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2 Conservative Justices Hint at Letting Challenge to TX Abortion Law Go Forward
The law “is clearly unconstitutional under longstanding Supreme Court precedent,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
26 States Are Primed to Effectively Ban Abortion If “Roe v. Wade” Is Overturned
If abortion protections are undone by the Supreme Court, a person from Texas may have to travel 525 miles for services.
Texas Lawmaker Demands Schools Tell Him If They Have Books on Race, Sexuality
Critics have decried Republican State Rep. Matt Krause's crusade against school libraries as a campaign tactic.
Most Americans Distrust Partisan Redistricting, Prefer Independent Commissions
Despite most desiring independent commissions, a majority of states let partisan legislatures redraw their maps.
Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Texas’s First Statewide Anti-Trans Bill
Dozens of similar bills were introduced in the state and debated over three special legislative sessions.
Texas GOP’s Electoral Map Gives White People Disproportionate Control Over State
The new map just passed the legislature by a largely party line vote and is expected to be signed into law.
DOJ Will Ask Supreme Court to Place Stay on Texas’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
“It’s an incredible long shot” that the Supreme Court would agree to an injunction on the law, one legal scholar said.
Texas School Administrator to Teachers: Teach “Opposing” Sides of the Holocaust
The comments came just a few days after the district reprimanded a teacher for having an anti-racist book.
Judge Shoots Down Texas Abortion Ban in Legal Challenge by Biden Administration
Reproductive rights advocates celebrated the ruling, but noted that the fight isn’t over.
Trump Is Gone, But the US Is Still Putting Migrants Through Hell
It is the tyranny of normalcy that allows our government to perpetrate atrocities.