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9 Dec 2011, 4:03 pm by Lyle Denniston
  That is what the Justices agreed to do, putting the cases on its docket for review as 11-713 (the Texas state house case), 11-714 (the Texas state senate case), and 11-715 (the congressional delegation case). [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 5:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Grits finds that attitude and practice as remarkable as it is frustrating: I can't think of another agency that ignores the Legislature and courts with such impunity and gets away with it as often as does the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 2:55 pm by JB
That is why Calabresi and Rickert look to Congressional and state ratification debates, and to newspaper editorials and political speeches. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 11:43 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
” – MSNBC Gaps persist in state Medicaid spending: “On the other end, the 10 lowest-spending states — Utah, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, Texas, Colorado, Arkansas, California and Alabama — had lower average income and, by extension, more residents who were uninsured. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 8:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Under current rules, the public can't really know whether the agency is doing a good job or not, and Grits readers, at least, are under the impression they are not.Since the Sunset process is focused on what the Legislature can do, the self-evaluation report fails to inform us what similar changes the agency thinks need to be made by the Texas Supreme Court rules - the main barrier identified in the SER to improving their operations. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 3:15 pm
The first is requests for disclosure which come from Rule 194 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and they are set questions developed by the legislature that can be asked in a civil case. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 9:11 am
Over the past decade the Texas legislature has passed numerous laws that affect the rights of Texans to recover damages when they have been injured by the negligent acts of other individuals or business entities. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 7:14 am by Lyle Denniston
House of Representatives and for seats in the state legislature’s two chambers. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 7:10 am by david_moore
The site, launched in a public beta on January 18th, 2011, currently contains information for six U.S. state legislatures: California, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Texas, and Wisconsin. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 6:30 am by Joshua Matz
The Court may act as soon as today on a request by Texas to review an opinion by the Fifth Circuit requiring the state to adopt court-ordered interim redistricting maps for upcoming elections to the state legislature and the House of Representatives. [read post]
3 Dec 2011, 9:57 pm by Lyle Denniston
Texas’s state legislature in Austin this year drew new election maps for both state legislative chambers, and for the 36 House seats. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 6:37 am by Marissa Miller
” At Reuters, James Vicini continues his coverage of the Texas Attorney General’s request for the Supreme Court to block the implementation of an interim redistricting plan for the state legislature with a report on yesterday’s filings by (among others) the Texas Democratic Party, which opposes the Attorney General’s request. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 3:58 am by Jeff Foust
The legislation passed the finance committee of the New Mexico Senate on a 12-0 vote, and will be taken up by the full legislature in its next session in January. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 9:29 am by Lyle Denniston
Weighing two separate pleas by Texas officials to clear the way for candidates to start filing for seats in the state legislature and in the Texas delegation in the U.S. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 8:34 am by CJ.Harding
  Therefore, the Texas legislature have outlined the process for a court to award spousal maintenance. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 6:25 am by Kiran Bhat
Following up on its application earlier this week seeking to postpone the implementation of a redistricting plan for the state legislature (which Lyle covered for this blog), yesterday the Texas Attorney General also asked the Court to block implementation of a congressional redistricting plan. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 3:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It's an area where, when the state can't handle its own business, the feds eventually handle it for you, then pass on to the state a (much higher) bill.Do I expect any current Texas leader to seek to reverse this trend? [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 2:14 pm by Rick Hasen
The responses to the state’s stay application on the state legislative plans are due Thursday at 4. [read post]