Texas
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Dr. May Lau for allegedly providing gender transition care to 21 minors in violation of Texas law. The suit accuses Dr. Lau of deceptive trade practices, including falsifying medical records and prescriptions related to testosterone for transitioning minors. This case marks the first enforcement of…
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Texas sued TikTok on Thursday, accusing the social media platform of violating children’s privacy and state law by sharing their personal identifying information without parental consent. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit in Galveston County, seeking an injunction and civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation of the state’s Securing Children…
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In a notable departure from recent trends, five death row inmates across the United States are scheduled to be executed within a single week, marking the highest number of executions in this time frame in over two decades. This unusual spike comes amid a broader decline in both the application and public support for the…
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On Thursday, a nonprofit organization that advocates for environmentally-friendly policies sued the state of Texas to challenge a law targeting businesses that support reducing reliance on fossil fuels. The American Sustainable Business Council, representing over 200,000 businesses, argues that the 2021 law, known as Senate Bill 13, violates its members’ free speech rights by prohibiting…
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Texas and a coalition of Republican-led states filed a lawsuit on Friday against President Joe Biden’s administration over a new program that offers a path to citizenship for immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally and are now married to U.S. citizens. The lawsuit claims that the program, which began accepting applications on Monday, exceeds the…
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The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warrant for the arrest of Michael Maurice Mack, who is wanted in connection with a heinous crime involving the forced participation of his estranged wife in a murder. The incident reportedly took place on August 14, 2024, in Katy, Texas. According to the press release, authorities were…
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Two women have requested an investigation by U.S. health authorities into Texas hospitals that allegedly denied them abortions for dangerous ectopic pregnancies, according to their lawyers on Monday. These cases spotlight ongoing uncertainty regarding emergency abortions in states where the procedure is largely banned. The complaints, filed on August 6 with the U.S. Department of…
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A federal judge in Texas engaged in improper conduct but will face no discipline for making disparaging remarks about women attorneys and permanently barring a female prosecutor from his courtroom. Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Priscilla Richman of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that no further action was necessary to address a judicial…
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In a recent development, the Biden administration has instructed emergency room doctors to proceed with emergency abortion procedures, disregarding the Supreme Court’s stance on state abortion bans conflicting with federal law. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Director Chiquita Brooks-LaSure issued a directive to doctor and…
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A federal judge in Texas on Friday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule that would extend mandatory overtime pay to 4 million salaried U.S. workers. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan in Sherman, Texas, stated that the U.S. Department of Labor rule, set to take effect on Monday, improperly bases eligibility for overtime pay on workers’…
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