Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Thursday, July 03, 2025

Another Suit Challenges Texas Law Mandating 10 Commandments in Every Classroom

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Texas federal district court challenging the constitutionality of Senate Bill 10 which requires a copy of the ...
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Suit Challenges Texas Requirement for 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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Suit was filed last week in a Texas federal district court challenging the constitutionality of a recently enacted Texas law that requires t...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Texas Enacts Requirement That Schools Offer Released-Time Programs

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On June 20, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed  SB 1049 ( full text ) which requires all public and charter schools to permit students to at...
Monday, June 23, 2025

Texas Enacts Law Requiring Ten Commandments In Every Classroom

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The Texas legislature has passed, and on June 20 Governor Gregg Abbott signed , SB10 ( full text ) which requires that: a public elementary ...
Monday, June 16, 2025

Texas Supreme Court Interprets Religious Services Clause of State Consitution

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As previously reported , in a suit by members of the Lipan Apache tribe challenging improvements to a park that destroyed  their ability to ...
Thursday, June 05, 2025

Texas Supreme Court: AG May Begin Proceedings to Close Down Catholic Refugee Agency for Harboring Illegal Migrants

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In Paxton v. Annunciation House, Inc. ,  (TX Sup. Ct., May 30, 2025), the Texas Supreme Court held that a state trial court was in error in...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Texas Passes 3 Bills Promoting Religion in Public Schools

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In addition to the much-publicized Ten Commandments bill (see prior posting ), the Texas legislature this week gave final passage to three o...

Texas Legislature Passes Bill to Require Ten Commandments in Every Classroom

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The Texas legislature this week gave final approval to SB10 ( full text ) which requires public schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandme...
Friday, March 28, 2025

New York County Clerk Refuses to File Texas Default Judgment Against Doctor Who Sent Abortion Pills to Texas Woman

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New York state's Shield Law ( EXECUTIVE 837-x ) provides in part: No state or local government employee ... shall cooperate with ... any...
Thursday, January 16, 2025

Texas Supreme Court Hears Arguments on State Closure of Catholic Agency Serving Migrants

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On January 13, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments ( video of full oral arguments ) in Paxton v. Annunciation House, Inc. ( Links t...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

HIPPA Rule Barring Reporting of Legal Abortions to Out-of-State Enforcement Authorities Is Preliminarily Enjoined

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In April of this year, the Department of Health and Human Services adopted new privacy rules under HIPPA designed to protect women (and thos...
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Texas Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Interpretation of "Religious Service Protections" Constitutional Amendment

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Last Wednesday, The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments ( video of full oral arguments ) in Perez v. City of San Antonio. The court is ...
Friday, November 29, 2024

Texas AG Sues Church-Run Homeless Center Alleging It Has Become a Public Nuisance

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this week filed a lawsuit in state court against a church-run homeless center that receives over $1 millio...
Friday, November 22, 2024

Texas State Board of Education Adopts Suggested Curriculum That Includes Numerous Biblical References

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As reported by KERA News : The Texas State Board of Education today gave final approval to a controversial new elementary curriculum that fe...
Friday, November 08, 2024

Texas Top Court Gives New Trial to Death Row Inmate Because of Trial Judge's Antisemitism

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 In Ex Parte Halprin ,  (TX Ct. Crim. App., Nov. 6, 2024), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in a 6-3 decision granted a new trial to one ...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Suit Challenges HIPPA Rules Barring Reporting of Out-of-State Abortions

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As previously reported , in April of this year the Department of Health and Human Services issued new privacy rules under HIPPA designed to ...
Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Texas Judicial Conduct Commission Withdraws Reprimand of Judge Who Refused to Perform Same-Sex Weddings

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As previously reported , in 2019 the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a Public Warning to Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensl...
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Texas Sues HHS Over Rule Protecting Privacy of Information About Out-of-State Abortions

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Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services challenging two HHS privacy...
Monday, September 09, 2024

Factual Issues Remain in Chaplain's Suit Over Ouster for Anti-Trans Blog Post

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 In Fox v. City of Austin ,  (WD TX, Sept. 4, 2024), a Texas federal district court refused to grant summary judgment to either side on seve...
Friday, August 30, 2024

5th Circuit Reopens Lipan-Apache's Suit Objecting to Park Modifications

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 In 2021, Texas voters approved an amendment to the state constitution that provides: This state or a political subdivision of this state m...