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The private remedies authorized by SB 8 can only be awarded by a state court in a lawsuit brought under SB 8, which is why Whole Women's Health and a group of abortion providers sued a Texas judge under Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act to enjoin him and a defendant class of all other Texas trial-level judges from entertaining SB 8 lawsuits.
The constitutionality of SB 8 (the Texas Heartbeat Act) is a matter of intense legal controversy. [13] As of September 2021, several legal challenges were pending in state and federal courts. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] Whole Woman's Health and other abortion providers sought an emergency injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the law from coming ...
On remand, the Fifth Circuit (by a 2–1 vote) on January 17 certified to the Supreme Court of Texas the state-law question of whether any of the state defendants had enforcement authority regarding SB 8, second-guessing the 8–1 conclusion of the U.S. Supreme Court that the Texas Medical Board at least "appears" to have enforcement authority.
SB 450, which takes effect on Jan. 1, 2025, requires local governments to approve or deny projects within 60 days, removes or reduces demolition restrictions, environmental and design reviews, and ...
A federal prosecutor appointed by President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk for information about anyone trying to impede the work of the billionaire's government efficiency effort, warning of ...
Mitchell was born and raised in Pennsylvania and is the oldest of seven brothers. [11] He graduated from Wheaton College in 1998 with a B.A., summa cum laude. [12] He then graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an articles editor for the University of Chicago Law Review, [13] in 2001 with a Juris Doctor with high honors and Order of the Coif membership.
Well, crap. Octavia Spencer trolled employees of Elon Musk's newly formed Department of Government Efficiency by offering to bake the very special chocolate pie from her Oscar-winning 2011 movie ...
SB 5 was filed on February 21, 2017 during the regular session of the eighty-fifth Texas Legislature. The bill passed the Texas Senate with a 21-10 vote, and it passed the Texas House of Representatives with a 92-56 vote with 1 present, not voting. [3] [4] Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill on June 1, 2017, and it became effective January 1 ...