The Latest Breaking News from 5th Circuit

The appeals court ruled that a Facebook post alluding to World War Z was clearly protected by the First Amendment.

Two groups of lawmakers urged the Supreme Court to reverse a decision that struck down a nearly 30-year-old gun control law.

The Supreme Court will decide whether federal law can prohibit gun possession for people who are subject to domestic violence orders.

No other public universities use race as a factor, but Texas private schools like Rice and Southern Methodist University will be impacted.

A federal appeals court says a government agency cannot enforce anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination employment rules against a Texas company owned by a conservative Christian

The high court left intact a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a case many feared would go the other way. The decision’s importance in ongoing litigation over Texas’ political maps will largely be felt in what didn’t happen.

Three appeals court judges with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion will hear arguments May 17 on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available

On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone, which is used in more than half of all abortions in the U.S., could remain accessible without restrictions – at least for now. The decision is temporary, however, buying time as an appeals court weighs the…

The legal challenge to mifepristone now returns to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.