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28 Feb 2013, 1:52 pm
” Politicians in South Dakota, Texas, and Alabama also advanced bills this week to restrict a woman’s decision making ability. [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 8:33 pm
University of Texas (the other high court case this term instigated by Ed Blum and the Project on Fair Representation). [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 8:59 am
The legislature determines public policy through the statutes it passes. [read post]
26 Feb 2013, 8:19 am
The Department of Justice recently rejected Texas' congressional and senate redistricting plans because the legislature acted deliberately to ignore the dramatic growth in the Hispanic population. [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 6:37 pm
The Court stated, "Such a procedure, already available for orders under the Texas Act, [would be] preferable to reliance on the writ of mandamus to fill this gap in appellate jurisdiction." [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 6:37 pm
The Court stated, "Such a procedure, already available for orders under the Texas Act, [would be] preferable to reliance on the writ of mandamus to fill this gap in appellate jurisdiction." [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 1:13 am
Four states, California, Illinois, Texas, and Oklahoma, have state bans on slaughtering horses for commercial purposes. [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 11:56 pm
Unlike the majority of the states across the country, texting while driving is not currently illegal in the State of Texas. [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 6:56 am
”How state and local jurisdictions in Texas use such data probably varies widely. [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 11:22 am
The Legislature of the State of Texas declares that a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured in Texas, as described by Chapter 2003, Business & Commerce Code, as added by this Act, that remains within the borders of Texas: (1) has not traveled in interstate commerce; and (2) is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate… [read post]
21 Feb 2013, 11:22 am
The Legislature of the State of Texas declares that a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunitionmanufactured in Texas, as described by Chapter 2003, Business & Commerce Code, as added by this Act, that remains within the borders of Texas: (1) has not traveled in interstate commerce; and (2) is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate… [read post]
20 Feb 2013, 9:32 am
Only New York, Texas, North Carolina, and Massachusetts have not yet adopted the UTSA. [read post]
20 Feb 2013, 9:00 am
Jim and Linda achieve this in part by rescuing liberalism from the overdrawn depictions some of its critics deploy, and in part by rethinking some of the questions courts and legislatures increasingly confront in our now explicitly multiculturalist society.What I’ll focus on in this comment is not my many areas of agreement with Ordered Liberty’s critiques of other theories, but on a key element in its positive theory – the degree to which a liberal state… [read post]
19 Feb 2013, 10:52 pm
In Washington State, an Initiative to the Legislature, I-522, will go to the voters this fall if lawmakers do not act upon it first, giving voters an alternative to chew on. [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 10:03 pm
State Sen. [read post]
17 Feb 2013, 9:40 am
On Monday, February 18, 2013, the 83rd Texas Legislature will hold a public hearing on a strong Ombuds shield law. [read post]
16 Feb 2013, 3:08 pm
The story opened: In a surprise move to reverse a 23-year-old merger of Texas’ criminal justice agencies, a key legislative committee moved Wednesday to shift all parole operations and programs from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to the Board of Pardons and Parole that now just votes on releases.In addition, a Senate working group writing the first draft of the 2014-15 state budget proposed closing two private prisons that house state… [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 9:21 am
We’re currently seeing an unprecedented surge of activity in state legislatures across the country aimed at regulating domestic surveillance drones. [read post]
12 Feb 2013, 12:13 pm
Texas, which has had more wrongful convictions than any other state. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 1:05 pm
Refusing to “make law” in the absence of determinative legislative intent on this issue, the Chatha court urged the Texas Legislature to amend the Texas Labor Code to adopt provisions from the Ledbetter Act. [read post]
