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A woman holds up a sign at a protest outside a Llano County Commissioner's Court meeting April 13, 2023, at the Llano County Law Enforcement Center in Llano, Texas. (Austin American-Statesman file)
Jul 9, 2024

5th Circuit to rehear Texas library books case en banc

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court in New Orleans is taking another look at its own order requiring a Texas county to keep eight books on public library shelves […]

A man’s thumb and three of his fingers hold on to the grip of a bump stock as his index finger lies on the trigger of the rifle and the trigger rest of the bump stock. (Associated Press file)
Feb 29, 2024

Bump stock ban appears to divide Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared torn Wednesday about a challenge to a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine […]

Jan 19, 2024

Court upholds block of textbook rating rule

NEW ORLEANS — An order blocking the enforcement of a Texas law requiring vendors to evaluate and rate the sexual content of books they sell, or have sold, to schools […]

Jan 2, 2024

Federal court temporarily delays new state court in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson starting on Monday. The […]

Nov 30, 2023

Justices seem doubtful of SEC’s authority

WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed open to a challenge to how the Securities and Exchange Commission fights fraud, in a case that could could have far-reaching […]

Sep 29, 2023

5th Circuit blocks Louisiana redistricting hearings

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge’s plan to hold hearings next week to draw up congressional boundary lines giving Louisiana a second majority-Black district was blocked Thursday by a divided […]


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