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2 Aug 2015, 4:04 am by Kent Scheidegger
  However, the fact that this case was instigated by the same group that brought the preposterous charge that former Governor Rick Perry committed a crime by vetoing a bill makes the whole matter suspect. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
The federal statute forbidding the sale of organs quite clearly permits defrayment of costs, and the amounts discussed by Planned Parenthood officials in the videos are so low that it is simply false to say that Planned Parenthood profited from sales of fetal organs—as Republican presidential candidates Rick Perry, Rand Paul, and Carly Fiorina nonetheless said in response to the first video that surfaced. [read post]
25 Jul 2015, 10:13 am by Kent Scheidegger
  We elect governors and other officials to make such judgments.Yesterday, the Texas Third Court of Appeals threw out one of the charges brought against former Governor Rick Perry. [read post]
25 Jul 2015, 10:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Your correspondent has long considered that one of Rick Perry's most egregious and harmful vetoes.On arrival at the jail: Once dragged out of her car and taken down town, she could have been charged, booked and released. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 4:31 pm
Texas Governor Rick Perry makes a statement regarding his grand jury indictment on charges of abuse of power at the Texas state capitol, in Austin in August 2014. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 2:35 pm
Rick Perry makes a statement at the state capitol building in Austin on Aug. 16, 2014, concerning his indictment on charges of coercion of a public servant and abuse of his official capacity. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 1:41 pm by Jacqueline Jones
The US Third Court of Appeals [official website] on Friday dismissed [opinion, PDF] one of two criminal charges filed against former Texas governor Rick Perry last year.The court stated that the coercion of a public servant [Texas Penal Code Chapter 36] charge Perry had faced infringed upon his constitutional right to freedom of speech and that the state had relied upon a definition of coercion that conflicted with that of the former governor's attorney. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 6:29 am by Jim Sedor
Rick Perry Finance Chairman Does Super PAC Two-StepCenter for Public Integrity – Carrie Levine | Published: 7/22/2015 Rick Perry’s presidential campaign raised $1.14 million between the former Texas governor’s announcement on June 4 and the end of that month, about one-tenth of what Jeb Bush reported raising in about half that time. [read post]
23 Jul 2015, 6:27 am by Jim Sedor
Lobbying “Top Navy Nominee Cleared of Improper Lobbying” by Jeremy Herb, Philip Ewing, and Austin Wright for Politico “‘Influencers’ Poll Gives Grades to Lobby Groups” by Megan Wilson for The Hill Campaign Finance “Rick Perry Finance Chairman Does Super PAC Two-Step” by Carrie Levine for Center for Public Integrity Washington”Seattle’s Richest, Whitest Areas Dominate Campaign Giving, Say Reform” by Daniel Beekman for… [read post]
19 Jul 2015, 4:50 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
When the Texas Indigent Defense Commission issued its "Guidelines for Indigent Defense Caseloads" in January, your correspondent had little bandwidth to devote to the lengthy, detailed document beyond adumbrating the basics regarding what maximum recommended caseloads would look like. [read post]
17 Jul 2015, 5:22 pm by Adam Gillette
We have already taken the position that former governor of Texas Rick Perry will not be elected president. [read post]
17 Jul 2015, 7:08 am by Lovechilde
 Rick Perry, and Californian Carly Fiorina, who can’t decide what she thinks or who she is. [read post]
16 Jul 2015, 3:57 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
According to Rick Perry, upwards of two million dollars, or several thousand times what most Texas counties pay for representation of indigents in non-capital cases.Perry didn't make that assessment in a speech, of course. [read post]
12 Jul 2015, 10:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry made Steve McCraw the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety in 2009, only a dozen DPS employees earned $100,000 a year or more at the notoriously tight-fisted agency. [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 6:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Meanwhile, Judge Gist is highly respected around the state, chair of the Judicial Advisory Council, and a Rick Perry appointee to the board at TDCJ. [read post]