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9 Jul 2010, 3:24 pm by Louis Leichter
  In its last session the Texas Legislature passed a new law concerning Pain Management Clinics. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 6:07 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
For some reason, that law literally remains on the books; the State Legislature has not formally repealed it. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 9:00 am by Steve Hall
The review included visits to Texas, Indiana and Missouri. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 9:21 am by Judicial Watch Blog
Not surprisingly, border states such as California, Arizona and Texas take the biggest hits and the single largest cost nationally is to educate the children of illegal aliens, $52 billion a year. [read post]
5 Jul 2010, 12:11 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
 Rather they may succumb to the temptation to just pull out the trump card  (e.g. a pistol, a 166.046 process) that the state legislature has given them. [read post]
3 Jul 2010, 4:48 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The second story documents a phenomenon I've discussed here in Texas: Demand for private prison beds is shrinking thanks to reduced state and local incarceration as well as waning immigration detention. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 10:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A few tidbits on parole stood out from my notes from Wednesday's meeting of the Texas House Corrections Committee on prisoner reentry ...Parole board chair Rissie Owens thanked the committee for additional treatment beds and told them they were responsible for an uptick in parole rates, which is up to 31% this year, she said, and which would be (just barely) the highest rate in recent memory if it's sustained for the rest of the year. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 8:34 pm by lawmrh
Unlike most states where commissioners are appointed by the governor or legislature, Arizona is one of the remaining few that elects their commissioners. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:30 pm by carie
"They have to live with it every day," she said.In voicing frustration with capital punishment, these supporters of the penalty are lending momentum to a renewed push by death penalty foes to abolish executions in California.With the state's financial woes as a backdrop, the foes have launched a new assault on the death penalty, saying California cannot afford it.The state Legislature created the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice to… [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:20 pm by carie
In that spirit, Roberts last week denounced President Obama’s criticism of the Court in his State of the Union address, saying that the occasion had “degenerated to a political pep rally. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 10:12 am by B.W. Barnett
State, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was presented the following issues: Can a defendant be convicted and punished for both Manufacture and the subsequent Possession with Intent to Deliver of the same quantity of controlled substances? [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 5:52 pm by Adam Levitin
 On the other hand, it's questionable whether state legislatures intended for anything other than Christian scripture (in a non-denominational sense) to be exempted. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:24 pm by Matthew Scarola
Because courts will rely heavily on arguments that a type of weapon is not protected by the Second Amendment, this seemingly abstract dilemma may soon pose concrete difficulties for state courts and legislatures. [read post]
26 Jun 2010, 3:30 pm by Rich Shea
Equal division of property is the standard in some other states, but not in Texas. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 6:15 am by Steven Peck
In Texas the Texas Constitution give builders the right to lien and sub contractors are given the right under Chapter 53 of the Texas State Property Code. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 7:00 am by Eric Hoke, Paralegal
Sean Parnell decided to veto $25 million for projects he said can still be considered.The Legislature had approved $50 million for the Alaska Renewable Energy Grant Fund, but Parnell cut it in half just before the 2010 Business of Clean Energy in Alaska conference last week.The conference was organized by the Renewable Energy Alaska Project to show Alaska's leaders how to build a more sustainable energy future for the state and tap into the worldwide $155-billion-a-year clean… [read post]