Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock embraced constitutional originalism, a judicial philosophy tied to conservatism, in addressing ...

The Supreme Court appeared swayed by a Texas death row inmate’s argument he has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws ...

Texas is taking a fight over the country's nuclear waste to the Supreme Court. The issue, a Not In My Backyard dilemma involving toxic radioactive nuclear waste, has been swirling for decades. The ...

Ruben Gutierrez wants to be able to sue prosecutors to compel them to test evidence that he says will prove he did not kill a ...

Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock asked for higher judicial pay and protections for parents in child custody cases in his first ...

Texas Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock has called for a 30% across-the-board pay raise for judges, increased judicial ...

Texas prosecutors argue the testing, whatever it reveals, will not make a difference in his case. On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether Mr. Gutierrez could request the testing ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Texas death penalty case against Ruben Gutierrez on Monday. Gutierrez was ...

The Supreme Court appeared swayed by a Texas death row inmate’s argument he has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing, as he seeks to obtain testing on evidence he ...

The Supreme Court on Monday was divided over whether a Texas man on death row has a legal right to sue, known as standing, to bring federal civil rights claims challenging the constitutionality of the ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) – For the first time since being appointed to serve as the Texas Supreme Court’s Chief Justice in January, Jimmy Blacklock laid out the priorities he’d like to see the Texas ...