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... a national news organization in 2003 asked the state archives for the execution memoranda written for former Gov. George W. Bush, there was no objection from Perry's office to the public having the information. Because of Perry's silence, ... be made public. It is part of a pattern, a shroud of secrecy that has descended on the governor's office since Perry took over as governor from Bush. "Taxpayers are being shortchanged when it comes to the public record for this governor," said Keith Elkins, ...

... Houston Chronicle reported, the governor's office is refusing to release information about how - or even if - Perry and his staff considered Willingham's reprieve request. The request included an expert analysis that refuted the forensic findings. Perry's predecessors, including George W. Bush, have made gubernatorial reviews of death penalty cases ... we know everything that's knowable? That's one reason I'm disappointed in Rick Perry. We needed to sort things out, and he shouldn't have ...

... say it's a fight for the hearts and minds of the Republican Party." Perry, who took office in 2000 when George W. Bush ascended to the White House, won't be easy ... reports. Hutchison, who also supports the death penalty, has seized on the issue to accuse Perry of trying to silence whistleblowers. "I think it's another case where the governor is trying to maintain ... Debra Medina, a Tea Party activist who's gone even farther than Perry in her states' rights rhetoric. She has a fan in Ron Paul, whose ...

... add the issue to the special session call. That didn't happen either. According to Perry, his hands are tied by a 1965 opinion issued by then-Texas Attorney General ... question is not binding, and there is nothing in the law that would expressly prohibit Perry from doing the right thing. Indeed, the Lege Council opinion seems to support the position ... been granted in nine states, and two presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, have issued posthumous pardons. More on the Cole exoneration begins ...

from the abolition intern... During his career as Governor of Texas, George W. Bush presided over the executions of 152 people. Today, with the scheduled execution of Vincent Gutierrez, Rick Perry plans to reach his 150th, with more than enough executions planned (including that of Roy Pippin tomorrow) to put Perry past Bush's revolting record. Bush, of course, may still claim to...

... private suits against the state even in state's own courts). Indeed, the Perry suit does not name the State of California among its defendants, but instead ... Young / Crain rule in 1908 and the Will rule 81 years later? Money. The Perry suit only seeks an injunction against the officials preventing them from enforcing Proposition ... have known. The right to same-sex marriage is indisputably not "clearly established" -- the Perry case seeks to establish the right. As such, there's no chance of recovering ...

Ronen Perry (New York University - School of Law) has posted Re-torts (Alabama Law Review, Vol. 59, No. 4, 2008) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Tom Broadbent, George Bernard Shaw's memorable hero in John Bull's Other Island, forcefully avers in Act IV that "there are only two qualities in the world: efficiency and inefficiency, and only two sorts of people: the efficient and the inefficient." Broadbent is ...

Late last week, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that the Texas Rangers -- no, not the baseball team formerly run by George W -- woulkd begin patrolling the state's southern border with Mexico. Josemaria Vasquez objects: "Am I supposed to...

UBS AG senior economic adviser George Magnus says that if individual governments fail to take active and unorthodox steps to address the attack on credit markets, ... more down to national governments and national regulators than international agreements." Page Perry, LLC is an Atlanta-based law firm with over 125 years collective experience ... litigation and arbitration. While past results are not indicative of future success, Page Perry's attorneys have recovered over $1,000,000 for clients on more ...

... , a former federal prosecutor, as enforcement director. Mr. Khuzami hired Lorin Reisner as his deputy director and George Canellos to run the New York office, which would likely take the lead in investigating Wall Street firms. Last week, ... . Khuzami said that cases "worthy of continued investigation will remain open and active. J. Boyd Page of Page Perry, LLC, observed "The recent flurry of activity by the SEC will be extremely positive for investors and our capital markets if it follows through ...