Law

*This post was updated on Monday, July 20, at 4:10 p.m.The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black individuals during encounters…

From Texas Standard: How did a little brown spider end up at the center of a legal case that went all the way to the Texas Supreme Court? It starts in a...

Bexar County is seeing the emergence of more specialty courts that target specific populations and offer offenders a rehabilitative path forward.The goal…

From Texas Standard: A number of new laws passed this spring by the Legislature will take effect Sept. 1 . They represent changing political winds in...

Last week the Trump administration issued a strict new policy that requires migrants to first apply for asylum in a country they passed through en route…

Local, state and federal officials stood together at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new federal courthouse in downtown San Antonio on Monday.Federal…

From Texas Standard . “Young people get arrested for two reasons: they do not know what the law is, and they do not stop to think about the consequences...

From Texas Standard . If the latest catalyst for states going their own way was the Paris Climate Agreement, in Texas it was SB4. That’s the law banning...

How do U.S. courts determine whether a law is biased? Law professor and author William Araiza puts forth this scenario: "If a town council denies a zoning…

Coming from different backgrounds and political views, 13 lawyers were united by their commitment to the decision backing Brown vs. Board of…