Under the proposed rule, doctors would have to use their judgment and document to the Texas Medical Board why they believe an abortion is necessary. But some say the TMB could give clearer guidelines to the Texas medical community.
Don’t fall for former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s newly published call for “pragmatism” rather than “originalism” or “textualism” as the best interpretive method. What Breyer’s suggestion amounts to is the anti-democratic idea that judges should be free to twist what the law says to suit their own prejudices — that is, they should be above the law […]
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Senate Bill 4 to go into effect, a federal appeals court let an earlier injunction stand. SB 4 lets Texas police arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A federal appeals court late Tuesday night stopped a state law allowing Texas police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border — hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed it to go into effect.
The legal battle over a new immigration law in Texas appears far from over. The U.S. Supreme Court has, once again, extended its temporary block on SB 4. The law would allow Texas police to arrest people they suspect of crossing the border illegally.At 4:05 p.m. CT on Monday, March 18, five minutes after SB 4 would have taken effect, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued an order extending the stay, or pause, on the law."The decision from Justice Alito, at this point, means that things will...
Conservative Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas asked questions about the Comstock Act while hearing mifepristone arguments.
State law that would allow local officers to arrest migrants halted hours
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge has ordered the state to grant Medicaid coverage for abortions without any restrictions. Clark County District Judge Erika Ballou in Las Vegas said from the bench on Tuesday that she plans to issue a written order. The state could appeal the judge’s ruling
Nevada judge blocks state from limiting Medicaid coverage for abortions
A Nevada judge has ordered the state to grant Medicaid coverage for abortions without any restrictions
Supreme Court paused implementation of SB4, a controversial immigration bill that would allow Texas law enforcement to arrest and charge those entering the US illegally
On Monday's show: The Texas Medical Board has published guidance for doctors about how to define what constitutes a medical exception under the state’s strict abortion ban. We learn what that guidance entails and some of the legal questions it raises. And we break down UH's overtime win against Texas A&M in the NCAA tournament.