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30 Mar 2017, 9:30 am by Sandy Levinson
  I was happy, in a debate at the University of Texas Law School, to offer one cheer for Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has endorsed a new convention and offered his ambitious nine-point “Texas plan” to reform our flawed document. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 5:06 am
How many sitting judges can say about 150 attorneys and a thousand other citizens have signed onto complaints against them with the state Commission on Judicial Conduct? [read post]
21 Dec 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
By contrast, consider Sandy’s adopted home state of Texas. [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 5:49 am
DPS takes an administration fee, and the rest goes to the state's trauma care fund.Here's the rub: Most people don't pay, so we actually have MORE people driving around with suspended licenses in Texas. [read post]
1 Oct 2012, 3:11 pm
Remarkably, there are only eleven states without a ban on texting, as noted by the Governor's Highway Safety Association, and New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas do not permit texting by those who are operating with a learner's permit. [read post]
6 Sep 2006, 8:18 am
Every state legislature has authorized the compounding of drugs and state governments continue to regulate the practice. [read post]
17 Apr 2014, 6:47 am
In this way, legislatures would better ensure that due process guarantees are not abandoned when law enforcement activities are privatized. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 1:33 pm by Eunice Rho, ACLU
In Texas, where Governor Rick Perry used a highly unusual procedural maneuver to accelerate passage of a bill requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote, the state Attorney General found no cases of voter impersonation fraud. [read post]
10 May 2011, 4:27 am by cdw
” The Houston Chronicle has called on the Texas legislature to permit additional reviews, for those who are otherwise barred under state law, for cases where the discredited Dr. [read post]
12 Sep 2018, 1:48 pm by David Super
       By contrast, if a convention follows the ratification process under Article V, any change would require approval of thirty-eight state legislatures or state conventions. [read post]
22 Nov 2015, 1:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Erica Gammill, Prison Justice LeagueRecently, Grits reconnected with Erica Gammill, a long-time Texas criminal-justice reformer who's doing some interesting work organizing prisoners inside Texas state prisons. [read post]
1 Mar 2019, 12:02 pm by John Floyd
  The Texas Legislature in 1990, 1993, 1997, and 2005 passed crime victims’ legislation expanding both the rights and benefits of crime victims in this state. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 7:46 am by Steve Hall
And: Even Texas has pulled back on its "electric bench" after realizing that prosecuting capital cases costs three times more than sentencing someone to life without parole. [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 11:02 am by Josh Blackman
As we all know, a federal judge from Hawaii who can pick and choose his cases in Austin serves as the council of revision for the Texas legislature. [read post]
12 Apr 2018, 3:00 pm
This public conversation has been pushed forward by fights in state legislatures and the courts. [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 7:13 pm by Joy Waltemath
” Plus, the state legislature further found that “because of discrimination, people suffer personal hardships, and the State suffers a grievous harm. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 4:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Bradley's future isn't nearly as important as whether the state learns from mistakes like this or allows prosecutors to throw up a smokescreens to prevent legislative intervention. [read post]