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Ted Cruz Throws Tantrum Over Same-Sex Marriage
Phillip MartinMonday, July 6, 2015Tags: Ted CruzTea PartyLGBT RightsWhy Courts MatterTed Cruz is really, really, really unhappy with the Supreme Court decision to allow same-sex marriages...
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Historic June Proves Why Courts Matter
Andrew BraswellTuesday, July 7, 2015Tags: Why Courts MatterHealth CareAbortionLGBT RightsRedistrictingA month of historic rulings at the U.S. Supreme Court showed, yet again, why courts matter.Federal...
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Ted Cruz: Do Your Job and Fix Our Courts
Phillip MartinTuesday, August 18, 2015Tags: Ted CruzWhy Courts MatterElections 2016Ted Cruz has had a busy year campaigning for a new job, but he has had a much less busy year doing his current one.We...
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On 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act, Not a Mention of It In GOP Debates
Glenn W. SmithSunday, August 9, 2015Tags: Voter RightsWhy Courts MatterArticle first appeared in The Quorum Report.You can be forgiven for having a “what just happened?” reaction to Thursday’s Fox News...
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Stricken Texas voter ID law allowed gun licenses, not student ID’s
Ed EspinozaMonday, August 10, 2015Tags: Voter RightsGreg AbbottRick PerryTed CruzWhy Courts MatterVoter identification laws are one of those Republican ideas that are better on a bumper sticker than...
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Texas Needs Voter Law Fix Before 2015 Fall Elections
Phillip MartinTuesday, August 25, 2015Tags: Voter Rights2015 ElectionWhy Courts MatterIn early August, the 5th Circuit Court ruled that Texas' voter ID law had a "discriminatory effect" and needed to...
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VIDEO: Cornyn and Cruz Create Judicial Emergency by Slowing Nominations
Phillip MartinTuesday, December 15, 2015Tags: Why Courts MatterJohn CornynTed CruzEd. note: the following story is cross-posted from the Texas Research Institute.For nearly three years, U.S. Senators...
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Ted Cruz Lied About Supreme Court Confirmations
Phillip MartinTuesday, February 16, 2016Tags: Ted CruzCruzWatchWhy Courts MatterTed Cruz has a history of refusing to recommend judges to fill Texas' vacant court seats. So maybe it should come as no...
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Obstructing Scalia Successor Nothing New: 11 Federal Court Seats in Texas Are...
Phillip MartinWednesday, February 17, 2016Tags: Why Courts MatterTed CruzJohn CornynCruzWatchA lot of attention is currently focused on the Supreme Court vacancy that resulted from the unexpected death...
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Two-Thirds of Americans Want Hearing on SCOTUS Nominee
Phillip MartinThursday, March 3, 2016Tags: Why Courts MatterBarack ObamaElections 2016Ed. note: this blog is cross-posted from the Texas Research Institute.A new poll from CNN found that two-thirds of...
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Why Today's SCOTUS Ruling Saving Our Unions Is Really, Really Terrific
Phillip MartinTuesday, March 29, 2016Tags: Why Courts MatterUnionsHuge news out of the Supreme Court today, as a 4-4 ruling has ended the greatest threat to unions in over 40 years.The case in question...
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Twenty Years of Empty Seats in Texas' Federal Courts
Phillip MartinThursday, March 31, 2016Tags: Why Courts MatterTed CruzJohn CornynEd. note: the following is cross-posted from the Texas Research Institute.Today marks an important milestone in the fight...
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SCOTUS Unanimously Rejects Conservative Activists and Upholds One Person, One...
Phillip MartinMonday, April 4, 2016Tags: Why Courts MatterEd. note: the following is cross-posted from the Texas Research Institute.The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected attempts by conservatives...
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New Report Spotlights Texas' Judicial Vacancy Crisis
Phillip MartinWednesday, May 18, 2016Tags: Why Courts MatterTed CruzJohn CornynIn Texas, 12 of our federal court seats don't have a judge - far more than any other state in the country. Nine of those...
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Full 5th Circuit Court Hears Texas Voter ID Case
Phillip MartinTuesday, May 24, 2016Tags: Why Courts MatterVoter RightsToday, the full 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Texas' voter ID case.The law has been in and out of the courts for...
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