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The Fifth Circuit said Monday the group Students for Fair Admissions Inc. can pursue claims the University of Texas at Austin's race-conscious admissions policy unlawfully discriminates against white applicants, overturning a ruling that the claims had been litigated in a case involving the group's founder.

In a court filing Wednesday, Paxton asked Austin-based federal district court Judge Robert Pitman to let the state intervene in the lawsuit, which was filed by seven Llano County residents in April.

A federal lawsuit claims Llano County leaders perpetrated a coordinated censorship campaign in how they limited the books that taxpayers could access.

Law enables Texas residents and Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office to sue large...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a Texas law that bars large social media companies from banning or censoring users based on \

Texas Republicans argued last year that the law was needed because large social media companies discriminated against conservative viewpoints.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a Texas law that bars large social media companies from banning or censoring users based on "viewpoint," siding with two technology industry groups that have argued that the Republican-backed measure would turn platforms into "havens of the vilest expression imaginable." The justices, in a 5-4 decision, granted a…

An interesting split from the Supreme Court on this Order.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision halting the enforcement of a Texas law that bars social media platforms from censoring accounts based

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a ruling blocking a Texas law aimed at preventing...