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In Judicial Picks, Perry Reaches Past Executive Branch

Jeffrey Boyd will become the newest Texas Supreme Court justice, an appointment that scrunches the foreheads of Rick Perry critics who think it odd that the governor would name his chief of staff to...

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Photos: Inside Downtown Austin’s New Federal Courthouse

A new United States Courthouse for the Western District of Texas opened in downtown Austin this week.The decidedly modern space, designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, is a departure from the...

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Zeta Drug Money Laundering Trial Starts Today in Austin

Opening statements in a drug money laundering trial get underway in an Austin courtroom today. Among the men charged: Jose Trevino Morales. Federal prosecutors call Morales the brother of two top...

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Judge Overturns Ruling Reeling In Texas' Red Snapper Season

A federal district judge has overturned a federal emergency rule that would shorten the red snapper fishing season to as few as 12 days in Texas – down from a projected 22 days.Environment Texas...

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Federal Judge Faces Rare Review Over Controversial Remarks

The story of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Edith Jones involves a controversial speech to the Federalist Society, calls of racism, last-ditch efforts to stop an execution and now a rare formal...

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Five Legal Documents Same-Sex Couples Need in Texas

A recent story of a North Texas man that took social media by storm has unique legal issues for same-sex couples across Texas.Lon Watts says he was forced to move from his home of 12 years, and was...

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Alamo Drafthouse, Threadgill's & 27 More Texas Businesses Sued Over ADA...

ADAPT of Texas and the Texas Civil Rights Project held a press conference today announcing the filing of 29 lawsuits against establishments across Texas, including Austin mainstays like the Alamo...

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Texas Couple Appeals Sentence for 'Satanic Ritual Abuse'

In 1989, Fran Keller and her husband Dan wanted to find work with a purpose – something that could bring them closer to their community. They opened a day care in their rented house in Oak Hill, with a...

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Why Are Texas Children Suing Environmental Regulators?

Texas children are suing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, claiming the TCEQ should have to protect the quality of the air the same way it’s required to protect the quality of water.As...

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Can Texas' Supreme Court Force Google to Unmask Anonymous Bloggers?

Let's say you're angry with your boss.  You go online and vent in an anonymous post. It's therapeutic, sure. But now your boss wants to sue for defamation.  In Texas, courts haven't settled on...

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Jailed For 'Satanic Abuse' Few Believe Happened, Fran Keller Free After 21 Years

A Central Texas woman is now free after spending more than 20 years behind bars.Fran Keller and her husband Dan were both sentenced to 48 years for so-called “satanic ritual abuse” at their Austin-area...

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Federal Judge Rules NSA Bulk Phone Record Collection Unconstitutional

A federal judge in Washington says the National Security Agency's program for bulk phone record collection violates Americans' reasonable expectation of privacy.The ruling (pdf), however, has been...

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Texas Facing 'Judicial Vacancy Crisis,' Report Claims

Texas is in a judicial vacancy crisis according to a report released today by the liberal Center for American Progress in Washington and Austin-based Progress Texas.The report shows Texas has the most...

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As Court Fees Rise, The Poor Are Paying The Price

In Augusta, Ga., a judge sentenced Tom Barrett to 12 months after he stole a can of beer worth less than $2.In Ionia, Mich., 19-year-old Kyle Dewitt caught a fish out of season; then a judge sentenced...

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Central Texas Courts Help Veterans Tested by War Stay Out of Jail

Across the country and here in Texas, counties have been setting up special courts specifically for veterans in recent years.Those veterans that go through the court have to stick with a series of...

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Texas Judge Who Beat His Daughter Is Reinstated To Bench

There was outrage across the nation last November when video of a 2004 beating that a local judge in Texas gave to his 16-year-old daughter went viral.Within days, Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge...

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In Austin, 1 in 4 Pot Busts Doesn’t Lead to Arrest

http://kut.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Bernier-APD-Marijuana-Arrests-vs-Citations.mp3Voters in Colorado and Washington state elected this week to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In Texas,...

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Mark Norwood Indicted in Second Austin Murder

Mark Norwood, the Bastrop dishwasher who was arrested one year ago for the 1986 murder of Christine Morton, was indicted by a Travis County grand jury on Friday for the January 1988 murder of Debra...

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Cleveland's Convicted Idiot Finishes Punishment; Says She's Learned Lesson

Update at 9 a.m. ET, Nov. 14: "It's A Learning Lesson ...

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Big Impact and Little Payouts in Austin's Small Claims Courts

Most probably couldn't articulate what a justice of the peace exactly does.Television shows like “Judge Judy” and “The People’s Court” often trivialize the role of justices of the peace and the small...

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