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16 Dec 2011, 8:04 am by Teri Rodriguez
Watson is a former president of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, presided as chair of the State Bar Committee on Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters, and served on the State Bar of Texas Executive Committee. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 12:12 pm by Eva Arevuo
Senate seats, the governorship, the state Legislature and most statewide offices. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 5:57 am by Chris Castle
Instead, CEA continues to call on all state legislatures to oppose these overly broad bills and to demonstrate support for consumers, competition and innovation – all of which stand in jeopardy…. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 7:01 pm by Lyle Denniston
One of the highly unusual things about the Texas redistricting fight is that, so far, no court at any level has issued a final ruling on whether the state legislative and congressional redistricting plans drawn up by the state legislature earlier this year are legal, or not. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 2:04 pm
The banks’ conclusory allegations of reliance were insufficient to state claims under the California Unfair Competition Law, the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act, and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, the court held.Because the banks’ complaint did not include allegations about pricing, they failed to state a violation of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act’s prohibition against “false or misleading statements of fact concerning the price of… [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 1:18 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
”  Published in the Texas Law Review, this article makes an originalist argument that gender discrimination, such as the exclusion of women from VMI, is unconstitutional. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 10:50 am by Jeff Gamso
  Ask Duane Buck down in Texas if he thinks a racial justice act might have made a difference to him? [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 9:21 am by CJLF Staff
On the opposite end, the mayor of New Haven, Connecticut John DeStefano plans to ask the state Legislature to allow illegal immigrations who live in New Haven to be able to vote in municipal elections. [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 2:25 pm
Many people don't know that the Texas legislature has passed a law that puts limits on their right to recover damages when they have been injured by the gross negligence of others. [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 8:10 am
This is a common occurrence and one that undoubtedly leads to numerous car accidents across the state of Texas every year. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 5:54 pm by Lyle Denniston
  The motion for a stay would mean that Texas voters could face the possibility of casting ballots in two primaries — one for state and federal legislative seats, and one for the presidency and for state offices other than the state legislature. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 8:00 am by Kali Borkoski
 These grants are in addition to Friday’s orders (which Lyle covered last week), in which the Court agreed to review the constitutionality of three redistricting plans drawn up by a federal court for the Texas legislature and the state’s delegation to the U.S. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 6:20 am by Joshua Matz
On Friday, the Court agreed to rule on a challenge to the constitutionality of three redistricting plans drawn up by a federal court for the two houses of the Texas legislature and its thirty-six-member U.S. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 2:56 am by Bob Kraft
I've written several times about the state-wide ban on texting while driving that was passed this year by the Texas Legislature, but vetoed by Governor Rick Perry. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 1:43 am by Bob Kraft
I’ve written several times about the state-wide ban on texting while driving that was passed this year by the Texas Legislature, but vetoed by Governor Rick Perry. [read post]
10 Dec 2011, 10:01 pm by Lyle Denniston
Monday, with the state of Texas to reply by 5 p.m. [read post]
10 Dec 2011, 8:07 am by Jaclyn Belczyk
The emergency appeal challenges an interim map drawn up by the US District Court for the Western District of Texas while a separate map drawn up by the state legislature is currently being challenged in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official websites] for compliance with the Voting Rights Act [Cornell LII backgrounder]. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 4:44 pm by Marcia Coyle
The justices will decide the constitutionality of three Texas redistricting plans for the state legislature and the U.S. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 4:06 pm by Rick Hasen
SCOTUSBlog: “The Supreme Court, working late on a Friday, agreed to rule on the constitutionality of three redistricting plans for the two houses of the Texas legislature and its U.S. [read post]