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9 Mar 2021, 3:25 pm
” Abbott, and the majority of Republicans in the Legislature, do not believe the issue of “reform” applies to individuals like Preston Chaney. [read post]
20 Jul 2016, 3:22 pm
” For example, it noted, the district court had “relied too heavily” on historical evidence of state-sponsored discrimination “dating back hundreds of years” — which has “little probative value” in assessing the legislature’s motives today. [read post]
1 Sep 2021, 6:38 am
The Texas legislature passed the law as part of an effort to undercut the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in Roe v. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 11:04 pm
In reality, the legislature, like many or legislatures, is trying to find money from anywhere it can as states are broke, roads need paving, jails are overflowing, and schools can't pay teachers. [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 6:34 pm
Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and Texas all have their own state-OMIGs. [read post]
8 Jul 2009, 2:34 pm
Good for adults, bad for kids.And then there's Texas where the legislature just said no juvenile can get LWOP.When I moved to Ohio from Texas in 1989, I thought I was going to a more enlightened place. [read post]
10 May 2018, 8:48 am
State (decided yesterday by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals), prosecutors, judges, and a jury applied the law precisely in this way: Estes' conviction for having sex with an under-16-year-old friend of his son's was upgraded to a first-degree felony just because he was married. [read post]
25 Jun 2011, 8:14 pm
Yet according to the “real world” data, even in the most attorney-packed legislature in the country (Texas), there are still more than 2x as many non-lawyers as there are lawyers. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 6:36 am
On February 23, Texas Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson delivered his State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the legislature, per HCR 43 adopted earlier in February. [read post]
11 Mar 2022, 1:15 am
My Cousin Steve Says That Texas Is a “Right to Work State,” and That Noncompete Agreements Are Not Enforceable Here. [read post]
1 May 2014, 4:53 pm
Texas is way ahead of other states on this topic, as far as I can tell, and this meeting offered some meaty suggestions for the Legislature to consider when it convenes again in 2015. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 10:33 am
Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and various lower federal civilian and military courts; has testified before numerous congressional committees, Executive Branch agencies, and the Texas legislature; has served as an expert witness both in U.S. state and federal courts and in foreign tribunals; and has received numerous awards for his influential and widely cited legal scholarship, his prolific popular writing, his teaching, and his service to the legal… [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 12:28 pm
The Texas Legislature made several changes to the Texas Business Organizations Code (BOC) that become effective September 1, 2011. [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 5:46 pm
That's a significant investment which the Legislature has sustained, if not added to, in subsequent sessions.And to criticize the reforms for not reducing incarceration ignores the situation faced by Texas state leaders at the time. [read post]
16 May 2016, 9:20 am
As required by the Texas Constitution, the Texas legislature reapportioned its senate districts after the publication of the 2010 census, formally adopting an interim plan that had been put in place for the 2012 primaries. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 9:26 am
This spring, State Senator Rodney Ellis, a Houston Democrat and a longtime champion of the innocence projects, and State Senator Bob Duncan, a Republican and, like Cole, a Texas Tech alumnus, sponsored the Tim Cole Act. [read post]
25 Aug 2012, 12:14 pm
Call your state representatives and tell them you need insurance reform for Texas families. [read post]
27 Mar 2008, 7:55 am
It's just a shame that the state lets itself get forced into these situations through crisis rather than planning for them responsibly when the Legislature is in town.UPDATE: See fuller coverage from Mike Ward at the Statesman. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 7:00 am
“We thank the Texas Legislature for providing funding for veteran legal services, as well as the Texas Access to Justice Commission and State Bar of Texas who help raise funds through an annual gala,” said Betty Balli Torres, executive director of TAJF, in a news release. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 2:35 pm
GREG ABBOTT (R), Texas attorney general: What the legislature does and is entitled to do is to draw districts in the state of Texas that complies with the Voting Rights Act, to the extent possible, protects incumbents. [read post]
