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11 Jun 2013, 2:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry expanded Texas' special session call to include two additional items:Legislation relating to the regulation of abortion procedures, providers and facilities.Legislation relating to establishing a mandatory sentence of life with parole for a capital felony committed by a 17-year-old offender.The second item seems oddly worded because the US Supreme Court held in Miller v. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 1:00 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
Rick Perry, who is seeking his party’s presidential nomination, has an answer – give more tax breaks to the nation’s wealthiest. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 7:13 am by Steve Hall
Rick Perry's promise to do whatever he can to help steer our state away from piling injustice upon injustice in the sad case of Anthony Graves, who spent 18 years in prison for murders he did not commit. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 8:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry has full powers under the Texas Constitution to issue posthumous pardons in cases like Timothy Cole's.While such a pardon would require that the Governor seek a recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Parole, said the AG, the Perry has full power to issue pardons in all cases except impeachment or treason, with no other limitations.The Governor had relied on an old AG opinion stating that posthumous pardons were impossible because a pardon must be… [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 2:34 pm by Kali Borkoski
From the blogosphere, not surprisingly, the Election Law Blog has been quite active all day with multiple posts from Rick Hasen (here and here) and Rick Pildes. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 8:51 am by Steve Hall
Rick Perry granted the state's first posthumous pardon toa man who was innocent of a crime for which he had spent 13 years inprison. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 7:33 am by Susan I. Nelson
Rick Perry for calling on the Texas Legislature to fast-track immigration-related legislation today. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 3:08 pm by Will Matthews, ACLU
Rick Perry and the Board of Pardons and Parole to intervene before it's too late. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 12:27 pm
Rick Perry dismissed three members of the FSC days before they were scheduled to hear testimony by fire expert Dr. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 4:00 am by Kyle Krull
  Rick Perry and Herman Cain have come out with massive tax overhaul plans, leaving many to wonder which plan would be cheaper and for whom. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 1:08 am
That brief mention made me realize such debates must be going on everywhere in the state and nation right now, as local governments must balance whether the public-safety benefits of accepting "free" officers in the short term makes sense for the long-term budgetary health of their community.From the taxpayers' perspective, the same argument Rick Perry is making against accepting extra federal unemployment benefits applies in spades to the COPS program.Maybe Governor… [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 2:39 am by Bob Kraft
Rick Perry vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have effectively banned texting while driving. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 2:40 am by Bob Kraft
Rick Perry vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have effectively banned texting while driving. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 5:50 am
 Rick Perry was the funnier comedian there, unless you think he doesn't notice his own double entendre. [read post]
17 Oct 2010, 12:44 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Texas Tribune (2nd clip) Governor Perry has alleged in an attack ad that Houston was a "sanctuary city" under opponent Mayor Bill White because of the the Houston PD policy not to enforce federal immigration law. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 3:13 am by Bob Kraft
Rick Perry suggested would benefit when he proposed a crackdown on medical malpractice lawsuits in 2003. [read post]
17 Aug 2014, 4:39 pm by Bill Otis
"If you don't like how Rick Perry uses his office, don't vote for him....Dershowitz also told Newsmax Perry was well within his rights when he vetoed the money for Lehmberg's office, as he "saw a drunk serving as DA" who "shouldn't be enforcing criminal law. [read post]