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14 Sep 2021, 10:30 am by Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
Elder is an American conservative talk show host and this would be first attempt at running for public office. [read post]
10 Sep 2021, 9:10 pm by Josh Blackman
The Times observed that this may be the most consequential conservative legal challenge since the Obamacare cases: Several Republican governors vowed to go to court to challenge the constitutionality of the rules that affect two-thirds of American workers, setting the stage for one of the nation's most consequential legal battles over public health since Republicans sued to overturn the Affordable Care Act. [read post]
10 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
New Texas Voting Bill Deepens Growing Disparities in How Americans Can Cast Their Ballots MSN – Elise Viebeck (Washington Post) | Published: 9/6/2021 Red and blue states are increasingly moving in opposite directions on how millions of Americans can cast their ballots, exacerbating a growing divide as Republicans in states across the country, most recently Texas, impose new voting restrictions, while Democrats in others expand access. [read post]
9 Sep 2021, 4:38 am by SHG
The five who voted for Texas (and the chief justice) were placed on the court by Republican presidents who ran on a party platform that called for the appointment of judges who would overturn Roe v. [read post]
5 Sep 2021, 6:10 pm by Howard Bashman
“How the Texas Anti-Abortion Movement Helped Enact a Near-Complete Ban; Texans are almost evenly divided on abortion, but a combination of Republican control, conservative judicial appointments and cultural shifts helped the state’s anti-abortion movement find success”: Ruth Graham of The New York Times has this report. [read post]
5 Sep 2021, 7:30 am
Thanks to cultural conservatives, pro-lifers and even former president Donald Trump, Republicans finally may have overstepped. [read post]
4 Sep 2021, 10:34 am by Tom Smith
But the governmental defendants explicitly don’t enforce the law,” Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and other state officials told the high court.As The American Conservative senior editor Rod Dreher wrote last June, after the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s heartbeat law, the SCOTUS jurisprudence on abortion is mangled at best. [read post]
3 Sep 2021, 11:40 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  Although the five most conservative justices hid behind the excuse that they had no way to stop Texas's law, they most certainly could have done so, had they been sufficiently motivated. [read post]
3 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Increasingly, state Legislatures, especially in 30 GOP-controlled states, have seized an outsize role for themselves, pressing conservative agendas on voting, Covid-19, and the culture wars that are amplifying partisan splits and shaping policy well beyond their own borders. [read post]
1 Sep 2021, 11:26 pm by Amy Howe
The law, known as S.B. 8, is one of several so-called “heartbeat bills” that Republican legislatures have enacted around the country as part of an effort to overturn Roe v. [read post]
1 Sep 2021, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
For example, unlike most states, Texas has long taken decisions about textbook adoptions away from local school districts. [read post]
27 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
California Republican Is Debt Free for First Time in Office. [read post]
25 Aug 2021, 4:30 am by Michael C. Dorf
He did so both by giving the McConnell/McCarthy wing of the party much of what it wanted – including tax benefits to the rich, deregulation, and conservative judicial appointments -- and by launching ruthless attacks on Republicans who dared to oppose him. [read post]
21 Aug 2021, 5:49 pm by Tom Smith
Surely this suggests that conservative Republican governance creates desirable conditions for nonwhite Americans. [read post]
20 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Others, like Texas, will have to draw their maps in a special legislative session. [read post]
19 Aug 2021, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
In 1970, she kept that seat when she was elected to the State Senate for a full term as a Republican. [read post]
16 Aug 2021, 4:30 am by Eric Segall
” Not that long ago, the University of Texas was 100 percent white. [read post]
13 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Republicans Risk Becoming Face of Delta Surge as Key GOP Governors Oppose Anti-Covid Measures MSN – Felicia Sonmez and Hannah Knowles (Washington Post) | Published: 8/11/2021 Three governors frequently mentioned as potential presidential candidates in 2024 – Greg Abbott in Texas, Florida’s Ron DeSantis, and South Dakota’s Kristi Noem – are at the vanguard of Republican resistance to public-health mandates aimed at stemming the tide of… [read post]
11 Aug 2021, 12:07 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  Still, conservatives love to carry the flag of Free Trade. [read post]