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Texas executes David Renteria for 2001 murder of El Paso girl

Renteria’s attorneys unsuccessfully argued that the El Paso District Attorney’s Office violated his constitutional rights by not releasing all documents in his case. He was the eight person executed in Texas in 2023.

The Texas Tribune

Alabama to execute man for 1993 slaying of friend's father during robbery

Alabama is scheduled to execute a man convicted in the killing of a friend's father during a 1993 robbery

The Independent UK

Mexico “rejects” Texas’ proposal to allow state police to deport undocumented immigrants

Mexico said Texas’ Senate Bill 4 will violate the human rights of Mexican immigrants living in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott said he plans to sign the proposal into law.

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Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general

Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office.

The Texas Tribune

Professor Aaron Nielson Is The New Texas Solicitor General

I am thrilled to pass along this press release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced his appointment of Aaron Nielson as Solicitor General. "I am delighted to welcome Aaron as Solicitor General. In this position, he will lead the critical appellate work for some of our most significant, far-reaching…

Reason

The Supreme Court adopts first-ever code of ethics

The U.S. Supreme Court is adopting a code of ethics for its justices amid mounting criticism of gifts and trips from wealthy benefactors to certain justices.

WEKU

Texas executes Brent Brewer, who spent three decades on death row, for murder of Amarillo man

Brewer lost a clemency appeal earlier this week, despite one of his jurors pleading that his life be spared and an expert witness’ methods put into question. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to pause Brewer’s execution Thursday afternoon to hear arguments about the “junk science” used against him.

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Texas inmate who says death sentence based on false expert testimony faces execution

A Texas inmate whose attorneys say received a death sentence due to false and unscientific expert testimony is facing execution for fatally stabbing an Amarillo man during a robbery more than 33 years ago

The Independent UK

Supreme Court hears arguments in veteran’s case that could open up additional GI Bill benefits

Several justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, seemed sympathetic toward James Rudisill, a decorated Army veteran who says the VA cut short his benefits and thwarted his dream of attending Yale’s divinity school.

Chicago Sun-Times

Abortion rights win big in 2023 elections, again

Voters in Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky signaled support for abortion rights, even where it wasn't directly on the ballot, more than a year after the Supreme Court rolled them back.

WEKU

Advocates angered by delay in passing ‘Karina’s Bill,’ aimed at taking guns from those accused of domestic violence

“There’s no reason that they couldn’t call this bill and save additional lives in Illinois, and they simply chose not to,” said Amanda Pyron of the Network, a coalition of advocacy groups for victims of domestic violence.

Chicago Sun-Times

High court seems likely to uphold law banning guns for accused domestic abusers

If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the Supreme Court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.

WEKU

Florida residents can bet on sports again — but there's a twist

Bettors in the state had been unable to bet on sports for two years.

The Street

Voters in US state of Ohio to weigh in on abortion rights

The issue has remained fiercely contested since a Supreme Court ruling allowed states to ban the practice.

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The Independent UK

Watch live: US Supreme Court considers reversing gun ban for domestic abusers

Watch live as the US Supreme Court considers reversing a gun ban for domestic abusers on Tuesday (7 November)

WEKU

This trial struck down California's same-sex marriage ban. Now you can see the tapes

More than a decade after the trial to overturn Prop. 8 ended, trial videotapes remained sealed, until NPR member station KQED won a long legal battle that got the U.S. Supreme Court to unseal them.

Reason

Idaho "No Public Funds for Abortion" Act Doesn't Preclude Pro-Abortion Speech by Professors

Idaho's Attorney General Raúl Labrador so opines, including a rousing defense of academic freedom, including in scholarship and teaching.

Texas Observer

Amarillo Man to Be Executed Based Largely on One Discredited ‘Expert’ Witness

Brent Brewer was convicted of the 1990 murder of Robert Laminack.

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The Independent UK

A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline captain is an Air Force Reserve officer

A pilot accused of threatening to shoot an airline captain if they diverted to give a passenger medical attention is an Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel who had been relieved of command for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine

The Independent UK

Indiana attorney general reprimanded for comments on doctor who provided rape victim's abortion

The Indiana Supreme Court has determined the state's attorney general engaged in attorney misconduct in statements he made about a doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim

Texas Observer

‘Civil and Human Rights Disaster’: Texas Wants to Seize Immigration Authority from Feds

House Bill 4, which an expert called a "civil and human rights disaster," could turn police into border enforcers—with new unchecked power.

The Independent UK

Doctors could revive bid to block Arizona ban on abortions performed due to genetic abnormality

A federal appeals court is giving abortion rights advocates a chance to revive their bid to block an Arizona law that restricts abortions due to the presence of a fetal genetic abnormality, such as Down syndrome

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The 15 battleground districts that will decide Virginia’s legislative elections

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Reason

How To Yell 'Fire' in a Crowded Theater

Aside from narrowly defined exceptions, false speech is protected by the First Amendment.

The Hindu

What does Supreme Court’s abortion verdict mean for reproductive justice in India?

Supreme Court rejected a woman's plea for abortion, citing rights of the unborn child. India's Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act allows abortion up to 24 weeks. The woman was 26 weeks pregnant and had postpartum psychosis. AIIMS medical board found foetus healthy and viable. Court said govt will bear medical…

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