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26 Aug 2016, 3:45 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
There was no resulting rampage of criminality sparking a backlash.When our pal Nate Blakeslee broke the story of sex scandals involving staff and youth at the old Texas Youth Commission back in 2007, the Texas Lege enacted a series of reforms to whittle away the size of the juvie population, which dropped like a stone from more than 4,000 when the scandal broke to just more than 1,000 now.Meanwhile, three years ago the Legislature, led by state Sen. [read post]
25 Aug 2016, 8:11 am by Clay Hodges
Judge Kinkeade, who is the federal judge presiding over the Depuy Pinnacle multi-district litigation (MDL), stated that he was bound by a Texas statute which puts a limit or “cap” on the amount of punitive damages a jury can award. [read post]
25 Aug 2016, 8:11 am by Clay Hodges
Judge Kinkeade, who is the federal judge presiding over the Depuy Pinnacle multi-district litigation (MDL), stated that he was bound by a Texas statute which puts a limit or “cap” on the amount of punitive damages a jury can award. [read post]
23 Aug 2016, 10:22 am by Eugene Volokh
Many such states don’t let license-holders carry at public universities, or allow public universities to set up such prohibitions; but Texas, like some other states, does allow “campus carry. [read post]
20 Aug 2016, 6:12 am by John McFarland
The Legislature changed its name because TNRCC came to be anounced “Train-wreck. [read post]
20 Aug 2016, 6:12 am by John McFarland
The Legislature changed its name because TNRCC came to be anounced “Train-wreck. [read post]
19 Aug 2016, 10:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And he found it remarkable that support for the changes came from ideologically diverse groups from the ACLU and the Austin City Council to the Texas Public Policy Foundation, conservative state Sen. [read post]
19 Aug 2016, 7:04 am by Jim Sedor
There could also be a Trump effect that could shape the political landscape further into the future: the elections for control of state Legislatures. [read post]
17 Aug 2016, 1:34 pm by Michael Markarian
Heineman vetoed a bill to stop the trophy hunting of mountain lions—even though the state legislature had acted on the killing of these inedible wild cats. [read post]
12 Aug 2016, 6:08 am by Mark Rienzi
While everyone else in the state remained free to seek protection from their state and local legislatures, the targeted class could not seek protection on equal terms. [read post]
11 Aug 2016, 7:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Current Texas law makes possession of less than a gram a state jail felony and 1-4 grams a third-degree felony. [read post]
10 Aug 2016, 10:40 am by Eric Goldman
., those times when 1-800 Contacts asked the Utah legislature to ban competitive keyword advertising) and at least 15 lawsuits against competitors costing millions of dollars of legal fees. [read post]
9 Aug 2016, 1:08 pm by David J. Clark
It remains to be seen if the enactment this summer of these statutes in Connecticut and Rhode Island is merely a coincidence, or foreshadows more state legislatures pursuing such limitations of physician non-competes. [read post]
9 Aug 2016, 1:08 pm by David J. Clark
It remains to be seen if the enactment this summer of these statutes in Connecticut and Rhode Island is merely a coincidence, or foreshadows more state legislatures pursuing such limitations of physician non-competes. [read post]
7 Aug 2016, 9:01 pm by Joseph Margulies
(NB: Nebraska is the only state in the country with a unicameral legislature. [read post]
6 Aug 2016, 11:52 am by John Floyd
She also said her office would be pushing the Texas Legislature to enact a law that would allow inmates like Jane Doe to be appointed an attorney to represent their interests. [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 12:41 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, Quinta Jurecic
The Daily Beast discloses that an FBI undercover agent told Elton Simpson, the ISIS-inspired terrorist behind the Garland, Texas shooting, that he should “tear up Texas” before the attack had occurred. [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 6:21 am by Jim Sedor
And they likely mean the staunchly conservative state Legislature will move back toward the center in 2017. [read post]
2 Aug 2016, 12:42 pm by CJLF Staff
  Texas state legislature will vote on the bill in their 2017 session. [read post]