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6 Jan 2012, 6:50 am
If the Legislature redraws the lines in 2013, the new pre-clearance process will be a comparison against the benchmark San Antonio maps. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 8:24 am
Its application for a state grant envisions a hybrid system in which a public defender office would gradually take on more cases.The application is flawed, according to ministers, legal defense advocates and, most importantly, the state board that awards the grants.The Task Force on Indigent Defense, created by the Texas Legislature in 2001, has asked the county to spend some of its own money on the office, expand its scope and create an independent… [read post]
25 Mar 2008, 2:42 pm
Given the Court’s holding that the Avena judgment is not binding as a matter of domestic law, there is no statutory basis for the Texas courts to reopen Medellin’s case, and the Texas legislature will not re-convene until January 2009. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 9:14 am
[FTC; earlier (state AGs)] Chutzpah: plaintiffs who won settlement in Texas judicial hellhole now seek to recover $5.6 M in payments to their attorneys because their attorney bribed the judge. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 4:00 am
Weber and Will Weissert concerning the indictment of Texas Governor Rick Perry by a grand jury for allegedly “abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption” the article states that “No one disputes that Perry is allowed to veto measures approved by the Legislature, including part or all of the state budget. [read post]
11 Jun 2015, 2:50 pm
Michigan’s adoption refusal law now authorizes state-paid child placement agencies to turn away qualified prospective foster or adoptive parents based solely on the religious beliefs of the agencies, regardless of their ability to care for a child. .Denying loving homes to children who so desperately need them is downright cruel and should be criminal – which is why legislatures in Texas, Alabama, and Florida rejected similar measures earlier this year. [read post]
26 Jul 2023, 11:30 am
Statutory content is current through the 2023 Regular Session of the Louisiana State Legislature. [read post]
23 Aug 2014, 11:46 pm
[Senator Alderdice:] … [T]he Governor has a right to veto any measure passed by the Legislature… [Senator Page:] … [T]he organic law of this State [i.e., the Constitution -EV] gives the Governor the right to veto any measure. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 12:28 pm
Reporting on the same state senate hearing described in this Grits post last week, the Texas Tribune's Brandi Grissom today notes that Gov. [read post]
13 Feb 2010, 8:28 am
(Texas Lawyer Blog). [read post]
23 Dec 2013, 1:40 am
North Texas Tollway Authority officials on Wednesday are expected to formally adopt new powers granted by the Texas Legislature. [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 2:30 pm
It is so rare that I would expect it to be stated clearly in the governing statutes if the Legislature indeed gave it to universities. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 8:36 am
In Texas as in many other states, the government is not the only entity with the power of eminent domain. [read post]
20 Jan 2013, 10:10 am
What would be surprising to most in Texas is that some states do not have very effective enforcement mechanisms regarding the requirements of auto liability coverage. [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
Rather, the case arose because Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Republican-dominated Texas legislature pursued a radical policy premised on the notion that a state could decide for itself that the federal government was not doing enough to enforce federal law and assume responsibility for that fundamentally federal function even in the teeth of opposition from the national executive. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 2:39 am
” Thirty-four states ban texting while driving, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 2:40 am
” Thirty-four states ban texting while driving, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. [read post]
4 Jul 2017, 8:00 am
By contrast, Texas state leaders have allowed this mess to fester for more than a decade! [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 9:07 am
Just as Texas created an Independent Ombudsman to ensure the safety of incarcerated youth in Texas in the wake of the 2007 TYC scandal, the creation of such an Ombudsman function for the state's jails would be a wise move. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 2:35 pm
"We have more than 200 state agencies, and not one of them has ever come even close to doing something this stupid. [read post]
