Texas

Justice Blacklock Brings Home Again the Moral Meaning of Marriage

Wedding bands on a bible

We were alerted last week by several redoubtable alumni of our James Wilson Fellowship to a fine concurring opinion by Chief Justice James “Jimmy” Blacklock in the Benavides case, on marriage and guardianship in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court unanimously voided a divorce that was filed by the daughters of an elderly husband. The justices noted

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