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12 Sep 2016, 5:57 am by Chris Castle
 Not to mention Texas Governor Greg Abbott who has written to Attorney General Loretta Lynch asking her to reconsider the DOJ ruling. [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 5:52 am by Editor Charlie
Billboard: Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has submitted a letter of opposition to the Dept. of Justice regarding its recent decision to change how performance rights organizations (PROs) are required to treat the licensing of some songs with multiple authors. via @marcps: Texas Governor Greg Abbott to Attorney General Loretta Lynch: Don’t Mess With Song Licensing — Artist Rights Watch [read post]
29 Aug 2016, 2:58 pm by Editor Charlie
Texas Governor Greg Abbott calls on Attorney General Loretta Lynch to reconsider DOJ’s position on 100% licensing. via @govabbott: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Urges U.S. [read post]
13 May 2016, 8:21 am by Staff Writer
  That matters, because in 2007 then-Attorney General Greg Abbott issued a statement saying general law towns do not have the constitutional authority to adopt sex offender ordinances. [read post]
22 Apr 2016, 7:57 am by Amy Howe
  In The Daily Signal, Josh Siegel reports on comments by Texas governor Greg Abbott, who predicts that the Court will deadlock in the case. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 2:19 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Greg Abbott's stinginess on clemency compares unfavorably even with the president's parsimonious record, as well as Rick Perry's before him. [read post]
28 Feb 2016, 10:23 am by John Floyd
That would have been a nice deal for Republicans like Perry—public corruption would then have been “investigated” by then AG Greg Abbott instead of DA Earle, and later Lehmberg. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
 Apparently the grand jury found that he likely crossed the line into offering to buy fetal tissue in his efforts to get Planned Parenthood personnel to admit to selling fetal tissue.In a statement reacting to the grand jury's action, Texas governor Greg Abbott said:The Health and Human Service Commission’s Inspector General and the Attorney General’s office have an ongoing investigation into Planned Parenthood’s… [read post]
9 Jan 2016, 2:49 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
As Attorney General, his office had ruled the governor could issue posthumous pardons, but beyond that we know little of Abbott's opinions on clemency. [read post]
6 Jan 2016, 10:10 am by Michael Lowe
First things first, here’s what the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, had to say yesterday about President Obama’s Gun Control Executive Actions: “The Bill of Rights was added as a specific safeguard to prevent the federal government from denying Americans those guaranteed rights. [read post]
16 Dec 2015, 1:48 pm by CJLF Staff
  Julian Aguilar of the Texas Tribune reports that Texas Deputy Attorney General Brantley Starr says that, despite the U.S. [read post]
8 Dec 2015, 4:01 am by Amy Howe
Abbott, the second case today, the Justices are considering a “one person, one vote” challenge to the state legislative maps in Texas. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 11:42 am by John Floyd
Greg Abbott signed legislation designed to “reform” this selection process by eliminating the “pick-pal” method of selecting people who serve on grand juries. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 7:15 am by Cleve Clinton
Tilting the Scales in Your Favor Gray Reed attorney and Texas State Representative Jeff Leach tells us: “The ‘open carry’ bill was signed in to law by Governor Greg Abbott on June 13, 2015, and becomes effective (with a few minor exceptions) on January 1, 2016, making Texas the 45th state to allow some form of ‘open carry’ of handguns. [read post]
22 Jul 2015, 7:19 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Today I compiled these resources for a colleague on Texas and federal reviews of flawed forensics in hair microscopy cases and thought there may be other Grits readers who're interested:Texas Hair Microscopy Review- Forensic Science CommissionFBI/DOJ Microscopic Hair Comparison Analysis ReviewNACDL's The Champion, "The Microscopic Hair Comparison Analysis Review Project: A Milestone in the Quest for Forensic Science Reform"Sept. 2014 letter from DOJ to… [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 11:31 am by Anthony A. Fatemi, LLC
The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, characterized the decision as “disappointing and legally incorrect. [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 2:36 pm by Wolfgang Demino
The Attorney General (Greg Abbott at the time) did not timely intervene in the trial court, and the State therefore did not have standing to appeal as a party post-judgment. [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 2:36 pm by WOLFGANG DEMINO
The Attorney General (Greg Abbott at the time) did not timely intervene in the trial court, and the State therefore did not have standing to appeal as a party post-judgment. [read post]