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Brooks Tobin

Brooks Tobin
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Brooks Tobin is a practicing litigator in Houston, TX and a former federal law clerk for a U.S. District Court Judge. He attended the University of Texas School of Law and earned his bachelor’s degree from Washington & Lee University.

Republicans Win All Four Races for Texas Supreme Court

Republicans swept all four races for seats on the Texas Supreme Court in Tuesday’s election. While a few votes remain to be counted, Chief...

Federal Judge Tosses Out Challenge to 127,000 Harris County Ballots

Update: The lower court ruling has now been appealed to 5th U.S. Court of Appeals. After a Monday morning of hearing oral arguments, a federal...

Judge Hears Case That Will Decide Fate of 127,000 Harris County Ballots

A federal judge in Houston on Monday heard arguments in a case that will decide whether or not over 127,000 votes cast at Harris...

Abbott Swears in New Republican Texas Supreme Court Justice

Rebecca Huddle was sworn in as the newest justice of the Texas Supreme Court on Friday. In an invitation-only ceremony streamed on the Texas Supreme...

Texas Supreme Court Says No to Erasing 127,000 Votes; Federal Case Pending

The Texas Supreme Court has denied Republicans’ last-ditch challenge to Harris County’s drive-thru voting program. A separate but nearly identical federal lawsuit is still...

Harris County Defends Drive-Thru Voters From GOP Push to Cancel Votes

On Friday, Harris County fired back in the Texas Supreme Court at Texas Republicans’ challenge to the county’s ongoing drive-thru voting initiative — a...

Court Reinstates Abbott Order Limiting Mail Ballot Drop-Off Sites

The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily reinstated Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on multiple drop-off sites for mail in ballots in Texas counties — a...

Texas Supreme Court’s Central Role in Texans’ Access to the Ballot

The Supreme Court of Texas has played a pivotal role, sometimes helpfully, but more often detrimentally, in the fight over Texans’ equal and safe...

Two Appointed Texas Supreme Court Judges Face Voters for First Time

Two of the Republican incumbents running to keep their seats on the Texas Supreme Court this November have never actually been elected to those...

4 Times Abbott Denied Voters Right to Pick Texas Supreme Court Justice

Gov. Greg Abbott has just named Rebeca Huddle to fill a vacant seat left open on the Supreme Court of Texas. It’s the fourth...
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