The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Texas Republican leaders, allowing the state to use new redistricting maps for the 2026 midterm elections.

Texas approved a new congressional map this summer after Trump urged state GOP lawmakers to craft new House district lines to help Republicans hold onto their majority in the 2026 midterms.

A divided US Supreme Court cleared Texas to use a new Republican-drawn congressional map for next year’s election, bolstering GOP hopes of picking up as many as five new House seats in the state.

Still, the fact that Supreme Court justices are ex-officio superior to their district court brethren does not mean that they ...

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The site says while Texas has been the gold standard for balanced courts in the past, cracks are starting to show in the ...

More than a decade after his 2015 sexual assault conviction, Texas appeals courts continue to reject challenges by former ...

The American Tort Reform Foundation has placed Texas on the Judicial Hellholes Watch List, warning that the state’s civil ...

In 2025, Paxton filed lawsuits against Tylenol manufacturers Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, Roblox Corporation and the U.S.

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Senate Bill 17, which took effect in September, bars people with citizenship, permanent residence or political ties to China, ...