by Stanley Augustin | Apr 27, 2018 | Newsclips
A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a lower court’s decision to block Texas from implementing its revised voter ID law. The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit will allow Texas to enforce the voter ID law called SB 5, passed in 2017. The...
by Stanley Augustin | Dec 4, 2017 | Press Releases
New Orleans, LA – Civil rights and voting rights groups will be arguing before a three-judge panel from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday in an ongoing effort to protect Texas voters from an unnecessary and illegal photo ID law. Both a previous panel and the...
by Stanley Augustin | Sep 11, 2017 | Press Releases
Three Judges Ruled Interim Remedy Remains in Place While Court Reviews District Ruling Barring New ID Law New Orleans, LA – Civil rights and voting rights groups filed a motion on Friday asking for the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to review the merits of Texas’...
by Stanley Augustin | Aug 23, 2017 | Press Releases
Corpus Christi, TX – A federal judge ruled today that Texas’ new voter ID law (SB 5) is discriminatory and does not sufficiently cure the discriminatory effects of the 2011 voter ID law (SB 14), which the court previously ruled was passed with an intent to...
