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The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily halted depositions that were scheduled to begin Thursday in the whistleblower case against Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The all-GOP court issued an order Tuesday staying the depositions and giving the parties until Feb. 29 to respond with their broader legal arguments. The decision was made public within hours of Paxton’s top political ally — former President Donald Trump — calling on the court to end the case....

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that bereaved dog owners cannot file lawsuits calling for their pets' sentimental value.

An Aransas County judge, who was caught on tape brutally beating his daughter, has been suspended by the Texas Supreme Court.

[rebelmouse-image 24747991 original_size="339x415" expand=1]From PZ, a story that's horrifying both on its own and for its implications for the rights of all people, but especially women, whose bodies that the churches claim spiritual ownership over in the name of god. A bit of background: A number of fundamentalist churches believe that sin is caused by literal demons that are invisible but that cling to your body, and need to be expunged by regular exorcisms that are satisfying dramatic to suit their own beliefs that they're waging war. Unsurprisingly, this tradition drifts over to sadism towards the sinners themselves, especially if the sinners are the young women that absorb so much of fundamentalism's fascinated hostility. Which has, in one case at least, caused what sounds like a version of post-traumatic stress disorder.