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Alert: US judge rules extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutionally cruel but stops short of requiring air conditioning
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — US judge rules extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutionally cruel but stops short of requiring air conditioning.
North Texas Courthouse Battle: Judge and DA Locked in Bitter Dispute
Cooke County DA John Warren is seeking to recuse Judge Janelle Haverkamp from about 400 cases, accusing her of a vendetta tied to a decades-old murder case.
Texas House bill to create 'District of Austin' laughed down in committee
The bill, authored by State Rep. Briscoe Cain, would have allowed the state to amend or repeal laws, ordinances and policies ...
Supreme Court weighs whether to keep Louisiana congressional map in place
A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.
Supreme Court seems divided over Louisiana case of congressional map with 2 Black majority seats
The United States is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of the last one. The justices on Monday are ...
Justices Seem Likely to Uphold Louisiana Map With 2 Majority-Black Districts
A majority of the court appeared skeptical of a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map. The challengers had argued the state ...
Supreme Court weighs racial gerrymandering claim, protections for Black voting power
The case tests the balancing act states must strike in protecting the voting power of a racial minority while not ...
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Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Black Voters’ Rights in Louisiana
At stake is whether Louisiana’s newly drawn congressional map—one that finally allowed Black voters to elect two ...
Supreme Court case tests how much states can consider race in drawing congressional maps
States must balance complying with a civil rights law that protects the voting power of a racial minority while not ...