Texas enacted Senate Bill 4 in response to illegal immigration, leading to a lawsuit from advocacy organizations and a county challenging its legality.
The court’s reasoning
The court found that the plaintiffs did not suffer a cognizable injury necessary for standing, as the law applies only to aliens illegally present in Texas.
Courts sometimes make standing law more complicated than it needs to be.
Bost v. Ill. State Bd. of Elections, 146 S. Ct. 513, 523 (2026)
What it means going forward
The ruling allows Texas to enforce Senate Bill 4 without the constraints of the preliminary injunction.
