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30 May 2021, 4:06 am by SHG
But it would also bar the Texas Legislature from criminalizing any other speech that it decides is within the State’s interest to bar. [read post]
2 Nov 2016, 10:05 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And in general, what they want is to side with the state and wherever possible issue what Judge Richardson called a "harsh result. [read post]
20 Oct 2023, 12:08 pm by Jose Medina
But, in Texas, the Legislature meets for its regular session at the start of odd-numbered years. [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 11:20 am by Eric Goldman
by guest blogger Glynn Lunney, Texas A&M Law School When our country was founded, one of the central issues was how much of their sovereignty the states would cede to the new federal government and how much they would retain for themselves. [read post]
Ten states have thus far introduced bills following California’s passage of legislation –  Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Texas. [read post]
16 May 2015, 8:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
As I wrote in the comments, "The state needs to find a more stable means of funding hospitals - the larger point of the article with which I wholeheartedly agree - and stop pretending Texas can pay for them by mulcting poor people. [read post]
5 Dec 2018, 11:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Levin: Debtors-prison policies account for one-fifth of jail admissionsIn The Hill, the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Marc Levin had an op ed opposing state-and-local debtors-prison policies. [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 11:21 pm
But the Texas Legislature meets every two years, and there’s nothing better for your re-election campaign eighteen months after the session ends than going back home and telling your constituents that you got “Tough on Crime”. [read post]
24 May 2007, 11:00 am
Still no word on the fate of new prisons in Texas' forthcoming state budget, which might be unveiled as early as tomorrow, I'm told. [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 3:00 pm
While I continue to maintain that that the best thing ever to come out of Oklahoma is Interstate-35, I'm happy to see via Corrections Sentencing that Texas' neighbors to the north are reconsidering mass incarceration for low-level offenders along similar lines to recent Texas proposals. [read post]
16 Nov 2006, 1:00 pm
  He's been to Texas several times in recent years to participate in CLE programs. [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 4:17 am by Mary Anne Peck
States with the highest premium increases over that two-year period, including Florida (68%) and Texas (46%), have suffered large natural disaster losses and market turmoil. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 1:48 am
The Texas legislature may nonetheless expand the reach of its death penalty, as it is currently considering a bill that would make second-offense child molesters death-eligible. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 11:34 pm
Munoz said the Texas Legislature also has recommended TCJS to help develop a catalog of best practices that are happening across the state. [read post]
12 Feb 2009, 5:13 am
Texas House committee assignments are (finally) out today - see here (pdf). [read post]
16 Jul 2018, 6:00 am by Kevin Kaufman
Table 1 provides a full state-by-state listing of state and local sales tax rates. [read post]
9 May 2007, 7:08 am
Texas, the sodomy statute is unconstitutional and thus his adjudication should be set aside. [read post]