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16 Oct 2016, 5:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry paid his lawyers upwards of $2 million to defend him against ultimately-dismissed non-capital felony charges, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals thinks a trial judge was reasonable in determining $48,000 was too much to pay the second chair in a capital-murder case resulting in a life-without-parole sentence.In yet another opinion "tinged with despair," Judge Elsa Alcala's dissent, joined by Judge Larry Meyers, aptly explains how ridiculous this… [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 3:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry conditioned eligibility for CJD grants on counties' 90 percent or above compliance with the reporting law. [read post]
2 Oct 2016, 10:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry vetoed legislation in 2001 to limit such arrests, but Republican state Sen. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 8:55 am by Michael Grossman
This topic has been broached several times; in 2011, a ban was actually passed, but was vetoed by Rick Perry, the governor at the time. [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 10:17 am
The department that Rick Perry forgot — in his infamous "oops" moment — was Energy.I'm thinking of this today because Donald Trump might be going after the same 3:At a private meeting of conservatives in Cleveland this summer, Donald Trump’s senior economic adviser, Stephen Moore, said the candidate planned to pay for his costly proposals by eliminating the departments of Commerce, Energy and Education.... [read post]
5 Sep 2016, 9:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Coupled with Rick Perry's and Glenn Beck's recent embrasure of the #BlackLivesMatter cause, sympathy among Koch outlets contributes to the impression that the movement for black lives may find conservative allies for significant chunks of its criminal-justice agenda. [read post]
2 Sep 2016, 1:47 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Showing conservative interest in this topic extends beyond Rick Perry and Glenn Beck, the Charles Koch Foundation has provided generous support for the project. [read post]
2 Sep 2016, 7:10 am by William K. Berenson
” You may remember that our state legislators disagreed with this lame argument and banned texting in 2011, only to have their law vetoed by Governor Rick Perry. [read post]
31 Aug 2016, 9:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
One noticed that Rick Perry's appreciation for the problem of prosecutorial overreach similarly deepened following his own expensively defended indictment. [read post]
9 Aug 2016, 6:13 am by Mark Graber
  The numbers suggest such luminaries as Sarah Palin (23-56), Ben Carson (7-82), Ted Cruz (22-65), Rick Perry (29-47), Michael Pence (20-50), and Donald Trump (15-70) stumble upon true assertions largely by accident.This evidence supports, with important qualifications, the good faith of Bush-Kasich Republicans (i.e., the Republican defense establishment) who have recently denounced Trump. [read post]
30 Jul 2016, 8:08 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A few odds and ends related to police accountability: Rick Perry; Why conservatives should embrace Black Lives MatterGo read Rick Perry's remarkable speech to the American Legislative Exchange Council in Indianapolis. [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 2:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Alcala is a Rick-Perry appointee with a conservative record who has since been elected as a Republican to Texas' high criminal court. [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 5:31 am by Mark S. Humphreys
His successor, Rick Perry, a Republican, went on to enact laws making it harder to sue for medical malpractice and asbestos-related illnesses, among other things. [read post]
11 May 2016, 12:42 pm by Joe Consumer
In Texas, lawmakers like Governor Rick Perry and even the town’s mayor see no need for any improved safety laws. [read post]
22 Apr 2016, 7:07 am by William K. Berenson
His bill in 2013 passed both chambers, but was vetoed by then Governor Rick Perry, who said the law would “micromanage the behavior of adults. [read post]