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House Bill 900 requires books sold in the state be rated for sexual content by the book seller, similar to how Hollywood rates movies.
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The 2-1 decision came late Tuesday from a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It keeps the state of Texas from enforcing the law, known as SB 4, as the legal challenge against it continues in federal court.
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A federal appeals court blocked Senate Bill 4 from going into effect. The bill could grant local police departments the authority to enforce state immigration policies.
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A three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled that a Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent to obtain birth control does not conflict with the goals of the federally-funded Title X program, which has given teens birth control confidentially.
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A federal appeals court in New Orleans says the Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency care law to require that Texas hospitals provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregnancy.
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In a setback to the Republican governor, the conservative New-Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals did not agree that migration was an 'invasion.'
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House Bill 900 seeks to rid school libraries of inappropriate books by requiring book vendors to rate materials. A legal challenge says the law is too vague and broad.
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The Biden administration had asked the higher court to stay a decision from a Texas judge while the appeal plays out.
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House Bill 20 was passed after several conservatives — most notably, former President Donald Trump — were banned on social media platforms.
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A 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that dealt a setback to bail reform in Dallas County could have an impact throughout Texas and two other states. And there's even a chance the case could end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Bail reform in Dallas County was dealt a setback late Friday, when a federal appeals court vacated an injunction set by a lower court judge. It sent the case back to the district court, telling it to look further into whether federal courts can weigh in at all.
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Plaintiffs said it was unusual for the Fifth Circuit to delay holding oral arguments after the Supreme Court's ruling and that it simply had to remand the case.