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11 Mar 2019, 11:29 am
That is, the shift must undercut the expectations of recipients or third parties who invested time, effort, and reputation in the rescinded reforms and now stand to lose those investments in whole or part. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 11:50 am
Full-blown Colorado-style legalization is off the table this year, but penalty reduction for user-level marijuana possession has an excellent chance.The Republican Party in its platform has endorsed one proposal making possession of up to one ounce of marijuana a civil penalty, a measure embodied in Speaker Pro Tempore Joe Moody's HB 63, which received an early hearing this week. [read post]
4 Mar 2019, 11:23 am
Notably, Moody's proposal more or less matches what the state Republican Party platform endorsed last year (the GOP said the fine should be $100). [read post]
22 Feb 2019, 1:36 pm
How can the American public secure a safe, meaningful border security/immigration policy when the nation’s president infects the public discourse on the subject with blatant lies, deliberate misrepresentations, and calculated deceit in order to perpetuate his racist political agenda—an agenda supported by a majority of the Republican Party and every single race-hating white nationalist in the country. [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 10:32 am
President Andrew Johnson and his allies hoped to carry out a swift reconstruction, requiring only that southern states ratify the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, repudiate all war debts, and void ordinances of succession.17 The Radical Republicans, led by the “Dictator of Congress,” Rep. [read post]
17 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm
But there is no way to reach the 2/3 vote needed in each chamber, given how many Republican members of each chamber fear a primary challenge from a more Trump-loyal rival. [read post]
14 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm
Individuals will be allowed to contribute up to $35,500 to party accounts like the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee every year. [read post]
8 Feb 2019, 8:40 am
Decriminalization, in particular, is seeing surprising approval with the Republican Party of Texas, which has actually endorsed the switch from criminal to civil offense for small-scale possession. [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm
National: Inaccurate Claims of Noncitizen Voting in Texas Reflect a Growing Trend in Republican StatesStamford Advocate – Amy Gardner (Washington Post) | Published: 2/6/2019 When Texas officials announced in January that as many as 58,000 noncitizens may have voted illegally in state elections over nearly two decades, top Republicans, including President Trump, quickly warned about the prevalence of voter fraud and the need to crack… [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 9:17 am
If uninspired by the reactionary historical social justice determinism of the Democratic Party, or the passive aggressive street brawler merchant hustling of the Republican Party, then what might be usefully retrieved from the words communicated at this (necessarily important—because the nation has now constructed it so) event? [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 1:15 pm
Representatives from California (all of them Democrats) and seven Republican Congressmen (from Texas, Florida, Colorado, and North Carolina) submitted statements.Then there were some NGO submissions supporting Qualcomm, one submission by multiple NGOs supporting Apple and Intel, and a few letters from people who personally know J. [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 12:53 pm
That includes political parties, ranging from major parties (i.e., Republicans and Democrats) to third parties and supporters of independent candidates. [read post]
31 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm
Even in an era of single-party dominance in state Legislatures, it is the first time in more than a century that only one state has split control of its legislative chambers and is one more indication of the depth of the nation’s divided political sensibilities. [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 9:14 am
The Texas Senate Finance Committee this morning had a quite-animated discussion over long lines at DPS driver license offices. [read post]
23 Jan 2019, 1:23 pm
That's a significant, hidden expense generated by the current system.There are additional, unintended consequences to jailing hundreds of thousands of people over debt collection: Research shows that cities which rely on low-level fines as revenue sources tend to solve more serious crimes at lower rates.Regular readers know that, in 2018, both the Republican and Democratic party platforms in Texas called for eliminating arrests for non-payment of Class C… [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm
Texas: Texas Republicans Rally Behind Muslim Official as Some Try to Oust Him Over ReligionMSN – Adeel Hassan (New York Times) |& [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 12:58 pm
Texas Tribune reports that the precinct chairs of the Tarrant County, Texas Republican Party last night rejected by a vote of 139-49 an attempt to remove trauma surgeon Shahid Shafi as vice-chairman of the county Republican Party. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 12:38 pm
Interoperability will be a key priority for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) going forward. [read post]
4 Jan 2019, 8:13 am
Alma Allen has filed HB 371 making possession of up to one ounce a Class C, so our Republican governor has proposed a more aggressive reform measure than this Democratic state rep. [read post]
4 Jan 2019, 5:03 am
The House’s entry into the highly visible case in a federal trial court in Fort Worth, Texas, and its imminent entry into the case as an appeal reaches the federal court of appeals based in New Orleans, did not need the approval of the Senate (still under Republican control) because it involved only an action of the House. [read post]
