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Is Planned Parenthood Threatening State's Right of Free Speech?

If Texas has to allow Planned Parenthood to provide women with health services under the Women's Health Program, how can it also get across a pro-life message? Read More | Comment »

5:38PM Tue. May. 22, Jordan Smith

The Problem of Wrongful Conviction

A joint project of the University of Michigan and Northwestern law schools has created the country's largest database of exonerations, profiling online the stories of nearly 900 exonerees, and providing greater context to the problem of wrongful conviction in the U.S. Read More | Comment »

9:54AM Mon. May. 21, Jordan Smith

Pardon O. Henry!

It's been 150 years since William S. Porter's birth and now Grits for Breakfast blogger Scott Henson has launched a campaign to have President Barack Obama issue a posthumous pardon that would, finally, clear the writer's name. Read More | Comment »

8:50AM Fri. May. 18, Jordan Smith

FIfth Circuit Lifts Stay, Planned Parenthood Remains in WHP...For Now

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this afternoon lifted the stay imposed by Judge Jerry Smith, which would ban Planned Parenthood from participation in the Women's Health Program. Thus, the injunction granted Monday is now back in effect and blocks, for now, the state's plan to ditch PP from the program. Read More | Comment »

5:57PM Fri. May. 4, Jordan Smith

CCA Considers Hank Skinner's Death-Case DNA Appeal

Whether death row inmate Hank Skinner will be given access to DNA testing that could demonstrate he is not guilty of the 1993 killing of his girlfriend and her two sons is now in the hands of the Court of Criminal Appeals, which considered the case during oral argument this morning. Read More | Comment »

2:04PM Wed. May. 2, Jordan Smith

Fifth Circuit Blocks WHP Ruling in Favor of Planned Parenthood

In a late-night ruling, a single judge of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jerry Smith, issued an emergency stay of yesterday's ruling in federal district court that the state would not be allowed, at least for the time being, to exclude Planned Parenthood from participation in the Women's Health Program. Read More | Comment »

11:24AM Tue. May. 1, Jordan Smith

Planned Parenthood Wins Preliminary Injunction

Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel today ruled in favor of nine Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas that sought to block the state from going forward with a new rule that would ban their ability to provide services as part of the successful Women's Health Program. Read More | Comment »

12:04PM Mon. Apr. 30

Komen Comes Through

Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s Austin Affiliate announced last week that it would award more than $1.4 million in grants this year to local organizations, including Planned Parenthood. Read More | Comment »

1:58PM Thu. Apr. 19, Jordan Smith

Supremes Take on Healthcare, Pt. 3

The third of marathon argument sessions at U.S. Supreme Court over the fate of healthcare reform is over and done. Read More | Comment »

2:52PM Wed. Mar. 28, Jordan Smith

Supremes Take on Healthcare, Pt. 2

The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up day two of three scheduled for hearing arguments related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Read More | Comment »

1:37PM Tue. Mar. 27, Jordan Smith

Supremes Take On Healthcare

After months of waiting and anticipation, the U.S. Supreme Court today heard arguments related to the Affordable Care Act – a.k.a. (for better or worse) Obamacare. Read More | Comment »

3:26PM Mon. Mar. 26, Jordan Smith

Supremes Rule for Defendants

The U.S. Supreme Court in a pair of opinions today has recognized the importance of plea bargains in the criminal justice system – and has ruled that ineffective assistance of counsel can (and does) happen in plea bargained situations. Read More | Comment »

4:56PM Wed. Mar. 21, Jordan Smith

War on Women Heats Up in Washington, on Campaign Trail

Just when you thought lawmakers in Washington, D.C., couldn't possibly be any more arrogant, Republicans in the House on Thursday held a meeting on birth control – but wouldn't let any women speak. Read More | Comment »

7:58AM Fri. Feb. 17, Jordan Smith

Done and Dusted

Recognizing the political reality everyone else has known since his dire Iowa caucus showing, Rick Perry has announced he is suspending his presidential campaign – and on his way out he jabs a thumb in the eyes of Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and the Evangelical movement. Read More | Comment »

10:50AM Thu. Jan. 19, Richard Whittaker

Targeting Planned Parenthood, State Hurts Texas Women

For the first time in nearly 40 years, Austin's Downtown Planned Parenthood clinic has been shut out of federal pass-through funding used to serve thousands of local low-income and uninsured clients. Read More | Comment »

3:36PM Wed. Jan. 18, Jordan Smith

Internet Blackout Day: Jan. 18, 2012

If you're a regular visitor to the Chronicle site, you may have noticed the colorful faces of our featured stories are missing from the home page today. If you're a student, you may have spotted a massive Wikipedia outage. (Or, depending on your studiousness, it may be more appropriate to swap "Wikipedia" for "Reddit." Either way.) Read More | Comment »

2:10PM Wed. Jan. 18

The Riddle of the SCOTUS

Trying to read the collective mind of the Supreme Court of the United States is like messing with the sphinx's riddles. However, it's impossible not to try to interpret their questioning, and Monday's redistricting hearing at least laid out the options they may be considering. Read More | Comment »

8:10AM Fri. Jan. 13

The (Point) Seven Percent Solution

Talk about one rule for "high-profile" candidates and another for everyone else: It looks like CNN is giving sixth-place New Hampshire finisher Gov. Rick Perry a seat in their next debate – even though he has not earned it. Read More | Comment »

3:10PM Wed. Jan. 11, Richard Whittaker

The Secretary and the Reading Rainbow

Last year's inaugural SXSWedu conference was a low-key, mostly in-state affair. Looks like SXSWedu 2012 is swinging for the bleachers, with the announcement that US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joins child literacy icon LeVar Burton on this year's list of keynote speakers. Read More | Comment »

1:19PM Wed. Jan. 11, Richard Whittaker

Fifth Circuit Approves Mandatory Ultrasound

Concluding that the motive behind and language of Texas' new ultrasound-before-abortion bill is only to ensure the informed consent of women seeking abortion, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 10 that the law may be enforced. Read More | Comment »

11:13AM Wed. Jan. 11, Jordan Smith

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