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AUSTIN, Texas — A class action lawsuit on behalf of people jailed without lawyers in Travis County was filed in federal court Wednesday night to affirm the constitutional right to counsel at first appearance.
AUSTIN, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the ACLU published today an analysis of Travis County first appearance hearings in criminal court. The report shows numerous issues with Travis County’s practice of making people face a judge without legal counsel at their first appeara
AUSTIN, Texas — Today the Texas Court of Appeals upheld two injunctions against the Texas DFPS and former Commissioner Jaime Masters, barring them from implementing the agency’s rule expanding the definition of child abuse to presumptively treat the provision of gender-affirming care as child abuse.
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas Second Court of Appeals reversed Crystal Mason’s conviction, resulting in an acquittal. She had faced five years in prison for submitting a provisional ballot in 2016 that was never counted as a vote.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today denied Texas’ request to allow Senate Bill 4 (88-4) to go into effect while the court considers its legality. The ruling is a win for immigrants’ rights and will prevent the law from being enforced until the court rules whether the law is unconstitutional.
AUSTIN, Texas – Today, the Travis County District Court granted a temporary injunction blocking the Texas Attorney General’s Office’s from demanding that PFLAG National turn over information and documents about its support of Texans seeking gender-affirming medical care for their transgender youth.