This morning, arguments will be heard at the Supreme Court challenging the legality of President Biden’s student debt relief plan. Over forty million borrowers could be impacted based on how the ultra-conservative court decides. Within weeks of announcing the relief...
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back to archiveTexas Lawmakers Call For Supreme Court Expansion
Earlier today, over forty state and local officials from Texas officially added their support to expanding the Supreme Court. The idea of adding four seats to the nation’s highest court has gained steam after a series of unpopular rulings, most notably the overruling...
Harris County Attorney Joins Student Debt Relief Amicus Brief
Christian D. Menefee, the Harris County Attorney, has joined dozens of other local leaders in an amicus brief supporting the White House as they get set to argue in front of the Supreme Court over student debt relief. Menefee joins other signatories from 23 states in...
Supreme Court To Hear Immigration Enforcement Case
Today, the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in the case United States v. Texas. This case, which has also been brought by Louisiana, has the potential to upend federal immigration policy. Last year, the Department of Homeland Security issued a memorandum...
Sheila Jackson Lee Joins Democrats Calling To Expand Supreme Court
Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee joined several House Democrats on Monday calling to expand the Supreme Court through legislation. “This is not court-packing. This is a constitutional privilege that we have because there’s no debate that under...
AOC, Lieu pressure Senate to clarify if Kavanaugh, Gorsuch lied under oath
Last week, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer requesting the Senate investigate whether Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch lied under oath on their viewpoints of Roe v. Wade. ...
At The Fifth Circuit, The DACA Waiting Game Continues
Last week, the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments in the case Texas v. United States, challenging the lawfulness of the DACA program. Texas, along with eight other states, wants to end DACA, which provides temporary legal status to immigrants brought to the United...
Supreme Court Declares War on Environment
To cap off what is possibly the most right-wing judicial term in over a century, the highest court in the land has dealt yet another massive blow to the progression of common-sense liberal governance. In today’s ruling in the case West Virginia v. EPA, Chief Justice...
Liberal Justices Protect Texas Veterans From Right-Wing
In a rare good ruling from the nation’s highest judicial body, the Supreme Court issued a June 29 ruling in the case of Torres v. Texas that protects veterans from discrimination by state governments and retains legal liability for those same administrations. Military...