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10 Mar 2011, 2:39 am
If you believe that sacrificing our legal rights on the altar of an imaginary crisis created by the same interests whose actions brought our country to the brink of financial collapse is wrong, I urge you to watch this session of the Texas Legislature closely and call your state representative and senator and tell them to vote no to more so-called “tort reform. [read post]
25 Sep 2007, 12:52 am
They read of police making more arrests than ever, jails stuffed full with crooks, and politicos touting "tuff on crime" solutions, but when crime happens to them or people they know it usually goes unsolved.The Texas Legislature gave law enforcement an important new tool this year to help redirect police focus toward more serious crime - HB 2391 that allows (at the officer's discretion) citations instead of arrest for certain low-level misdemeanors including driving… [read post]
2 Jun 2009, 2:02 pm
She's also made it a practice to be an advocate for those in Texas jails, prisons, or on parole -- people who don't have much of a voice in the Capitol.I hope her voice will be heard in the 82nd Texas Legislature when it convenes in January 2011. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 3:23 am
If you believe that sacrificing our legal rights on the altar of an imaginary crisis created by the same interests whose actions brought our country to the brink of financial collapse is wrong, I urge you to watch this session of the Texas Legislature closely and call your state representative and senator and tell them to vote no to more so-called "tort reform. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 10:09 am
The legislature put a strict damages cap in place effectively ending a patient's right to a civil remedy for malpractice in that state. [read post]
16 Aug 2008, 10:37 am
The problem is, state law provides no consequence for failing to pay - except, we presume, more jail time. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 8:56 am
The only step court members are expected to take today is authorizing further studies by a team of representatives from county and district courts, the county attorney's office, each Commissioners Court member's office, the criminal defense bar, the Texas Fair Defense Project and the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense. ...State Sen. [read post]
25 Apr 2010, 5:46 pm
That’s the closest three wise men will ever get to the Texas legislature. [read post]
1 Mar 2009, 10:12 pm
We've seen some positive expressions in Washington by the new administration, but right now I'm not sure I see a strong faction at the Texas Legislature, in either party, supporting greater government openness, and that's a little scary.UPDATE: I forwarded this post to Reps Hughes and Heflin, and Rep Bryan Hughes responded thusly: Thanks, man. [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 11:01 am
In authorizing its placement, the Legislature apparently believed that there would be no legal impediment to placing the monument on the Capitol grounds so long as (1) the text was the same as the text displayed on the Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, and (2) a non-religious historic purpose was given for the placement of the monument. [read post]
21 Sep 2023, 7:20 am
These experienced Empire State experts discuss the dominant cases and legal theories at stake in workplace violence disputes. [read post]
16 May 2008, 12:43 pm
He was able to persuade the Democratic majorities in both houses of the legislature, but not the governor, who pointed out that as the marriage question was pending in the courts and the authority of the legislature to pass these bills was questionable, the matter should be left up to the courts. [read post]
25 Apr 2016, 6:44 am
If Uber loses, they will go to the State legislature and try to impose their will on the entire state. [read post]
29 Aug 2008, 2:00 pm
In the case, United States v. [read post]
25 Apr 2016, 6:44 am
If Über loses, they will go to the State legislature and try to impose their will on the entire state. [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 7:24 am
All told, over 400 Republican bills are pending in state legislatures, attacking womens’ reproductive rights. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 11:41 pm
In Plyler, the issue was whether the state of Texas could exclude children present in the country without documentation from attending public schools, and the Supremes said, by a 5-4 vote, no, that violates the Equal Protections Clause. [read post]
5 Sep 2019, 9:05 pm
A North Carolina court unanimously ruled that the legislative redistricting map drawn by the Republican-controlled state legislature was made for partisan reasons. [read post]
11 Jun 2019, 12:35 pm
The Ohio legislature promptly slammed it shut. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 10:37 pm
Justice Wilson admits as much: "This is Lochner redux: a grotesque usurpation of the legislature's role in determining economic regulation when no fundamental rights are at issue. [read post]
