President Donald Trump on Tuesday named U.S. appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, picking him from a list of candidates that had included Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett.
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Criminal Justice
After GOP appeal, Texas Supreme Court agrees to take up same-sex marriage case
The Texas Supreme Court reversed course and agreed to take up a case involving benefits for married same-sex couples after Republican leaders urged the court to reconsider its earlier decision to let a lower court decision stand.
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Democrats hope Trump effect aids long-shot bids for Texas Supreme Court
Three Democrats are trying to unseat Republicans on the Texas Supreme Court, but only one has raised a significant amount of money.
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Criminal Justice
Latino Voters in Texas Sue to Bolster Influence on Electing Judges
Seeking to bolster their chronically sparse representation on the state’s highest courts, seven Latino voters are suing Texas to challenge the state’s longtime method of electing judges statewide.
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Politics
Analysis: Texas Judge Tweets While Trump Auditions for GOP
You already knew about Donald Trump’s reverence for Twitter, but it’s still surprising that a Texas judge known mainly for his funny tweets would land on the Republican presidential candidate’s list of possible U.S. Supreme Court nominees.
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Texas Judge on Trump’s List of Potential Supreme Court Candidates
Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett has made Donald Trump’s 11-person list of judges the real estate mogul would consider appointing to the U.S. Supreme Court if elected president.
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Public Education
Texas Supreme Court Rules School Funding System is Constitutional
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday issued a ruling upholding the state’s public school funding system as constitutional, while asserting it could be better.
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Energy
Texas Supreme Court Rules Houston Overstepped in Regulating Air Pollution
In a victory for a coalition of large industrial facilities, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the city of Houston illegally subverted state law by passing two ordinances designed to regulate air pollution.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Supreme Court Rules on Who Owns Dog
The dog days are over for a Houston family who successfully affirmed their ownership rights over a German Shepherd after a three-year legal battle that ended up at the Texas Supreme Court.
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Economy
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Tax on “Small Tobacco”
A state tax that imposes a 55-cent fee on each pack of cigarettes produced by small tobacco manufacturers is constitutional, even though Big Tobacco manufacturers do not pay the tax, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday.
