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27 Oct 2013, 10:15 am
Governor candidate and state senator Dan Patrick, sentenced the 71-year old defendant, who allegedly now suffers from "dementia and a host of other health issues," to six months in jail and ten years probation as part of a plea deal. [read post]
18 Jan 2013, 1:08 pm
I remember meeting him when he was an Illinois state senator, lobbying him when he was a U.S. [read post]
4 Jun 2018, 10:21 am
Time for more Democrats in the Senate, obstruction of Trump nominees, and for God's sake get a Democrat in the White House in 2020. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 6:30 am
Courts, academics reasoned, had less power to effect change than legislatures or the Presidency. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 9:22 am
"Mainly, the death penalty is very expensive for the state and comes at a time where we see senators being called back to Lincoln to deal with a budget shortfall. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 8:25 am
New York enacted a paid family leave law in 2016 in Part SS of Senate Bill S6406C. [read post]
21 Jan 2008, 5:07 am
As the Office of Legal Research for Connecticut's General Assembly stated in August 2007:The law does not define “incidental to a bona fide social relationship”; the legislative history of the law does not indicate the legislature's intent in enacting the exemption (see House and Senate debate attached); and we found no controlling Connecticut court ruling on the meaning of the term as it pertains… [read post]
18 May 2015, 3:00 am
ICYMI: Delaware Senate Passes Bill Barring Fee-Shifting Bylaws: On May 12, 2015, the Delaware Senate passed Senate Bill (S.B.) 75 (here) that would amend Delaware law to prohibit Delaware stock-based companies from adopting fee-shifting bylaws. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 6:30 am
Similar considerations came into play in 1969-70, when a movement led by Senator Birch Bayh and Representative Emmanuel Cellar came the closest to replacing the Electoral College with the NPV. [read post]
5 Sep 2013, 7:10 am
This period, and the principle of rotation of senators, was “based on comparable provisions in the Constitution of the United States concerning the United States Senate. [read post]
26 May 2011, 8:35 pm
"Despite his contentions in 2007 (as Senator Obama) that the presidential power did not include the ability to order a unilateral attack on a country posing no current threat to the United States, Barack Obama (as President) did precisely that in regard to Libya in 2011. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 11:29 am
With the enactment of Senate Bill 375 in 2008, the Legislature further tasked CARB with developing regional GHG emission reduction targets for automobiles and light trucks by 2020 and 2035. [read post]
29 Nov 2022, 9:05 pm
” Although the oil and gas industry has succeeded in overturning protective environmental laws via the referendum process in the past, Senator Gonzalez reportedly stated that the well-setback referendum will fail this time because, “more than ever before, people believe in a carbon- and fossil-free future. [read post]
22 Aug 2014, 4:58 am
Senate Bill 1443 would outlaw gifts from lobbyists. [read post]
21 Jul 2013, 8:17 am
Hughes and Senators Hinojosa and Estes' legislation this spring - if that had become law I'd have shut up about it about it by now! [read post]
8 Dec 2021, 5:00 am
But it doesn't necessarily follow that there is no constitutional right to abortion.Some parts of the Constitution establish very clear and specific rules, such as that each state gets two senators, and that the president must be at least 35 years old. [read post]
21 Dec 2022, 6:30 am
Scholars, citizens, and legislatures might have a duty to seek “significant structural reform” to the electoral process. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 11:18 pm
The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.If the pre-emptive power of Congress over the time, place, and manner of congressional elections (except the place of senatorial elections) were plenary, they could require the elections be held within a 1-second… [read post]
21 Apr 2013, 1:09 pm
On March 15, 2013 the Maryland legislature approved a bill that would make Maryland the sixth state in six years to repeal capital punishment. [read post]
21 Jan 2022, 3:00 am
Legislatures Across Country Back Off Pandemic Protocols Colorado Newsline – Sean Scully | Published: 1/19/2022 Across the nation, lawmakers are gathering for the annual ritual of legislative sessions, which in most states takes up the early months of the year. [read post]
