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27 May 2015, 10:00 am
Texas Constitution Article I, Section 23 provides: Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime. [read post]
27 May 2015, 8:30 am
So the legislature and the courts are in essence engaged in a race between two branches of government to see who can define the scope of Texas' new junk science writ going forward. [read post]
27 May 2015, 7:50 am
The plaintiffs argue that the districts drawn by the Texas Legislature are unconstitutional under the Court’s one person, one vote rule because the state counted all residents, citizens and non-citizens alike, in drawing equally-populous districts. [read post]
26 May 2015, 9:14 am
Texas. ** Whether it is unconstitutional for a local government to shift to out-of-state companies most of the cost of disposing of unsold prescription drugs that may pose a safety or health hazard. [read post]
26 May 2015, 8:31 am
“The target of this complaint is a redistricting plan that the Texas legislature drafted in 2013, creating new districts for electing the 31 members of the state senate. [read post]
26 May 2015, 3:50 am
” At the blog of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Lisa Soronen analyzes last week’s decision in Comptroller v. [read post]
26 May 2015, 3:00 am
Arizona State Legislature v. [read post]
24 May 2015, 5:34 am
Today, the Texas House is set to consider legislation to re-evaluate the state’s health commission. [read post]
22 May 2015, 6:14 am
Texas – Analysis: Ethics at center stage, hurting for attentionTexas Tribune – Ross Ramsey | Published: 5/18/2015 In his State of the State speech, Texas Gov. [read post]
21 May 2015, 7:35 am
The Texas legislature just passed HB 40, severely limiting how municipalities can regulate drilling within their borders. [read post]
19 May 2015, 8:40 am
The prime sponsor of an anti-policyholder travesty known as Senate Bill 1628, which is moving quickly through the Texas legislature, is the owner of an insurance agency. [read post]
18 May 2015, 5:44 am
Texas and Florida also have a required training course which must be completed prior to certification.In other words, service of process, including a divorce summons, has traditionally been accomplished by having an adult who is not a party to the litigation personally serve the summons on the defendant or defendants. [read post]
17 May 2015, 7:44 am
The Kentucky Legislature, on a bipartisan basis, also passed legislation allowing needle exchange programs.Apparently Mr. [read post]
16 May 2015, 8:01 am
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]
15 May 2015, 4:52 am
He aggressively seeks legal work from cities and towns that rely on the Legislature for funding, and he rarely discloses clients to the state Ethics Commission, which is required if a lawmaker sees potential for conflicts-of-interest in his votes. [read post]
13 May 2015, 11:46 am
The Texas Legislature has also been considering changes to state forfeiture laws. [read post]
12 May 2015, 1:58 pm
A 50/50 custody bill is making its way through the Texas legislature that would give parents equal custody of their children following a divorce. [read post]
11 May 2015, 9:04 am
These “habitual offender laws” are statutes adopted by individual state legislatures to impose harsher sentences on those who have committed three or more felonies. [read post]
11 May 2015, 4:46 am
But a bill pending before the Texas Legislature would address the problem by banning all incentivized informant testimony in death penalty cases. [read post]
10 May 2015, 5:48 pm
The El Paso Court of Appeals had denied the immunity argument of the city employee (who also invoked the Fifth to avoid self-incrimination), and had this to say: We seriously doubt that the Texas Legislature intended to extend immunity to city employees driving vehicles under the influence of alcohol. [read post]
