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16 May 2011, 12:55 pm
This legislative session, state lawmakers overwhelmingly approved legislation (SB 653 Whitmire), consolidating the TYC and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and prioritizing community-based rehabilitation of young offenders. [read post]
16 May 2011, 9:40 am
” Blogs Missiles, You’ve Been Warned: New Sat Has Its Orbiting, Infrared Eye on You – Danger Room Florida Legislature Delivers $43+ Million For Space Industry – RLV and Space Transport News Mike Gold, Monday, 5-9-11 – The Space Show Advocacy Group Proposes to Sue Drone Operators in the US – Lawfare Another turn at the plate for export control reform – Space Politics Europeanizing American Space Activities by Stealth – Pajamas Media Export… [read post]
16 May 2011, 7:44 am
The state of Texas has destroyed lives. [read post]
16 May 2011, 5:00 am
An earlier post on this site captioned "There's a new bill in the Texas Legislature for taxing out-of-state sellers like Amazon.com" discussed the introduced version of Texas House Bill 2403, officially captioned on the Texas Legislature's web site as a bill “Relating to retailers engaged in business in this state for purposes of sales and use taxes. [read post]
15 May 2011, 12:22 pm
The issue in the case was whether the state legislature allowed a third party claimant to directly sue the other guy's insurance company for violation of what is now Section 541.060 of the Texas Insurance Code. [read post]
15 May 2011, 9:41 am
"So if TDCJ complies with the advice from concurring CCA judges, or if the CCA later acts on a mandamus motion, the practical result will be that the state must hold many more hearings than in the past, and since the CCA is interpreting a US Supreme Court ruling, the Legislature can't pass a law getting around it. [read post]
Texas Supreme Court Declines to Follow Hall Street in Arbitration Case: Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn
13 May 2011, 3:33 pm
However, the arbitration section did not indicate whether state or federal law would apply, providing only that “[a]ll proceedings shall be conducted in the City of Dallas, State of Texas. [read post]
13 May 2011, 1:36 pm
Republicans in the Texas Legislature think the answer should be “your local government. [read post]
13 May 2011, 10:09 am
Perry will allow it to become law this go-round so the Legislature and the public can see that the sky won't fall if low-risk offenders are allowed to get off the list. [read post]
12 May 2011, 6:02 am
Small Claims: Hawaii going from $3,500 to $5,000; Nevada from $5,000 to $7,500 Mandatory judicial retirement age increases pass committees in Massachusetts (to 76) and New York (to 74) Texas House gives a majority, but not two-thirds majority, to increases trial judges terms from 4 to 6 years Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas legislators all vote to make it easier to collect fees/fines owed to courts Massachusetts committee approves restructuring of state… [read post]
11 May 2011, 12:29 pm
Opponents in the Texas legislature have said that security could be compromised by the legislation, the Austin American Statesmen reports. [read post]
11 May 2011, 9:10 am
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. [read post]
11 May 2011, 9:08 am
The state of Texas has had more wrongful convictions — at least 44 have been identified — than any other state, and about 86 percent of them are due to misidentification, Ellis said. [read post]
10 May 2011, 4:35 pm
John Schwartz (son of Texas liberal icon "Babe" Schwartz, I'm told), wrote that:State Representative Rafael Anchia, who sponsored the Texas measure that increased the payments to exonerated prisoners, introduced a new bill in the Legislature’s current session that would expressly prohibit the kind of contract that Mr. [read post]
10 May 2011, 4:27 am
” 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]
9 May 2011, 3:58 pm
As it turns out, quite a few folks right about now - from the legislature to the judiciary to academia - think the issue of prosecutorial immunity is ripe for review. [read post]
9 May 2011, 3:43 pm
Is community property the norm in the United States? [read post]
9 May 2011, 12:36 pm
Chapter 64 is simply a procedural vehicle for obtaining certain evidence “which might then be used in a state or federal habeas proceeding. [read post]
9 May 2011, 9:31 am
Also: State Representative Rafael Anchia, who sponsored the Texas measure that increased the payments to exonerated prisoners, introduced a new bill in the Legislature’s current session that would expressly prohibit the kind of contract that Mr. [read post]
8 May 2011, 5:23 am
BLOODLUST: Thirty years after first securing a conviction and death sentence, the same white Texas state prosecutor is again trying to kill the same black defendant even though the US Supreme court reversed the verdict and sentence, finding that the Bowie County prosecutors who tried the case suppressed evidence and deliberately covered their mistakes for decades. [read post]
