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9 Jan 2016, 2:49 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
(Rick Perry, by contrast, declined two-thirds of his own appointees' recommendations.) [read post]
7 Jan 2016, 8:47 am by Dawn Johnsen
After Wendy Davis’s famed pink-sneakered filibuster, then-Governor Rick Perry of Texas called a special session of the legislature to enact what The New York Times called “one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the country. [read post]
23 Dec 2015, 5:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry made an appearance among "recent governors [who] have distinguished themselves with their appalling miserliness. [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 12:10 pm by John Floyd
  Texas Human Trafficking Laws   In 2011, Governor Rick Perry signed legislation to set stricter penalties for anyone convicted of human trafficking. [read post]
20 Nov 2015, 5:07 pm by Eugene Volokh
Perry is the first Texas governor since 1917 to be indicted. [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 5:24 am
And in the seven weeks since then, his support has collapsed to the point where he is in tenth place, with 1.8 percent—putting him just above Rick Perry, who has 1.0 percent support despite having dropped out ten days ago. [read post]
16 Sep 2015, 1:59 pm by John Floyd
On May 16, 2013, former Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law the Michael Morton Act (“Morton Act”). [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 6:28 am by Jim Sedor
Governor McDonnell, Again” by Matt Zapotosky for Washington Post Elections “Rick Perry’s Campaign Details a Path Forward despite Money Woes” by Philip Rucker for Washington Post [read post]
2 Aug 2015, 4:04 am by Kent Scheidegger
  However, the fact that this case was instigated by the same group that brought the preposterous charge that former Governor Rick Perry committed a crime by vetoing a bill makes the whole matter suspect. [read post]
25 Jul 2015, 10:13 am by Kent Scheidegger
  We elect governors and other officials to make such judgments.Yesterday, the Texas Third Court of Appeals threw out one of the charges brought against former Governor Rick Perry. [read post]
25 Jul 2015, 10:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Your correspondent has long considered that one of Rick Perry's most egregious and harmful vetoes.On arrival at the jail: Once dragged out of her car and taken down town, she could have been charged, booked and released. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 4:31 pm
Texas Governor Rick Perry makes a statement regarding his grand jury indictment on charges of abuse of power at the Texas state capitol, in Austin in August 2014. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 2:35 pm
Then-governor Perry threatened to veto $7.5 million in appropriations for the public integrity unit in the Travis County DA’s office unless the DA resigned. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 1:41 pm by Jacqueline Jones
The US Third Court of Appeals [official website] on Friday dismissed [opinion, PDF] one of two criminal charges filed against former Texas governor Rick Perry last year.The court stated that the coercion of a public servant [Texas Penal Code Chapter 36] charge Perry had faced infringed upon his constitutional right to freedom of speech and that the state had relied upon a definition of coercion that conflicted with that of the former governor's… [read post]