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30 Oct 2013, 11:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
He could have added the example of the Texas Legislature becoming the first state to require a warrant for law enforcement to access cloud-based emails. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 10:59 am by Mark S. Humphreys
She argued that the court should look beyond the plain meaning of the statutory text to conclude that the state legislature did not intend for Section 9.301 to apply under the circumstances. [read post]
27 Nov 2012, 9:06 am by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
The Texas Legislature’s bipartisan Joint Committee on Human Trafficking held three state-wide public hearings on the issue in the last year alone, and there are a number of active anti-trafficking coalitions and task forces throughout the state. [read post]
7 Aug 2008, 7:08 pm
"The Texas Youth Commission is continuing a pattern of, what appears to us, a willful disregard for the spending parameters set by the Legislature," Sen. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 7:44 am by Steve Hall
In Texas, 43 people have been exonerated by DNA evidence, more people than in any other state. [read post]
28 Jan 2011, 6:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas leases extra beds from private prisons in addition to the units the state owns outright. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 7:38 pm
The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by voters, declares that "marriage in this state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman. [read post]
9 Feb 2021, 7:28 pm by Melody McDonald Lanier
On March 13, 2020, Governor Abbott issued a disaster declaration certifying that Coronavirus poses an imminent threat of disaster for all counties in the State of Texas. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 7:46 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But with the legislature looking at the tightest state budget in years, lawmakers quietly are looking for ways to save $421 million in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice operations to cover surging costs associated with overseeing the state’s 147,000 convicts. [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 10:07 pm by Brian Cook
However, many states, like Texas, that have had caps for almost a decade or more still continue to see increases in health costs and medical malpractice premiums despite these artificial caps that do nothing but prevent justice from being given. [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 9:20 am
Neither are an effective use of criminal justice resources compared to other ways the state could use that much money.For starters, in its list of "exceptional items" (pdf) in its legislative budget request, the Texas Department of Public Safety said it would cost $129,147,375 over the next biennium to implement the federal REAL ID Act. [read post]
6 Aug 2019, 9:30 am by [email protected]
However, a move by the Texas legislature to reform bail was unsuccessful this year. [read post]
6 Aug 2019, 9:30 am by [email protected]
However, a move by the Texas legislature to reform bail was unsuccessful this year. [read post]
11 Feb 2021, 9:19 am by John Floyd
The Texas State Constitution also codifies this right for every Texan. [read post]
5 Sep 2022, 10:53 am by Tom Smith
Arrington, who in July introduced legislation to direct the archivist of the United States to tally applications for a convention from state legislatures and compel Congress to schedule a gathering when enough states have petitioned for one. [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 10:26 am by B.W. Barnett
State, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that, under the cognate pleadings approach to one-step lesser-included-offenses (see Hall v. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 12:45 pm by J. Mitchell
Each year, the debate in state legislatures around this country regarding the so called need for tort reform and caps on medical malpractice cases intensifies. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 12:45 pm
Each year, the debate in state legislatures around this country regarding the so called need for tort reform and caps on medical malpractice cases intensifies. [read post]