The Trump Administration Lost Again in Court, This Time on Voter ID

A federal court in Texas has again ruled the state’s 2011 voter identification law intentionally discriminated against minorities. It’s the Continue reading →

Federal judges find Texas gerrymandered maps on racial lines (and why this ruling is ineffectual)

AUSTIN, Texas — Federal judges found more problems in Texas’ voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional Continue reading →

Texas to cut Planned Parenthood from Medicaid

Planned Parenthood will no longer receive funding from Texas’s Medicaid program, state health officials announced Tuesday. Officials delivered a final Continue reading →

Court’s Ruling in Wisconsin Seen as Victory for Voting Rights

A federal appeals court panel refused on Monday to delay a lower court ruling that outlawed a sheaf of restrictions Continue reading →

Appeals Court Prevents Voting Without ID in Wisconsin

A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked a lower court from allowing voters in Wisconsin to cast ballots without photo Continue reading →

Last charges dropped in case over Planned Parenthood videos

HOUSTON — Texas prosecutors on Tuesday dropped the last remaining charges against two California anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos Continue reading →

Texas, facing a lawsuit, makes it easier for U.S.-born children of immigrants to get birth certificates

Last year, a group of Central American and Mexican immigrant parents sued Texas in federal court, claiming that the state Continue reading →

U.S. appeals court finds Texas voter ID law discriminatory

AUSTIN, Texas/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Texas law requiring voters to show a government-issued form of photo identification before casting Continue reading →