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24 Oct 2017, 7:56 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I'm enjoying the format and am hoping to do some interesting things in the coming months heading toward the 86th Texas Legislature. [read post]
9 Jan 2015, 2:17 am by Ben
Copyright Act that prevents a surviving same-sex spouse from content ownership if they reside in a state that does not recognize gay marriages. [read post]
  In Texas, for example, 65% of prisoners over 50 are incarcerated for nonviolent crimes. [read post]
12 May 2023, 5:05 pm
This Commentary builds the historical record critical to debates over the criminalization of abortion in state courts and legislatures. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 8:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
By contrast, few politicians want to talk about the much more significant cause of fatal accidents in Texas: Underinvestment in transportation infrastructure, particularly in the oil patch where the Eagle Ford shale region has seen a 40 percent increase in fatal crashes, but really throughout the state. [read post]
1 Apr 2017, 2:43 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
So this legislation goes back to the enhancement well.Finally, the bill mandates a rather ham-handed propaganda campaign by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to "develop and implement a campaign to educate children in this state on the value that peace officers bring to a community. [read post]
3 Sep 2024, 12:28 pm by Joe Mullin
  Other states have passed online age-verification bills this year, including a Texas bill that EFF has asked the U.S. [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 8:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits admits the law may not be perfect but has argued that, since it only took effect in January with seemingly no major hitches - beyond a few DAs grumbling about unfunded mandates - the Legislature should leave it alone for a session to give counties around the state time to implement it, judges time to rule on it, appellate courts a chance to consider it, etc., and then evaluate how it has played out. [read post]
12 May 2023, 5:05 pm by Christine Corcos
This Commentary builds the historical record critical to debates over the criminalization of abortion in state courts and legislatures. [read post]
12 Mar 2013, 7:52 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
HB 3791: Relating to the creation of a “Texas” solution to issues related to Medicaid, including flexibility in the administration of the Medicaid program, tailored to the needs of the state. [read post]
11 Aug 2007, 10:20 am
Find updates on the case and urge members of the Texas legislature to stay Foster's execution and ask for a re-trial based on new evidence. [read post]
10 Apr 2010, 1:35 am by Jamie Spencer
Thank goodness we are so much more enlightened now; that is, if by “we” you mean “not the Texas Legislature”. [read post]
6 Sep 2022, 5:37 am by Jack Goldsmith
But even beyond that, this vision allows for experimentation, with different states testing out different rules that may then be evaluated by courts and legislatures in other states (or by Congress). [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 4:49 pm
Camp said.Those concerned about the process blame the parole division and the Legislature, which crafted the sweeping laws, for the problem, not the parole board. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 12:43 pm
  Also, Virginia's legislature recently voted to expand that state's death penalty law. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 4:53 pm
Texas has used the death penalty far more than any other state, executing 405 inmates. [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 7:20 am by Sam Favate
The case came down on whether the specialty plates were considered private speech – protected by the First Amendment – or government speech, which the legislature can control. [read post]