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4 Feb 2010, 8:04 am
Image via WikipediaTexas Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed a 10-page motion in federal court in Pecos seeking to have four municipalities dropped as parties to a case challenging the constitutionality of the Texas Open Meetings Act ("TOMA")[Tex. [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 2:48 pm
Last week, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released an opinion saying Russell couldn't use money from the forfeiture fund to defend herself against the suit. [read post]
23 Jan 2010, 7:35 am
That's why it makes more sense to set up the review process in an office independent of the original investigation.So far Attorney General Greg Abbott has also balked at undertaking this responsibility, even in cases where his own prosecutors used Pikett's dog-scent evidence. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 10:02 am
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot today issued Opinion GA-0754 regarding the authority of a Texas governor to issue a posthumous pardon. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 8:38 am
Via Kimberly Reeves at the Quorum Report, I learned that Attorney General Greg Abbott issued his first opinion of 2010 in response to questions from state Sen. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 1:37 pm
I predict this time, too, judicial races will be Democrats' top statewide vote getters.Speaking of Barbara Radnofsky, she'll face off against incumbent Attorney General Greg Abbott in a race that for me hinges mostly on the candidates' open records stances.Ex-Travis County DA Ronnie Earle will run against incumbent David Dewhurst for Lt. [read post]
23 Dec 2009, 6:24 am
" "The Nebraska compromise, which permanently exempts Nebraska from paying Medicaid costs that Texas and all other 49 states must pay, may violate the United States Constitution - as well as other provisions of federal law," Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 7:36 am
Notably, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is not a signator on the amicus brief (pdf) filed by state attorneys general.The fight here is over the vote of rookie Justice Sotomayor: All the other justices took sides in last term's 5-4 vote, so if Obama's new appointment reverses David Souter's vote, the outcome could change 180 degrees. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 12:55 pm
Attorney General Greg Abbott said that he would appeal the ruling "to defend the traditional definition of marriage that was approved by Texas voters. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 2:41 pm
An excerpt: [T]he State of Texas and 37 other States ... request that the Court divide oral argument for Petitioners, and allow Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, on behalf of the amici States, 10 minutes of argument time. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 9:02 am
Objectors, including the offices of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and 25 other AGs, say the coupons, free instructional DVD and other benefits to the class aren't very valuable. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 5:29 pm
"However, "Between 2003 and 2008, when the requests to the attorney general spiked, the staffing levels of the office issuing the opinions stayed relatively flat, said Jerry Strickland, a spokesman for Attorney General Greg Abbott. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 9:04 am
We await a modern opinion from the current attorney general, Greg Abbott. ... [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 7:38 pm
She calls it a "massive mistake" and blames the current attorney general, Republican Greg Abbott, for allowing the language to become part of the Texas Constitution. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 10:15 am
"We are grateful to the Bastrop District Attorney's Office and the Elgin Police Department for assistance with this case and their commitment to Texas children," said Attorney General Greg Abbott (Contact). [read post]
11 Nov 2009, 4:21 am
I kept wondering which statewide GOP official who makes appointments to the commission - Rick Perry, David Dewhurst, or Greg Abbott - does he believe aided and abetted this "hijacking"? [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 12:41 am
I'm incredibly disappointed at recent trends developing over at the Texas Attorney General's Open Records division. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 2:05 am
, have been charged by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott with defrauding Hispanic home buyers. [read post]
19 Oct 2009, 8:15 am
Because of Perry's silence, Attorney General Greg Abbott ordered the documents' release.But when the Houston Chronicle and other news organizations sought similar memos written for Perry by his general counsel, the governor's office has fought it repeatedly and obtained rulings from Abbott that the information does not have to be made public.It is part of a pattern, a shroud of secrecy that has descended on the… [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 11:33 pm
Quite a few members of the CCA seem to think "finality" is a more important goal of the justice system than liberating the innocent.Perhaps to expedite the process, Attorney General Greg Abbott should mimic the approach to DNA cases by Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins and partner with the Texas Innocence Project to vet old arson cases with disputed convictions for erroneous forensic testimony. [read post]
