The Roberts Court Begins Its First Term

Abortion, assisted suicide, and free speech vs. campaign reform on the docket

"...The U.S. Supreme Court's new term began Oct. 3 with 50-year-old John..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Voter ID: Battle Lost, War Goes On

Litigants respond to SCOTUS ruling, pledge continuing challenge

"...The US Supreme Court has decided to let Texas voter ID laws..."

Oct. 18, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Congress Putting Teeth Back in Voting Rights Act

New Section 4 would put Texas back under preclearance

"...Last Summer, the US Supreme Court defanged the Voting Rights Act by striking down..."

Jan. 16, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Fifth Circuit Extends Its Vote-By-Mail Order

Panel Says State Will Likely Prevail Against VBM Expansion

"...lengthy order, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals extended its May 20 stay of an..."

June 5, 2020 News Post by Michael King

The AggreGAYtor: September 19

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• The Wisconsin Supreme Court will not be hearing a challenge to..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Fifth Circuit Lets Voter ID Stand

Appeal court says that it's too close to election to change rules

"...changes. That's the latest ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...."

Oct. 14, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

How Are We Going to Vote?

While the U.S. moves toward voting by mail, Texas digs in its heels

"...mail voting, in principle, for all Texas voters, by court orders subsequently stayed by higher courts following appeals by..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Fifth Circuit Lets Voter ID Stand

Claims it's too close to election to change rules

"...changes. That's the latest ruling from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals...."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Abortion Regulation Trial Concludes

Judge will rule "as quickly as I can"

"...for the Center for Reproductive Rights argued in federal court Wednesday morning...."

Oct. 23, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

What Now? What Next?

With clinics already closing, Texas' extreme abortion restrictions head to the courts

"...been enjoined or otherwise blocked by state or federal courts. Can these latest iterations survive legal challenge, or will..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Top 10 Drug-War Stories

Struggling against the hysteria

"...seed and oil. In February, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the HIA, and in late..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Sentencing reform (or not), medical marijuana, and short-term memory loss in Nevada

"...latest assault on drug reformers has landed in Congress, courtesy of U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin, whose new bill..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Circle the Firing Squad

When you look for villains, look in the right direction

"...Consider only Wisconsin, where Donald Trump's margin of victory was roughly 27,000..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Your Best Midterm Bets in the Dobbs Era

Vote hard, with a vengeance

"...defend Americans' human and civil rights from a rogue Supreme Court (more on that in "Austin at Large"). That..."

July 1, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Making Sense of the First Days of a Post-Roe Era

Whether this week was a shock or felt like a long time coming, we look at an uncertain horizon

"...and his four most conservative colleagues on the U.S. Supreme Court agree to completely overturn Roe v. Wade, the..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Democrats File Second Vote-by-Mail Suit

Federal lawsuit follows earlier state filing for emergency action

"...announcing the suit, filed in San Antonio federal district court, TDP Chair Gilberto Hinojosa said, “We must protect Texans’..."

April 7, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: United Defense of the Fetus

Campaign to end abortion is a national crusade

"...filed or passed in Indiana, North Dakota, North Carolina, Wisconsin, etc. According to Bloomberg Businessweek (July 11), "In the..."

July 19, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Changing Directions

Community-based programs aim to redirect the 'school-to-prison pipeline'

"...Path from Lockout to Dropout," April 2010, Texas Appleseed.) Courtney Robinson, an adjunct professor at Huston-Tillotson University, notes that..."

June 6, 2014 News Feature by Dagny Zenovia

The Hightower Report

Uniting to Fight Citizens United; and Unshackling Pregnant Inmates

"...the ones speaking. It brought the lawsuit that the Supreme Court used in January to decree that tongueless, voiceless..."

June 25, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

12 Jurors Found Him Guilty of Murder. Gov. Abbott Thinks He Knows Better.

An Army sergeant thought he could get away with murdering a Black Lives Matter protester, and he might be right

"...Rittenhouse, a vigilante acquitted of murdering two protesters in Wisconsin in 2020, tweeted his support. Texas Republican Party Chair..."

April 14, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Judge Throws Out Texas Voter ID Law

Compares photo requirement to Jim Crow, poll tax

"...effects. It should come as no surprise that the court found a violation of federal law.”..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

Put Some 'Move' in That Movement for 2012

"...promising uprisings at America's grassroots. Progressives in states like Wisconsin, Ohio, Montana, Colorado, and Mississippi (yes, Mississippi!) scored big..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

Finding Hope ... in Bed!

Tim Miller's latest trip to Austin finds the noted performance artist optimistic about being gay

"...piece Us at the Vortex the day the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a decision on Lawrence v. Texas, declaring..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Killer Reputation

Murders from Austin's not quite forgotten past

"...the persons of New York's Son of Sam or Wisconsin's Jeffery Dahmer. But in 1885, there was no criminal..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...Dugger for Railroad Commission and Ben G. Levy for Supreme Court being the most prominent of those. On the..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...into the war years. Relief, Garcia recalls, consisted of "Wisconsin cheese, butter, and Washington apples." The cheese and apples..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Headlines

"...› Travis County Commissioners Court voted to support a proposal at the Legislature to..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature

Robbing Pedro to Pay … Highland Park?

The funds in the latest public ed bill appear much less than meets the eye

"...property-poor school districts – directly contrary to a December court order directing the Legislature to resolve the school finance..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Capitol Chronicle

Surveying the George W. Bush Legacy in Texas

"...air pollution. Those tactics have all failed, and the Supreme Court has ruled [last month] that the EPA standards..."

March 16, 2001 News Column by Michael King

Hate Crimes and Punishment

The Gay Debate

"...on constitutional grounds. (Ellis' bill is modeled after a Wisconsin hate crimes law, which has passed constitutional muster by..."

Sept. 11, 1998 News Feature by Janet Heimlich

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