer who shot a driver after endangering himself by jumping onto a moving car.

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Long-running lawsuit against Texas’ foster care system appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court

Lawyers representing foster children asked the high court to reinstate a contempt order against the state, and the judge who issued it.

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The Timing of the 5th Circuit's Ruling in A.A.R.P. v. Trump

The 5th Circuit and Supreme Court decided the case at *exactly* the same time.

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Supreme Court sounds ready to back preventative care task force - Roll Call

The Supreme Court sounded ready Monday to uphold a nationwide preventive care coverage mandate created by the 2010 health care law.

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On Remand, the 5th Circuit Again Blocks a Lawsuit by a Texas Reporter Arrested for Newsgathering

Even if Laredo cops punished Priscilla Villarreal for constitutionally protected speech, the appeals court says, they would be protected by qualified immunity.

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The Supreme Court Blesses the FDA's Rejection of Flavored Nicotine Vapes

The justices unanimously overturned a 5th Circuit decision that deemed the agency's treatment of e-liquids "arbitrary and capricious."

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Supreme Court sounds skeptical of ending FCC program - Roll Call

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to wipe out a Federal Communications Commission program.

Roll Call

Supreme Court to weigh congressional power to delegate - Roll Call

The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in cases over how much power Congress can give to executive agencies.

The Texas Tribune

How the Supreme Court of the United States and federal courts work and affect Texans

Here’s how federal courts help determine the fate of controversial issues, such as immigration laws, in Texas and beyond.

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A SWAT Team Raided This Innocent Family's Home. The Supreme Court Won't Hear Their Case.

Whether or not a reasonable police officer violates clearly established law when he declines to check the features and address of his target house before raiding it is thus still up for debate.

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The 5th Circuit Says the Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Young Adults Is Unconstitutional

The government failed to persuade the appeals court that 18-to-20-year-olds are not part of "the people" or that the age restriction is consistent with the "historical tradition of firearm regulation."

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