Topline Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire on Thursday, he informed the White House, bringing his decades-long tenure on the court to an end as the court wraps up a controversial term that saw Breyer’s conservative-leaning colleagues rolling back protections for firearms and the separation of church and state and overturning Roe v. Wade. … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently banned school-sponsored prayer in public schools. At the same time, lower courts have generally forbidden public school employees from openly praying in the workplace, even if no students are involved. Yet on June 27, 2022, the Supreme Court effectively gave individual employees’ prayer the thumbs up – potentially ushering … Read more
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional protection for abortion and allowing states to set their own laws regulating the procedure. This represents one of the most significant … Read more