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20 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Rather, the case arose because Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Republican-dominated Texas legislature pursued a radical policy premised on the notion that a state could decide for itself that the federal government was not doing enough to enforce federal law and assume responsibility for that fundamentally federal function even in the teeth of opposition from the national executive. [read post]
She has sent the National Guard from Iowa to assist in Texas Governor Abbott’s state immigration enforcement. [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 12:56 pm by Ryan Scoville
If nonbinding MOUs are preemptable, then the same may be true of all other nonbinding but official state acts, including single-chamber and concurrent resolutions from state legislatures and various forms of official statements from state executives. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 1:41 pm by David Kopel
It is preposterous for a legislature to claim (falsely) that these rifles are "weapons of war," are useless for self-defense, and are made only for mass killing. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 6:00 am by Sherica Celine
While change in U.S. privacy law at the federal level continues to remain a possibility, state legislatures continue to be at the forefront of new privacy regulations. [read post]
17 Mar 2024, 10:58 am by Kevin LaCroix
(SpaceX, also a Musk company, has in fact already reincorporated in Texas.) [read post]
16 Mar 2024, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
That would make it one of America’s most populous states, its 20 million inhabitants, on par with Florida and New York and surpassed only by Texas (30 million) and California (40 million). [read post]
15 Mar 2024, 1:45 pm by Michael Lowe
Here are how things stand right now for the controversial Texas Senate Bill 4 (88-4) (“SB4”), which was passed last fall by both houses of the Texas Legislature and signed into law by Governor Abbott. [read post]
15 Mar 2024, 9:24 am by Heather L. Weaver
A 2023 Texas law allowing public schools to hire chaplains, or accept them as volunteers, to provide student support services has inspired more states to consider copycat legislation. [read post]
14 Mar 2024, 5:05 pm
   Tom Oliverson, M.D.: Texas State Representative, Chair of the Insurance Committee, Texas House of Representatives. [read post]
13 Mar 2024, 12:57 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  It simply requires that Trump and the Republicans mount a nonstop series of challenges -- before, during, and after Election Day -- that will create the noise necessary to allow Republicans in state legislatures and governors' mansions to refuse to appoint Biden's electors.If this requires that a Republican legislature override a Democratic governor, the Supreme Court's apparent rejection last year of the Independent State… [read post]
12 Mar 2024, 7:55 am by Evan George
“In my years in the Legislature, nothing has given me more satisfaction than this amendment,” said former Pennsylvania State Senator Franklin Kury. [read post]
11 Mar 2024, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf
Had it been filed in federal district court in Amarillo, Texas, perhaps it would have had a chance. [read post]
11 Mar 2024, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Game Commission Won’t Renew Controversial Contract with Lobbying Firm Run by Former Top Lawmaker” by Angela Couloumbis for Spotlight PA Texas: “Texas Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Ethics Lawsuits Brought by Conservative Activist Michael Quinn Sullivan” by Robert Downen (Texas Tribune) for MSN The post Monday’s LobbyComply News Roundup appeared first on State and Federal Communications. [read post]
10 Mar 2024, 7:42 am by Dave Maass
The Keep Your Opinions to Yourself Award: Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita The Failed Sunshine State Award: Florida Gov. [read post]
9 Mar 2024, 9:05 pm by Ariel Breitman
We note in our essay that in seven states voters have used referenda to expand Medicaid in the face of inaction by their legislatures and governors to enable all low-income residents to enroll in the program. [read post]