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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]
15 May 2008, 5:57 pm
Big news today out of California, where the state's high court overturned a ban on same sex marriage in a move that has generated a lot of discussion from all sides of the political spectrum. [read post]
14 May 2008, 10:02 am
To make convictions easier the Texas Legislature simply redefined intoxicated for the purpose of DWI. [read post]
13 May 2008, 1:33 pm
Because one of the main causes of injury and death on Texas highways is DWI, the state legislature wrote the DWI laws to carry stiff punishment. [read post]
12 May 2008, 7:52 pm
Bob Barr, R-Georgia, participates in discussion at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Salt Lake City. [read post]
12 May 2008, 9:29 am
One of the driving forces behind this law was Texas State House Transportation Chairman Mike Krusee. [read post]
9 May 2008, 5:31 am
State, decided May 7th, the CCA held that a person could be criminally prosecuted for a false statement made in a civil filing regardless of how that same conduct would be treated under Rule 13 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. [read post]
5 May 2008, 3:25 pm
Last Monday was Entergy day at the state capitol The Texas Supreme Court has already granted rehearing, but last week the Texas Legislature held its own committee hearings with testimony from a number of witnesses about the Court’s decision in the case. [read post]
5 May 2008, 1:29 pm
At the time the Georgia Aggravated Child Molestation statute, a crime designed to punish true pedophiles had no exception for consenting teens so close in age as many other states such as Texas had. [read post]
4 May 2008, 11:08 am
A new bill in Florida is working its way through the legislature which will require all registered sex offenders to provide all telephone numbers when they register. [read post]
3 May 2008, 2:45 pm
  In Texas, the Legislature seeking to gain selection for the FutureGen project that was to be in large part funded by the US government, passed a law providing liability protection for the project. [read post]
3 May 2008, 7:38 am
In response to the public outcry, Congress and state legislatures have enacted sex offender laws in an attempt to assuage the community's fears.4In 2005 alone, state legislatures across the nation enacted more than 100 sex offender laws5 in an attempt to manage and control their sex offender populations. [read post]
30 Apr 2008, 6:42 pm
"Public universities are in a unique position since the industry puts pressure on us through state legislatures to try to impose what are widely considered to be draconian content monitoring measures and turn us into tech police forces in support of a specific industry," Waggener said. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 7:24 pm
One was the state legislatures' ability to recall judges. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 6:32 pm
As for what's next: First, we do expect that there will be a major push in state legislatures and Congress to pass very restrictive voter ID laws, this year or next. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 4:06 pm
At the time the Georgia Aggravated Child Molestation statute, a crime designed to punish true pedophiles had no exception for consenting teens so close in age as many other states such as Texas had. [read post]
27 Apr 2008, 1:46 pm
The closest states enforcing the lifetime law include Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and Texas.- Once again, I think they mean "REGISTRATION" and not "PROBATION! [read post]
25 Apr 2008, 3:06 am
Before our legislature started winging personal injury torts and business torts with the same buckshot. [read post]