April 29, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal judge that the agency will ask the Fifth Circuit to upend his order blocking the EEOC from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state.
March 07, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal judge that it is complying with a week-old order blocking it from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state, after the court found that lawmakers violated quorum rules when passing the statute.
February 28, 2024
A federal judge's recent order blocking the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas sows confusion for workers and may ultimately require the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and provide clarity, experts say.
February 27, 2024
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act from taking effect in the state, ruling that the U.S. House trampled on the U.S. Constitution's quorum requirements when it allowed some lawmakers to vote on the legislation by proxy.
July 28, 2023
A Texas federal judge on Friday denied the Biden administration's bid to transfer the Lone Star State's challenge to a $1.7 trillion appropriations package over its funding for immigrants, ruling that the administration contradicted its allegations that Texas was judge shopping.
May 10, 2023
Ten Republican congressional members on Wednesday filed a brief in Texas federal court backing the Lone Star State's lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction to halt a $1.7 trillion appropriations package over its funding for immigrants, arguing the bill was unconstitutionally authorized by former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi because members were allowed to vote from home.
May 05, 2023
The Biden administration on Thursday urged a Texas federal judge to toss a suit seeking to block a broad, $1.7 trillion appropriations package over its funding for immigrants, arguing a halt would hurt the U.S. economy and foreign relations.
April 05, 2023
Texas told a federal judge Wednesday it has the authority to seek a halt to the $1.7 trillion federal spending package passed in December, saying that courts can review bills passed without quorum even if they are generally barred from reviewing legislative actions.
March 21, 2023
Texas fired back at the Biden administration's attempt to transfer the state's challenge to federal funding for undocumented immigrants to Washington, D.C., telling a Texas federal judge the suit would not be more convenient there when the issues concern Texans.
February 28, 2023
The Biden administration is trying to transfer a Texas state challenge to federal funding for undocumented immigrants, saying the state was forum shopping by filing in the Northern District of Texas.