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8 Jan 2015, 9:33 am by Myron Orfield
Bush of Texas, who bravely voted for the bill even through it was fiercely opposed by his constituents. [read post]
7 Jan 2015, 10:52 am by Maureen Johnston
United States, plaintiffs’ claims that Colorado's government is not republican in form remain non-justiciable political questions; and (2) whether a minority of legislators have standing to challenge a law that allegedly dilutes their power to legislate on a particular subject. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 9:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Indeed, pandering by Democrats to police unions is the main reason significant criminal-justice reform didn't begin in Texas until Republicans took over the Legislature in 2003 for the first time since Reconstruction. [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 4:46 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
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30 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Texas, absent specific evidence, treaties are presumed to be non-self-executing. [read post]
26 Dec 2014, 11:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
There are more recusal motions pending, while those already granted call into question whether Seiler can objectively preside over the roughly 50 civil commitment cases heard in the court annually.At issue are a series of of speeches he gave to Tea Party and Republican groups in which he suggested eliminating jury trials for sex offenders and opined that castration would only work to deter sex offenders if they occurred at neck level. [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 10:30 am by Legal Talk Network
Prior to that he served as County Commissioner in San Juan County from 1997 to 2004, the City Commission of the City of Aztec from 1995-1996, and County Chairman for the San Juan Republican Party from 1990-1991. [read post]
11 Dec 2014, 7:43 am by Joe May
Campaign Finance “Parties cut deal to open spigot of campaign cash” by Megan R. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 4:57 am by Amy Howe
” In an op-ed for The Washington Times, Brent Bozell, Richard Viguerie, and Pat Nolan weigh in on the case of Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti, whose execution is scheduled for today. [read post]
23 Nov 2014, 12:23 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) Since 2010, I have been posting on the development of a new course I have been developing for our first year law school students, "Elements of Law. [read post]
19 Nov 2014, 11:00 am by Ruby Powers
Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said Obama was abusing his power and instead should have worked with Republicans. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 11:36 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While President Obama has vowed to veto any attempt by Republicans that he perceives would roll back the reforms enacted as part of ACA, many members of Congress have expressed support for tightening the definition of full-time employee for purposes of the employer pay-or-play mandates and certain other reforms. [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 7:30 am by Dennis Crouch
Emerging as a leading Senate Republican on patent reform is Senator Cornyn of Texas. [read post]
13 Nov 2014, 9:01 pm by John Dean
The hardline anti-abortion policy position of today’s Republican Party has translated into a perceived GOP “war against women. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 4:20 pm by Jeff Kosseff
  Tea Party-aligned Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, including Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah, also have long criticized government surveillance. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 3:47 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
About The Program While November 4, 2014 Republican election victories gave Republicans a narrow majority in both the House and Senate when the new Congress takes office January 3, 2015, the new Republican Majority may face significant challenges delivering on their promises to move quickly to enact more business-friendly health care, guest worker, tax and other key reforms Republicans say will boost the employment and the economy. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 2:06 pm by Michael Cannon
In 2010, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Doggett, a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, warned his party’s leaders that even though the ACA provided for federal fallback exchanges, states could still categorically block their residents from receiving “any benefit” under the ACA [read post]