5th Circuit Court of Appeals

A federal judge blocked the Texas Dream Act in June after it was challenged by the Trump administration and state officials declined to defend it.

Civil rights advocates have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Texas law requiring the state's public schools to display the Ten Commandments. Monday's petition tees up a case that could set a new national standard for the limits of religious expression in classrooms.

Judge Janis Jack, who called Texas' foster care system 'broken' in a 2015 ruling against the state that started the process of federal court oversight, may not be done with the case she presided over for 13 years just yet.

The court voted 9-5 against rehearing the case that voided significant portions of court oversight, removed the judge in the case, and nullified contempt fines.

President Donald Trump has appointed two Texans to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Fifth Circuit is a federal court with jurisdiction over…