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19 Mar 2009, 7:36 am
Having written earlier that it was possible to count 23 votes in the Texas Senate for a local-control bill authorizing needle exchange, I'm pleased but unsurprised to see Sen. [read post]
9 Jun 2013, 5:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The article hailed:Perry's fiery tone and focus on non-Texas issues while addressing the National Federation of the Grand Order of Pachyderm Clubs, a Republican grassroots group active in 14 states." [read post]
1 Aug 2015, 5:30 am by Guest Blogger
  As detailed by Marty Lederman and others, under regulations adopted by the Reagan Administration, and endorsed in 1986 amendments to the Immigration and Naturalization Act, deferred action treatment triggers freedom to work and receive benefits such as the Low Income Tax Credit and Social Security.The court argument concerned a legal challenge to the Administration’s program, officially styled Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA), filed by Texas’ high decibel… [read post]
27 Jan 2007, 5:56 am
Riddle, the committee's budget officer, is a Republican, and an arch-conservative at that from suburban Harris County. [read post]
3 Jul 2018, 8:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
At Texas Standard, we find a report on a new study by Shefali Patil out of the UT-Austin business school proclaiming that police accountability activism causes liberal cops to become dispirited and do a lesser job than their conservative colleagues.Basically, Dr. [read post]
28 Aug 2012, 7:29 am by Jeralyn
Among the more heartwarming stories: Texas prison inmates served as caretakers to the evacuees and Louisiana inmates became first responders. [read post]
6 May 2016, 1:29 pm by John Floyd
  For example, in April 2015, conservative New Jersey Governor, and former New York Assistant U.S. [read post]
10 May 2013, 4:30 am by David DePaolo
But in Oklahoma, there is no "going bare" like there is in Texas, so Adair probably won't be interested in moving operations there, and certainly no Bangladeshi garment factories will be opening in that state.I'm hoping my conservative roots get vindicated and that the market serves Oklahoma right. [read post]
28 Dec 2023, 2:57 pm by Ilya Somin
[My response to conservative political commentator Conn Carroll's argument on this issue.] [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 7:30 am by Aaron Tang
Here is the conservative majority on the Supreme Court rushing in at the eleventh hour and coming to the rescue of state Republicans. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 11:30 pm
Berman effectively shows that Clinton's position not only tries to out-tuff Obama, but many Republicans:As David Zlotnick and FAMM have effectively documented here and here, many well-known conservatives and Republican-appointed judges have spoken out forcefully against federal mandatory minimum sentences. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 12:17 am by Mary Anne Peck
The bill represents one of Texas Republicans’ most aggressive attempts to pull back on progressive policies enacted by the state’s liberal cities. [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 11:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And for a conservative advocate for judicial restraint who seemed genuinely puzzled why his Republican colleagues would ignore the law and substitute their own views for the Legislature's, read David Newell's offering.MORE: See initial coverage from the Texas Tribune.See prior, related Grits posts:Abbott signs bill codifying broad reading of Texas' junk science writ Difficult to read tea leaves from oral argument on junk science writ Previewing… [read post]
26 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The beneficiary is a nonprofit controlled by Leonard Leo, an activist who has used his connections to Republican donors and politicians to help engineer the conservative dominance of the Supreme Court and to finance battles over abortion rights, voting rules, and climate change policy. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 4:09 am by Edith Roberts
” In Salon, Amanda Marcotte predicts that a Trump Supreme Court appointee will “likely result in a majority hostile to labor unions,” and that Republican “efforts to destroy organized labor will get a big assist in the courts. [read post]
29 Apr 2013, 9:43 am by Ruby Powers
In six states – Texas, Florida, Utah, North Carolina, Iowa and Kentucky – the Americans for a Conservative Direction commercials will feature clips of Rubio extolling the virtues of a tough-but-fair immigration compromise. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 6:21 am by Kiran Bhat
Yesterday the parties in the Texas redistricting cases filed their opening briefs. [read post]