Texas Supreme Court

Nathan Hecht won six reelections and led the court as chief justice for more than a decade. He retires now not because he’s had enough, but because state law requires him to.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled the death penalty may proceed in the case of Robert Roberson, the man on death row for murdering his two-year-old daughter. The case captured international attention when lawmakers used subpoena power to delay the execution. Candace Sweat has the latest.

Some voters may not know about a few of the most important races on the November ballot this election. Texans can decide whether to return justices to the highest Texas civil court.

The Texas Supreme Court is the highest civil court in the state and voters will get to weigh in on three positions after some controversial rulings. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan reports.

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson’s execution is on hold after a series of legal challenges. Texas lawmakers, the Innocence Project and author John Grisham have been pushing the state to take a new look at Roberson’s case. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero takes a look at what’s next.

The Supreme Court of Texas granted a stay late Thursday night effectively halting the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson III.

On Lone Star Politics, take a look at key issues on the ballot as we head towards Election Day. Plus, NBC 5’s Phil Prazan sits down with a Texas Supreme Court justice up for re-election. 

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S. following a lawsuit by women who had serious pregnancy complications.

A attorney defending Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally has told a panel of federal judges that the law may have “went too far” but that will be up the court to decide.

Reactions to the Supreme Court ruling on Texas’s controversial immigration law range from celebration to outrage. The high court decided that Texas could enforce SB-4 while an appeals court considered its constitutionality. The Fifth Circuit Appeals Court scheduled hearings for Wednesday morning in New Orleans. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has more.

Can lawmakers ban puberty blockers and hormone therapies for transgender children and teenagers? Lawyers from the state and several families faced off in Austin. NBC 5’S Phil Prazan Reports.   

Marin Wolf with the Dallas Morning News tells us how the Dallas woman’s test case was supposed to add clarity, but the state Supreme Court punted the decision to medical providers.

We have an update on the recent high-profile abortion case in Texas. As we reported on Monday, the Texas Supreme Court has given doctors the responsibility of interpreting what qualifies as a medical exemption under the state’s near-total ban on abortion. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan has more details on this development.

A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal condition left the state to get an abortion elsewhere before the state Supreme Court on Monday rejected her unprecedented challenge of one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.

A Travis County judge ruled Kate Cox could have an abortion to save her ability to give birth again. However, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the state supreme court to step in, believing she is not exempt from the state’s near total abortion ban. We learned Monday from Cox’s lawyers that she has left the state to get an...

A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal condition left the state to get an abortion elsewhere before the state Supreme Court on Monday rejected her unprecedented challenge of one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.

The Texas Supreme Court issued a stay late Friday after an Austin judge issued a temporary restraining order the day before, allowing Kate Cox to get an abortion.

Just two days after a Dallas woman was granted permission to get an abortion for a pregnancy doctors say will end in heartbreak, the Texas Supreme Court put the lower court ruling on hold. It’s a move following a petition from Attorney General Ken Paxton. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards has more on this latest development and what it could mean...

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.

The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state’s abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious risks to their health.