On the last day of its oral-argument sitting last week, the Court also requested briefing on the merits in a dozen cases.

Two of them drew […]

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On Monday, the Court will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Court will hold a private conference […]

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There have been significant developments in both of the election-related mandamus cases that were sent back to the intermediate courts of appeals last Monday.

In […]

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Last month, the Court decided Igal v. Brightstar, No. 04-0931 (majority dissent), addressing what happens to a claimant whose administrative proceeding fails because he did […]

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As reported by local Houston television here and here.

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The Texas Supreme Court did not grant review in any new cases or issue any opinions in this week’s orders.

The order list is available here.

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This isn’t the sort of news that I wanted to write about. In the past few hours, though, I have received several emails and […]

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In today’s decision in New York State Board of Elections v. Lopez Torres, available here, the United States Supreme Court reversed a Second Circuit decision […]

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