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The Supreme Court. I might be making too much of this, but they always seem to argue cases on election day. I take it as a sign that they pr...

The first lawsuit authorized by Congress related to 9/11 has been filed. - Click here for the article . A woman widowed when her husband ...

Great checking and balancing going on here. Congress is expanding the jurisdiction of the judiciary, the president is promising to veto, but...

Seems about time. Enforcing equal protection gets tricky when it affects the private sector. Note the use of the courts as a remedy. - Clic...

The previous post includes a story that mentions the Fair Housing Act and discrimination based on physical disabilities, so here's backg...

In the opening lectures this semester we mentioned that the Texas Constitution contains language related to the need for the legislature to...

The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports that independent school districts in the state have organized prior to the 83rd session in order to pu...

Texas Attorney General has been racking up bills suing the national government : The Texas attorney general's office has filed 24 laws...

Some fodder for 2302 as we get ready to plunge into the legislature. Story in the NYT , here's the vote, largely party line . The name o...

Catching up with an evolving issue in the state: following last year's budget cuts to schools, some districts sued the state. Texas Trib...

This author says they are not , and we need to transform how discrimination is addressed. CIVIL rights have transformed American society, ...

Some background on one of Texas' strongest interest groups: Texans for Lawsuit Reform. - The group's website . - The groups'...

Commentators seem to agree ( here's an exception ) that the recent Supreme Court term was great for big business in the United States. D...

The Supreme Court continues to make class action lawsuits more difficult to move forward. The case is  AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion . F...

In 2302, once we wrap up the executive branch we head into the judiciary. One of the more consistently controversial topics over the past se...

In 2301, in several lectures - notable federalism and civil rights, we discussed state sovereign immunity and the concept that a state has ...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a case involving both the material witness statute and whether the Attorney General can be sued. ...

Via the Daily Dish : As long as they're posted by students exercising free speech: The ACLU of Virginia has come to the defense of a g...

In 2301, when we cover federalism, we touch on U.S. v. Morrison which -- along with U.S. v. Lopez, seemed to mark the end of the indiscrimin...

According to these authors, yes .