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This article will explain the rules applicable in Texas state and federal courts, along with examples and the process for ...

By removing State Bar appointees from Texas' judicial oversight panel, Proposition 12 would hand too much influence to ...

The debate over Proposition 3 echoes the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1987 decision in United States v. Salerno, which upheld a ...

Texas voters on Election Day will consider a proposed constitutional amendment that would broaden the circumstances in which judges can deny bail to criminal defendants awaiting trial on serious ...

The ballot language: “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem ...

Testimony continues in an El Paso federal courtroom over allegations that Republican leaders targeted minorities in Texas ...

This November, Texas voters will decide on 17 propositions, from property taxes to bail and more. Before you hit the polls, ...

On the first day of a two-week trial, the plaintiffs’ lawyers honed in on who drew the new map and whether race was a factor.

As a court case challenges Texas' redrawn congressional maps, the state's lawyers are trying to make things as murky as ...

Days before his execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday sent the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson ...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could reverse one of the last ...