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20 Dec 2013, 7:20 am by Joy Waltemath
” Although the current law permitted such actions, Justice Barnard urged the state legislature to address this inequity in the relation back doctrine. [read post]
5 Mar 2019, 7:06 am by Amy Howe
Although Texas had argued that the legislature had enacted the admitting-privileges requirement to protect the health of pregnant women, the majority concluded that there was no evidence that the requirement actually advanced that goal; by contrast, the majority emphasized, the requirement made it much harder for women to obtain an abortion. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 10:04 pm
Did the court of appeals err in effectively concluding that the written statement of a county judgment effectively overrules an act of the legislature? [read post]
4 Aug 2014, 4:02 pm by CJLF Staff
CO Legal Marijuana Affecting Surrounding States: Since Colorado began selling legalized marijuana last January, several nearby states have experienced an uptick in pot trafficking across their state lines. [read post]
27 Jul 2011, 5:01 am by James Edward Maule
The Texas state representative is correct, but only to a point. [read post]
11 Oct 2012, 11:04 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
A five-county pilot program showed little or no savings, however, but Scott and the Legislature still want to take a revamped version of the program statewide. [read post]
18 Mar 2020, 3:56 pm by Eugene Volokh
According to notarize.com, online video notarization is allowed in Virginia, Montana, Texas, Nevada, Minnesota, Michigan, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Vermont—but still not in most states. [read post]
16 Feb 2007, 7:48 am
Texas (the 2003 Supreme Court decision striking down that state's misdemeanor homosexual conduct law) seemingly ruled out morality as a justification for a criminal statute that burdens private, consensual sexual activity. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 8:33 am
Texas is one of only five states with a law of parties statute. [read post]
27 Nov 2012, 5:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas guards are underpaid and in a GOP-run state, public employee unions are unlikely to command large wage hikes comparable to what California guards have experienced. [read post]
12 Jun 2019, 1:25 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
For an example of how to analyze appellate records to identify this type of prosecutor misconduct, see a study of California cases by the Veritas Institute.Police records a gap in the system: Prosecutors cannot disclose records of police misconduct in Texas civil service cities governed by the state civil-service code: about 74 police departments out of nearly 2,000 statewide. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 8:07 pm by Larry Catá Backer
(Initiative and Referendum Institute,  Initiative Use (Jan. 2013).DuVivier argues an irony: When they introduced the initiative process, the Progressives believed that representative government had failed because legislatures were controlled by special interests. [read post]
29 May 2008, 4:55 am
Reported the Tyler Morning Telegraph ("Judge: New court would clear out Smith County jail," May 28):State District Judge Cynthia Stevens Kent says adding one or more new courts would do more to solve Smith County's jail overcrowding problem than adding ever-higher numbers of new jail beds.In a meeting of the Council of District Judges, she said Smith County should ask the Texas Legislature to create at least one â€â [read post]
5 Sep 2014, 4:43 am by David DePaolo
According an article in the Marin Independent Journal, Cupp paid his employees in cash, didn't report them on his taxes and didn't cover them through workers' compensation insurance.About 1700 miles away from Sacramento, the Business and Industry Committee of the Texas House of Representatives continues to study the issue of worker misclassification.Stephanie Gharakhanian, the Workers Defense Project’s research and policy director, told WorkCompCentral the organization… [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 6:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Part of that must involve sentencing reform.In a similarly dismissive fashion, Pfaff poo poos the impact of the drug war on mass incarceration, and indeed only 16 percent of Texas state prisoners are drug offenders (24,005 people as of 8/31/14). [read post]
6 Jan 2019, 7:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Our friends at the prosecutor association want to pretend Texas has solved its problem with eyewitnesses falsely identifying innocent suspects after the state passed non-binding guidelines for police lineups in 2011. [read post]