Justices on Monday heard arguments from Annunciation House, which is fighting to stay open, and the Texas Attorney General’s office, which claims the shelter’s work with migrants violates state law.

Texas Supreme Court justices heard key arguments in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's efforts to shutdown El Paso's Annunciation House.

Texas and Catholic ministry Annunciation House clashed in the case over religious liberty, Fourth Amendment protections and immigration.

Blacklock is replacing retired Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, while Abbott's legal adviser James Sullivan takes the open spot on the bench.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Braidwood v. Becerra, a case that may curtail access to no-cost preventive care.

The church sued the university in 2019 after SMU's board of trustees voted to split from the church without approval from the South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church. The conference's claim that the university breached its contract was dismissed by a trial court, but an appeals court sided with the conference.