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26 Jun 2015, 11:18 am
And for those same-sex couples in places like Mississippi, Alabama, and my own home state of Texas, the greatest fear in life is not the return of Lochner v. [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm by John Dean
Wade, which it published the same day Lyndon Johnson died in Texas. [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 3:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
By upholding the Obama Administration’s interpretation of Code Section 36B as allowing otherwise qualifying individuals living in states without a state run ACA health insurance exchange to claim the Individual Subsidy for buying health care coverage through the federal Healthcare.gov health insurance exchange, the Supreme Court effectively killed the best possibility that the Supreme Court would invalidate the insurance reforms or ACA itself. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The effort by Texas state officials to defy this ban came in a roundabout way. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 2:42 pm by Kent Scheidegger
  A previous compromise moved the flag from its prominent place atop the dome but also required a two-thirds vote of the legislature to remove it altogether.Fourteen years ago, two states further south, a governor did remove that flag from the capitol and put it in a museum. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 5:24 am by SHG
We did all of this without getting co-opted into the state government even though we got a $100,000.00 per year payment from it through our Texas Tech clinic. [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 6:41 am by Jim Sedor
” by Steven Overly for Washington Post “$2M Rauner Donor’s Company Does Business with State, Has Exceeded $50K Limit Past 4 Years” by Bernard Schoenburg for State Journal-Register “Christie’s PAC Picks Up His NBA Finals Ticket” by Maddie Hanna for Philadelphia Inquirer Ethics “Oklahoma Ethics Commission Considers Changes to Financial Disclosure Rule” by Barbara Hoberock for Tulsa World “Fifth Former LCB Official Accused of… [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
Robertson is the Vinson & Elkins Chair at the University of Texas School of Law. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 10:00 pm by Patricia Salkin
As to Hill Country and Covered Bridge’s ultra vires claims against Guernsey, absent waiver by the Legislature, sovereign and governmental immunity generally deprive courts of subject-matter jurisdiction over suits against the State, its agencies, or officers or employees acting within their official capacity. [read post]
14 Jun 2015, 6:00 am by Chip Merlin
The judge noted the reference materials Badger wrote for insurance companies, his current working representation of insurance companies and his recent testimony in front of the Texas legislature supporting anti-consumer legislation sponsored by the insurance industry under the guise of tort reform. [read post]
Two bills recently passed by the 84th Texas Legislature, HB 1692 and SB 735 have the potential to affect businesses at risk of personal injury and wrongful death litigation in Texas. [read post]
11 Jun 2015, 2:50 pm by Marc Climaco
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]
11 Jun 2015, 6:00 am by Administrator
It considers how legislatures and courts in other jurisdictions have responded to conflicts between spouses over embryo disposition and, in turn, how Canadian courts have dealt with analogous situations involving control over genetic material. [read post]