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Texas college campus protest law faces First Amendment challenge

A federal appeals court will consider whether restrictions on protests at Texas’ public universities and colleges violate constitutional rights.

The Texas Tribune · 7h ago

General Threats to Kill Jews and "Zionists" Can Be Punished

An excerpt from a longish opinion by Judge David Alan Ezra (W.D. Tex.) Monday in U.S. v. Griffin: Defendant was… The post General Threats to Kill Jews and "Zionists" Can Be Punished appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Reason · Sep 19

Islamic Center's Allegation of Religious Targeting by Texas Funeral Services Commission Can Go Forward

From the longish opinion by Judge David Alan Ezra in East Plano Islamic Center v. Texas Funeral Servs. Comm'n, decided… The post Islamic Center's Allegation of Religious Targeting by Texas Funeral Services Commission Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 19

US asks Supreme Court to stop Texas immigration law - Roll Call

The U.S. asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a Texas law that would allow state officials to deport immigrants on their own.

Roll Call · Mar 4, 2024

Federal Court Rejects Texas's Argument that Illegal Migration Qualifies as "Invasion" [Updated to include link to the decision]

The ruling has the most extensive discussion of the meaning of "invasion" in the Constitution ever included in a court decision.

Reason · Mar 2, 2024

Federal Court Rules Against Texas in Case Where State Claimed Immigration and Drug Smuggling Qualify as "Invasion"

The court ruled that the definition of "invasion" is a political question, and that Texas therefore could not rely on the Invasion Clause to justify placing buoys in the Rio Grande River in defiance of federal law.

Reason · Sep 7, 2023

Court Also Strikes Down "Public Health Warning" for Porn Sites

From today's long decision in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Colmenero, by Judge David Alan Ezra (W.D. Tex.) (see here for excerpts from the part of the decision that strikes down the separate age-verification requirement): In addition to the age verification, H.B. 1181 requires adult content sites to post a…

Reason · Aug 31, 2023