The Texas Supreme Court is now just months away from making all pretrial hearings in district court cases stay with the same ...

Under one of the changes, the "originally assigned judge must maintain full responsibility" for a case from start to finish.

Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Kyle Hawkins to the state's highest court after a former justice said he wasn't seeking reelection ...

Hawkins spent two years as Texas’ top appellate attorney, but resigned soon after not signing onto Attorney General Ken ...

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) filled the lone vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court Friday, elevating former state Solicitor General Kyle ...

Publishers and freedom-to-read advocates are supporting plaintiffs in Little v. Llano County by encouraging the Supreme Court ...

The case was brought by a Texas man who was prosecuted for violating a federal statute that bars people who use illegal drugs ...

The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to ...

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Supreme Court agrees to hear Ali Danial Hemani's case after appeals court ruled federal ban on gun ownership for marijuana ...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by President Donald Trump's administration in a case out of Texas to ...

Hawkins, whose appointment marks Abbott's eighth for the nine-member panel, was appointed to a term that expires Dec. 31, ...