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22 Aug 2006, 9:23 pm
To the extent these responsive arguments are persuasive, then state courts and/or legislatures will be in a better-informed position to select an approach more consonant with their particular concerns and objectives. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
A validation of the so-called Independent State Legislature theory underpinning the case could reshape American elections. [read post]
10 Dec 2007, 12:34 am
In any event, 22% of readers voted with me on this one, that the 81st Legislature occurs before any of those things. [read post]
27 Nov 2020, 3:38 pm by Eugene Volokh
Public schools, on the other hand, lack First Amendment rights that they can assert against the state legislature: "[A] political subdivision, 'created by a state for the better ordering of government, has no privileges or immunities under the federal constitution which it may invoke in opposition to the will of its creator.'" [read post]
8 Apr 2013, 4:37 am by David DePaolo
The 1st DCA is not legislation from the bench, it is a check on the excess of the legislature (or executive as the case may be). [read post]
8 Feb 2022, 10:15 am by Katherine Pompilio
Ron DeSantis and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. [read post]
27 Dec 2018, 7:00 am by Joanna Grisinger
Texas (2003), the Supreme Court observed that “In our tradition the State is not omnipresent in the home. [read post]
16 Jul 2021, 12:00 am by Jim Sedor
In red states, blue states, and swing states, these leaders – nearly all of whom were elected during Trump’s presidency or right after – are redefining the traditional role of the state party chair. [read post]
26 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm by Lyle Denniston
 Probably the more important of the two, in terms of constitutional meaning, is the case over the maps drawn up by the Texas state legislature in 2013, for filling the thirty-one seats in the state senate. [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 6:00 am by Kevin Kaufman
Texas, for example, allows for deductions for cost of goods sold (COGS) or worker compensation, while Nevada permits firms to deduct 50 percent of a firm’s Commerce Tax liability over the previous four quarters from payments for the state’s payroll tax.[21] Gross receipts taxes usually apply to C corporations, but some, such as Texas’ Margin Tax, apply to C corporations and pass-through firms such as LLCs and S corporations.[22] Nearly all states… [read post]
28 Dec 2016, 1:30 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
Cardozo School of LawSpeakers:Josh Blackman, South Texas College of Law Houston Khiara M. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 6:57 am by admin
  In 1987, the Texas Legislature authorized the state Water Development Board to provide grants and loans for water and wastewater services in colonias. [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 11:30 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  We work for the people, not for the university's administration, not for the current legislature or governor, and not for anyone else who has a rooting interest in the lawsuits in question. [read post]
28 Sep 2008, 11:02 pm
Here is an overview: In 1995, the Texas Legislature created an exception to a 1973 statute, which required a person to retreat in the face of a criminal attack. [read post]
2 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Text messages from four officials, including those directly in the governor’s office and with leadership positions in state agencies. [read post]
11 May 2023, 5:00 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
In Texas, the criminal penalty is up to life in prison for a doctor who violates the state’s abortion ban. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 12:04 pm
For example, three states (Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) have official state neckwear, in each case the bolo string tie. [read post]
26 Apr 2022, 8:54 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  Despite occasional efforts by Texas Republicans to take the lead, Florida is where the most extreme action is. [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 6:56 am by Rory Little
Over time, however, some state legislatures broadened the definition to include people who did not intend to commit another crime when they entered, but who developed such a criminal intent after a lawful entry became unlawful (Imagine a person who hides inside a store after entering lawfully, and then decides to rob it.). [read post]