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How could Texas Republicans further restrict abortion next year?

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans have led the charge to pass laws to restrict abortion for nearly a quarter-century, but until recently, federal courts let the procedure continue, striking down laws that impinged too much on what was for 49 years a constitutional right.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

Volkswagen argues that Greg Abbott’s choice of judges in lawsuit could tilt emissions case in Texas’ favor

Because the state is a party in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s cases against the companies, Volkswagen lawyers have argued that allowing the Texas governor to appoint justices to a case for which the state stands to win a substantial amount of money would give “the impression that the State has…

The Texas Tribune · Jul 7, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Voter fraud claims not new to Republicans

The Republication preoccupation with voter fraud didn’t start with Donald Trump.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022

Texas Supreme Court blocks order allowing abortions to resume

Whether Texas clinics that had begun scheduling appointments would halt services again was not immediately clear.

Axios · Jul 2, 2022

Prosecutor won’t sue Texas AG Paxton over Jan. 6 records

Prosecutors say they won’t move forward with a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over his refusal to release his communications relating to his appearance at a pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last year

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2022

With SCOTUS EPA Decision, Texas Coal Plants Live to Cook the Climate Another Day

Regardless of the federal ruling, local efforts to shut down the most polluting power plants and switch on clean energy continue.

Texas Observer · Jul 1, 2022

Paxton ready to defend Texas sodomy law

"They won't stop till they roll back all of our civil rights," Paxton's Democratic challenger said

Salon · Jun 30, 2022

Supreme Court greenlights end of 'Remain in Mexico' policy - Roll Call

The Supreme Court held Thursday that migrants do not need to be forced back to Mexico pending decisions in their U.S. immigration court cases.

Roll Call · Jun 30, 2022

Abortion funds languish in legal turmoil, their leaders fearing jail time if they help Texans

It’s unclear whether Texas’ tangled web of abortion laws would make it a crime to pay for a Texan to leave the state to get an abortion, but the threat has compelled the funds to cease services.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 29, 2022

Texas Attorney General Pledges To Defend Anti-Sodomy Law If Supreme Court Reverses Ruling

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has declared himself ready, willing and able to recriminalize sodomy in his state if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a nine-year-old decision that declared the Lone Star State’s prohibition of the act unconstitutional.

Benzinga · Jun 29, 2022