The last remnant of the Constitution’s system of checks and balances is the one that remains partly in Democratic hands ...

Away from their families and regular jobs, Texas Democrats, most of whom are hunkered down in a suburb about an hour west of Chicago, are facing $500-per-day fines, civil arrest warrants and threats ...

At the core of the fight in Texas over redrawing the state’s congressional districts is a debate over a time-honored right spelled out in the Constitution: Every two years, “the People” get to pick ...

Maryland politicians are weighing in on the national debate over mid-decade redistricting, as states propose plans to give ...

As Texas Republicans battle with state House Democrats, who fled to block the GOP’s ability to pass new congressional maps, ...

ST. CHARLES, Ill. - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked the state's high court Friday to expel 13 Democratic ...

The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” — Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When the Texas legislature ...

On Friday afternoon, Paxton sued O’Rourke and Powered by the People in District Court in Tarrant County. Roughly three hours later, the court granted Paxton’s request for an emergency temporary ...

A judge on Friday was considering a Trump administration request to end a decades-old policy on protections for immigrant ...

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke cannot financially support Texas Democrats who left the state to delay passage of a new congressional map, a Tarrant County judge ruled Friday evening.

On Friday afternoon, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit that asks the Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 House ...

A Texas judge blocked former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke from supporting Democratic Texas lawmakers who fled the ...