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12 Apr 2022, 10:27 am by Jay W. Belle Isle
Nation’s largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization calls the idea mean-spirited, overstepping his power and political theater for re-election. [read post]
18 Nov 2023, 9:19 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
Ava Sasani, The Guardian, Nov. 17, 2023 "Greg Abbott, the Texas governor, is expected to sign two rightwing immigration bills, setting off a likely constitutional battle over a new law that allows state and local police to arrest anyone suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border without documentation. [read post]
25 Jan 2024, 5:54 am by Above the Law
" [American Lawyer] * Greg Abbott vows to ignore Supreme Court ruling in bid to earn elusive 9-0 defeat. [read post]
10 Dec 2016, 8:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Greg Abbott last session vetoed "Good Samaritan" legislation which would have prevented prosecution of people who called 911 during an overdose, stayed with the victim, and cooperated with police. [read post]
31 Aug 2021, 11:28 pm by lennyesq
Greg Abbott in May — prohibits abortion providers from conducting abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 4:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Interesting to see that, while on the gubernatorial campaign trail this year, Greg Abbott pledged to seek diversion of state highway fund monies from the Department of Public Safety to road building. [read post]
16 Dec 2008, 7:15 am
The Texas prison system was planning to commit a federal crime on Thursday at the Austin state jail, but Attorney General Greg Abbott intervened - not with an arrest for conspiracy but with a polite note saying, basically, "Uh ... please don't violate federal law. [read post]
13 Mar 2022, 6:44 am
He was sitting — "in a crowded hall at the South by Southwest festival" — doing an interview with Evan Smith, the CEO and co-founder of The Texas Tribune.Of course, Smith pushed for more: "Greg Abbott is a thug in your mind? [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
In In re Greg Abbott, (5th Cir., April 7, 2020), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a writ of mandamus that allowed the portion of Governor Greg Abbott's COVID-19 emergency order limiting elective abortion procedures to go into effect. [read post]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott this week issued Executive Order (EO) GA-40 setting the state on a collision course with the federal government over whether private employers can issue a vaccine mandate to their employees. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 11:35 am by slemberg
The judge in the case is scheduled to rule on the proposed settlement today (July 11), but Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is leaving no stone unturned. [read post]
1 Jul 2019, 2:56 am by Walter Olson
Greg Abbott signs into law two doubtfully constitutional bills applying to campuses an overbroad, subjective definition of sexual harassment, and requiring all college employees to report such conduct on pain of criminal penalty [Tyler Coward, FIRE] New York adopts workplace harassment law that’s much more speech-hostile than federal, including a dropping of the requirement that prohibited expression be “severe or pervasive” [Hans Bader; Wiggin & Dana, NLR;… [read post]
10 Nov 2021, 11:27 am by John Floyd
  This year, Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law that is designed to keep those who have been arrested with a previous criminal record in jail awaiting court proceedings. [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 2:04 pm by Joe Patrice
[Law and More] * Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sought an emergency stay to allow Texas to start shutting down abortion clinics despite a ruling that the law was unconstitutional. [read post]
8 Jul 2013, 11:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry announced this afternoon that he will not run for re-election as Texas Governor, meaning someone else (odds-on favorite is Greg Abbott) will be wielding the veto pen in 2015. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 2:31 pm by Jeff Leach
For 140 days, starting on Jan. 8, 2019, the 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives and 31 members of the Texas Senate, under the leadership of Governor Greg Abbott, will gather for the 86th Texas Legislative Session. [read post]