
The state of Texas has asked the Supreme Court of the United States to set aside the $1 million plus in attorney’s fees awarded to the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, the Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force, the Texas State Conference of Branches of the NAACP, former state senator Wendy Davis, and others, who challenged Texas’ redistricting maps.
by Lana Shadwick23 Oct 2015, 10:44 AM PST0

Advocates of birthright citizenship are finally getting their act together, moving away from commentators who are manifestly clueless on the legal arguments for and against the proposition that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship to every child born in America, shifting their focus to lawyers and scholars who have seriously studied this issue and can give a serious defense of birthright citizenship—a serious defense that, nonetheless, is wrong.
by Ken Klukowski27 Aug 2015, 7:03 AM PST0

LONDON, United Kingdom – Taking the opportunity for some international travel, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been apologising to legal and conservative audiences in London for America’s international export of judicial activism, warning against unchecked interventions of foreign
by Sarkis Zeronian4 Jul 2015, 3:59 AM PST0

The Supreme Court of the United States, in a 5-4 decision on Friday, declared that same-sex marriage is a fundamental right. Almost immediately, various count clerks’ offices around Texas began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Texas elected officials quickly responded to the high court’s decision.
by Bob Price26 Jun 2015, 9:07 AM PST0

Following the Supreme Court’s June 8 decision not to overturn gun storage requirements in San Francisco, Democrats in Albany, New York, are pushing to require residents there to lock up their guns, as well.
by AWR Hawkins10 Jun 2015, 2:04 PM PST0