Fifth Circuit Rules Texas Can Enforce Sanctuary Cities Ban

A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a Texas law banning sanctuary cities can ... court. The law, backed by the Trump administration, requires local police to comply with ... Read More

Texas Takes Sanctuary City Law Back to Fifth Circuit

Texas asked the Fifth Circuit on Monday to revive its lawsuit over the constitutionality of its law banning sanctuary cities, even though the appellate court ... Customs Enforcement agents to hold ... Read More

Texas can still enforce its law protecting children from pornography. What that could mean for the future

Over the last two decades after Ashcroft, legislation aimed at protecting children from pornography has had a difficult run in the courts. That is until recently. Louisiana, the first state to pass a ... Read More

Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce law that lets police arrest migrants at border

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday ... since an Arizona law more than a decade ago, portions of which were struck down by the Supreme Court. Critics have also said the Texas law could lead to ... Read More

Do We Hate Sanctuary Cities More Than We Like Federalism?

I am no fan of sanctuary cities, but I am not a fan ... In addition, the federal government can’t “commandeer” state and local law-enforcement resources. And even if this is legal, it ... Read More

Supreme Court Briefly Lets Texas Enforce Aggressive Immigration Law

"Texas can now immediately enforce its own law imposing ... The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday briefly allowed Texas ... Read More

Sanctuary Cities Defund the Police to Pay for Illegal Immigration

As sanctuary cities across the nation continue to sacrifice their way of life at the altar of illegal immigration, one anti-borders city is now putting its police department on the chopping block. Read More

Supreme Court says Texas can arrest and jail migrants

One reason the Texas law, SB4, is so controversial is because courts have previously ruled that only the federal government can enforce the country's immigration laws, not individual US states. Read More

Supreme Court Allows Texas to Enforce Law Giving Police Broad Powers to Arrest Migrants

(WASHINGTON) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a stay ... create chaos in administering immigration law. Read More: The Complicated World of Human Smuggling The law allows any police officer ... Read More

Appeals court split on strict Texas immigration law

An appeals court has appeared divided on whether to reject a controversial Texas immigration law ... enforcement is handled, as courts have previously ruled that only the federal government can ... Read More

As Texas border arrests law teeters in court, other GOP states also push tougher immigration policy

Even with the Texas law again on hold, the former U.S. representative said he thinks courts are moving toward giving states more ... cities and counties that Republicans say are using so-called ... Read More

Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says

Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except ... Read More