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1 Mar 2012, 7:44 am by Steve Hall
  Rivas' execution was Texas' second this year; the state's 479th post-Furman execution since 1982, and the 240th execution conducted under the administration of Rick Perry. [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 10:49 am
In "An embarrassment to Texas justice," Houston criminal defense lawyer Tom Moran writes about the case of his client Robert Thompson, executed the night before last after Texas Governor Rick Perry refused to commute his sentence despite the recommendation of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, for a capital murder in which he was not the shooter, and in which the shooter was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. [read post]
25 Sep 2011, 6:30 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Governor Rick Perry has been criticized for signing the 2001 Texas law that allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at Texas state universities. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 8:43 am
Just last month, Governor Rick Perry of Texas surprised us all by issuing an executive order mandating that all girls entering the sixth grade beginning in September 2008 receive an HPV vaccine. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 9:21 am by David S. Jones
Texas Governor Rick Perry started December by issuing an Executive Order requiring E-Verify participation by all Texas state agencies and for all businesses contracting with the State of Texas:  http://governor.state.tx.us/files/press-office/EO-RP-80_E-Verify_IMAGE_12-03-14.pdf Citing with approval advancements made with the E-Verify system and Texas and other states’ successes with the federal database, the Order requires all state agencies and all businesses providing… [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 7:04 am by Daniel Shaviro
Since Rick Perry keeps calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme, let's examine the accuracy of this characterization.A true Ponzi scheme has two main elements. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 8:08 am by Steve Hall
  Tonight's execution would be the 236th conducted under the administration of Rick Perry. [read post]
25 May 2018, 10:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Perry simply chose to spend federal grant money on other priorities.To my knowledge, Texas is the only state to get rid of its drug task forces on accountability grounds, and it's worth noting that the sky didn't fall. [read post]
10 Aug 2014, 9:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry's new general counsel, Mary Ann Wiley, said that before the next legislative session the governor's office plans to issue grants to assist processing cases involving potentially large-scale forensic errors, like the Forensic Science Commission's ongoing hair and fiber analysis or the arson review undertaken by the state fire marshal.That's welcome news; those reviews have been rather ad hoc and funding will not only deploy more resources but help… [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 10:33 am by William K. Berenson
Rick Perry and the second law died in the Senate Transportation Committee two years later after Perry said he'd veto it again.House Bill 80 is sponsored by Republican Rep. [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 6:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Greg Abbott has reversed Rick Perry's decision to defy the federal government over implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). [read post]
27 Feb 2014, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Rick Perry yesterday issued a statement (full text) reacting to the decision, saying in part:it is not the role of the federal government to overturn the will of our citizens. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 8:56 am
11/11/09 discovery order by Judge Walker: On November 2nd, Judge Walker held a hearing on a discovery dispute in Perry v. [read post]
2 Nov 2019, 2:39 pm
“They tried to take me down,” Trump railed.Energy Secretary Rick Perry, the senior member of the group, assured Trump that the new Ukrainian president was different — a reformer in Trump’s mold who had even quoted President Ronald Reagan in his inaugural address, for which the three advisers had been present. [read post]
8 Jul 2013, 5:16 am by Joseph Lazzarotti
On June 14, 2013, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed S.B. 1610 amending Texas' data breach notification law to remove language limiting the application of the data breach notification requirement to Texas residents and residents of states that do not require notification, permit, for residents of states other than Texas that require notification of a breach, notice to be provided to such individuals under the states' law or under… [read post]
31 Jan 2016, 8:14 am by JB
Although I doubt that Hillary Clinton will be indicted, you may recall that in August of 2015, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who had announced his candidacy, was indicted by a Texas grand jury. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 3:40 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry from appointing a Republican as her successor (Terry Keel and John Bradley were names I heard floated), but given that after 30+ years her retirement must be vested, I can't fathom the thinking behind her cost-benefit analysis. [read post]