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2 Oct 2009, 6:14 am
Why can't the Texas legislature hold hearings and acknowledge the truth? [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 6:11 am
Since Texas has a state constitutional ban on gay marriages, the only way to get jurisdiction over the case is to vault over the state's ban and declare the law invalid under the federal constitution. [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 5:56 am
I bring it up because I was reminded of it by this story in which a Texas state district court judge ruled yesterday that two men married in another state can divorce in Texas and that the state's constitutional prohibition against gay marriage violates the U.S. [read post]
1 Oct 2009, 2:14 am
Love loopholes or hate them, is it the business of judges, as opposed to legislatures and administrative agencies, to "improve" statutes, rules, and regulations to eliminate loopholes that those bodies saw fit to create? [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 11:34 pm
Munoz said the Texas Legislature also has recommended TCJS to help develop a catalog of best practices that are happening across the state. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 11:28 pm
Lee ("A Long Wait to Get Past Crime") which reported that there are approximately 3,600 registered juvenile sex offenders in the State of Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 10:11 am
Having assigned it in a course I'm giving this semester at Harvard College, and will give next semester at the University of Texas Law School, I can attest to its pedagogical excellence. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 8:42 am
This is another bill in the Legislature's continuing effort address the problem of inactive unplugged wells in Texas. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 8:26 am
The Legislature passed a bill amending the Lottery Act to limit those assignments. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 12:00 am
(SEE CLARIFICATION AT THE END) In 2007, the Texas Legislature changed the max age for Texas Youth Commission inmates from 21 to 19, sending 19-20 year olds who committed their crimes as juveniles to state prisons. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 8:53 am
"In my opinion, the fee this lawyer is trying to charge is obscene," Turner said.The Tim Cole Act, passed by the 2009 Texas Legislature, was HB 1736. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 7:05 am
Michael Joseph Rhine: The delegation of the power to prohibit or control the outdoor burning of waste by the legislature to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality did not violate the strict separation of the branches of government set out in the Texas Constitution. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 7:02 am
Rhine filed a motion to quash, alleging that the delegation of authority to the TCEQ by the Legislature in the Health and Safety Code violated Article II, Section 1 of the Texas Constitution. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 9:59 am
This blog over the next couple months will feature in depth articles about the most significant pieces of legislation that emanated out of the 2009 Texas Legislature and their potential impact on the state's criminal justice system with special appreciation to the TCDLA. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 9:26 am
This spring, State Senator Rodney Ellis, a Houston Democrat and a longtime champion of the innocence projects, and State Senator Bob Duncan, a Republican and, like Cole, a Texas Tech alumnus, sponsored the Tim Cole Act. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 1:35 am
The two new laws are now being implemented and their backers hope they will mitigate the state's hang 'em high image.Of course, the last thing on anybody's mind at the Texas Legislature was trying to "mitigate the state's hang 'em high image. [read post]
19 Sep 2009, 2:35 pm
Realizing that state coffers may be lean for years to come, legislatures such as Missouri's are granting local prosecutors concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute preneed law violations. [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 8:40 am
But the suspended execution raises a question for Strickland and the Ohio legislature: Why does the state of Ohio retain only one way to carry out executions? [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 5:48 am
Perry, to allow a display of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the Texas State Legislature. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 2:58 am
Because the Texas Legislature left eyewitness ID reforms hanging this year during the partisan meltdown at the end of session, for now it's up to local Texas police and sheriffs departments to address the problem, as Dallas PD did earlier this year.For those who won't, there's a high probability Texas will pass legislation in 2011 mandating improved eyewitness ID reforms. [read post]
