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27 Feb 2018, 12:37 pm
First, the Court opined that Texas did not have a right to maintain and enforce its laws and policies that absolutely bar convicted felons (or certain categories of convicted felons) from serving in any job that the State and its Legislature deemed appropriate. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 8:33 am
The Court’s appellate jurisdiction over a direct appeal flows ultimately from the Texas Constitution, which sets the outer boundaries for the Legislature and Court to work within: Sec. 3-b. [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 4:15 pm
Here in Texas, Senate Bill 199 was making its way through the Texas Legislature but never made it to the Governor’s desk and never became law before the legislative session ended. [read post]
26 Apr 2009, 10:43 pm
I didn't think we'd see this during the 81st Texas Legislature, but the impeachment resolution for Presiding Judge Sharon Keller of the Court of Criminal Appeals will be heard this afternoon in the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Commitee. [read post]
Florida Amendment 5 & New Hampshire CACR 26: Giving legislatures more power over judicial rulemaking
30 Aug 2012, 8:47 am
State by state breakdowns below the fold. [read post]
14 Dec 2020, 5:08 am
Texas wanted the Supreme Court to consider its suit against four key presidential battleground states which, it charged, had “usurped” the authority of their state legislatures by making voting changes in response to the pandemic. [read post]
10 Feb 2023, 2:02 pm
Concerns have already been raised about the settlement amount, which “would come out of state funds and has to be approved by the Legislature. [read post]
29 Sep 2021, 1:19 pm
As the Texas Tribune reported, “Energy experts said lawmakers have themselves to blame if they wanted the state’s natural gas infrastructure, which sends fuel to many of Texas’ largest power plants, to be weatherized quickly — or at all. [read post]
12 May 2010, 1:30 pm
In 2004, the Texas Legislature mandated that anyone convicted of DWI in Texas is required to pay a driver's license surcharge in order to legally continue to drive. [read post]
26 Jan 2015, 11:25 am
In general, government entities in Texas have sovereign immunity against litigation for money damages unless the Legislature has given clear and unambiguous consent to sue. [read post]
4 Feb 2013, 9:23 am
State legislatures around the country are gearing up to take action on domestic surveillance drones. [read post]
7 Aug 2011, 10:36 am
A staffer for the author of the bill, state Sen. [read post]
4 May 2018, 11:58 am
In their effort to prevent states from protecting a free and open Internet, a small handful of massive and extraordinarily profitably Internet service providers (ISPs) are telling state legislatures that network neutrality would hinder their ability to raise revenues to pay for upgrades and thus force them to charge consumers higher bills for Internet access. [read post]
1 Jan 2010, 6:59 am
Legislation to remedy those abuses died as a result of the end-of-session voter ID meldtown in the Texas House of Representatives.No more juvie LWOP: The Texas Legislature abolished life without parole for juveniles, setting the max sentence for juvenile offenses at 40 years. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 2:47 am
To Prevent Wrongful Convictions Hopefully, the current Texas Legislature will act on the Recommendation and things will change. [read post]
4 Nov 2014, 8:38 pm
Texas, like many states, changed its family relations laws (our Texas Family Code) in recent decades to curb the power of family court judges in Fort Worth, Dallas, and around other part of Texas, to grant any type of spousal support following a Texas divorce. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 10:22 am
The maps concern the two houses of the Texas Legislature and the House of Representatives. [read post]
1 Feb 2007, 6:31 am
Here is the set up:In a nutshell, the [Texas] legislature confronts the first major decision between building additional prison capacity and other alternatives, since the building boom of over 100,000 beds culminated in 1995 and the state began to accept all "state ready" inmates from counties within 45 days. [read post]
16 Feb 2022, 10:43 am
First, the Texas Legislature made it a defense to prosecution to the crime of Interference with Public Duties if the “interruption, disruption, impediment, or interreference alleged consisted of speech only. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 3:55 pm
He was in Austin for a forum on the special courts, which included information from other states that have already started such programs.In 2008, Texas' prison system reported that 4,500 offenders entering the state's prisons had served in the military. [read post]
