5th Circuit upholds Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent for contraception
A three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled that a Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent to obtain birth control does not conflict with the goals of the federally-funded Title X program, which has given teens birth control confidentially.
Houston area motherโs fight to hold school accountable for daughterโs assault may go to US Supreme Court
A Houston area mother is suing the Fort Bend Independent School District; claiming educators failed to protect her daughter from another student. The lawsuit reads this womanโs daughter was sexually assaulted twice by the same classmate, even though safeguards were in place to ensure neither student was unsupervised.
The legal back-and-forth over buoys in the Rio Grande
An appellate court added another twist in the ongoing legal battle over buoys placed in the Rio Grande river as a deterrent to illegal immigration. Earlier this week a federal court judge ordered Texas to move the buoys to the riverbank, but the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed that order roughly 24 hours after it was issued.
FIEL, impacted families travel to New Orleans to be present at DACA hearing held at 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
FIEL spokespeople and families affected by DACA gathered at the organizationโs headquarters Tuesday morning to announce their trip to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans Wednesday.
Texasโ near-total abortion ban is temporarily blocked by a federal judge, spurring the state to quickly appeal
It wasn't immediately clear how the temporary order may affect access to abortions in the state. The law is constructed in a way that people who violate it could be liable to litigation if enforcement is reinstated.
Federal judge indefinitely blocks enforcement of Biden administrationโs 100-day deportation freeze
The ruling by Judge Drew Tipton comes after he had already temporarily paused the moratorium twice. The ruling is a victory for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who sued to block Biden's order three days into the Biden administration. AdTipton, a Trump appointee to the federal bench, wrote in his order that Texas would also incur costs for detaining immigrants within its state. It's unclear whether the Biden administration will appeal the ruling to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Texas' federal benches. Citizenship and Immigration Services agencies as the administration developed its final priorities, according to the Biden administration.