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2 Aug 2021, 8:28 am
On July 29, 2021, Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-38, combining several existing COVID-19 executive orders for the stated purpose of promoting statewide uniformity and certainty in the state's COVID-19 response. [read post]
31 Jul 2021, 10:57 am by John Floyd
Greg Abbott on March 20, 2020, in response to the COVID pandemic, which read in part:    “Article 17.151 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure is hereby suspended to the extent necessary to prevent any person’s automatic release on personal bond because the State is not ready for trial. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 9:04 pm by Josh Blackman
"] On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order No. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 12:18 pm by Jacquelyne Germain
Greg Abbott’s longer agenda for this special session, including legislation to ban transgender youth in sports, further limit access to reproductive healthcare, and dictate how U.S. race history is taught in schools. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal As Coronavirus Surges, GOP Lawmakers Are Moving to Limit Public Health Powers MSN – Frances Stead Sellers and Isaac Stanley-Becker (Washington Post) | Published: 7/25/2021 Republican lawmakers are rallying around the cause of individual freedom to counter community-based disease mitigation methods, moves experts say leave the country ill-equipped to counter the resurgent coronavirus and a future outbreak. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 3:31 am by Immigration Prof
In a letter dated July 29, 2021, Garland warned Texas Governor Greg Abbott to “immediately rescind” an executive... [read post]
28 Jul 2021, 3:11 pm
In a surprising move for what has historically been an extremely employer-friendly state, Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed two new bills (Senate Bill 45 and House Bill 21) that significantly expand the protections for employees who assert claims of sexual harassment under the Texas Labor Code. [read post]
27 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Greg Abbott Promised ‘Transparency and Accountability’ for Border Wall Donations. [read post]
20 Jul 2021, 1:30 pm by [email protected]
Greg Abbott who labeled bail reform an emergency item during his 2021 State of the State address. [read post]
20 Jul 2021, 12:00 am by [email protected]
Greg Abbott who labeled bail reform an emergency item during his 2021 State of the State address. [read post]
19 Jul 2021, 5:00 am by Joy
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 12, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter:Criminal defence lawyers sound alarm over Ford government's new justice of the peace appointeesTennessee's Transgender Bathroom Sign LawManitoba chief justice says he was followed by private investigator to catch him breaking COVID-19France hits Google with a $600 million fineLawyer files misconduct complaint after private investigator hired to follow Manitoba chief justiceGovernor… [read post]
16 Jul 2021, 8:45 am by Jeffrey Carr
Bars and Restaurants Make Up for Lost Sales The enforced lockdowns and capacity restrictions for bars and restaurants fell by the wayside in early March 2021, when Governor Greg Abbott lifted the remaining Covid-19-related business restrictions. [read post]
16 Jul 2021, 12:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal An American Kingdom MSN – Stephanie McCrummen (Washington Post) | Published: 7/11/2021 There is growing Christian movement that is nondenominational, openly political, and has become an engine of former President Trump’s Republican Party. [read post]
15 Jul 2021, 4:20 am by SHG
Greg Abbott argues that drive-through voting breaks the traditional privacy of the polling booth. [read post]
They plan to stay out of state until the end of this summer term, which was ordered by Governor Greg Abbott to push through several additional Republican priority bills that failed to pass during the regular session. [read post]
14 Jul 2021, 5:24 am
"... as [Republican Governor Greg ] Abbott promised to keep calling special sessions, over and over, until the election legislation has its day. [read post]
Greg Abbott signed into law SB 6, a bill granting retroactive civil liability protections for large and small businesses, and a variety of health care providers and first responders subjected to COVID-19-related injury and death lawsuits. [read post]
5 Jul 2021, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
The law lets the state board remove local election officials and appoint their replacements.Texas Governor Greg Abbott has called a special legislative session to consider a bill that would, among other, things limit local control of elections.In a statement accompanying its report, Project Democracy noted that many of these bills “would make elections more difficult to administer or even unworkable; make it more difficult to finalize election results; allow for election… [read post]