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11 Aug 2020, 10:02 am
The NRA may well survive, either by winning in court, by reforming or relocating to a more friendly state (President Trump suggested, in his own norm-breaking way, that the NRA move to Texas). [read post]
5 Aug 2020, 6:32 am
But the Harris County Jail is larger than 20 state prison systems! [read post]
4 Aug 2020, 10:23 am
The legislature finally ratified the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the US Constitution. [read post]
3 Aug 2020, 9:05 pm
The Louisiana Act was almost an exact replica of a Texas law that the Court struck down four years earlier in Whole Woman’s Health v. [read post]
3 Aug 2020, 8:47 am
The Texas Legislature has not created such standards, leaving district attorneys, judges, and advocates to grapple with a key ethical question: How should the state decide whether an inmate is eligible for the death penalty? [read post]
1 Aug 2020, 2:15 pm
(See Florida, Georgia, and Ohio, among others states.) [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 10:59 am
Targeting health care fraud in Texas is a major undertaking for both state and federal authorities. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 9:26 am
In the first article, it states: “No power of suspending laws in this State shall be exercised except by the Legislature. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 3:00 am
Gohmert, who frequently refuses to wear a mask around the Capitol, tested positive during a pre-screening by the White Houser before a scheduled flight with President Trump to Texas, news that quickly reverberated across Capitol Hill. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 12:36 pm
Before testing positive, Gohmert was scheduled to fly to Texas with President Trump on Wednesday. [read post]
24 Jul 2020, 3:00 am
Right now, Senate Republican incumbents and candidates are losing badly in the money chase not just in the top Senate battlegrounds but also in deep red states. [read post]
23 Jul 2020, 8:40 am
Back in 2012, I published an article in the Texas Review of Law & Politics on this subject, trying to describe such laws. [read post]
22 Jul 2020, 9:40 am
New York State, which is known for high state taxes, sparked the trend in 1997 as a way to discourage border shopping. [read post]
21 Jul 2020, 11:23 am
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which is the state licensing agency for Texas police and jailers, is up for "Sunset" review during the next Texas legislative session in 2021. [read post]
20 Jul 2020, 6:00 am
In a 6-3 opinion, a divided Supreme Court of Texas has affirmed an Amarillo appellate court’s order stating a dispute must be arbitrated despite that a trial was already completed and judgment was entered in the case. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 3:00 am
On July 10, the State Department lifted the ban. [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 4:32 pm
Governor Greg Abbott and the Board of Pardons and Paroles should use their commutation powers to rid the prisons of these short-time inmates as long as the coronavirus rages.The Texas Legislature next year should finally change the law to reduce low-level drug penalties from a felony to a misdemeanor, as Oklahoma, Utah, and several other states have recently done. [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 6:26 am
The legislature will have to propose laws for licensing, regulation, and taxation in the 2021 session since the legislature only addresses fiscal matters in odd-numbered years. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 1:02 pm
But it is not too late for courts--or legislatures--to intervene and grant a diploma privilege. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 3:00 am
In a blog post for the National Conference of State Legislatures, Lisa Soronen looks ahead to next term with a preview of Uzuegbunam v. [read post]
