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27 Apr 2024, 10:02 am by John Floyd
  Within this due process safeguard (made applicable to the states by the Fourteen Amendment), the “right to remain silent” was born in 1966 in Miranda v. [read post]
16 Jan 2024, 10:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Their only power -- to seek state punishment for rule violators -- is a regressive function. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 10:14 am by Melody McDonald Lanier
Statistics show the imposition of the death penalty has sharply declined in the Lone Star state over the past two decades. [read post]
12 Feb 2019, 8:35 am by Joy Waltemath
Her claim that Walmart retaliated against her for pursuing her rights under the state’s workers’ compensation law also failed (Whitmire v. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 12:47 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire, D-Houston, chair of the Texas Senate's criminal justice committee. [read post]
1 Nov 2015, 1:50 pm by Dale Carpenter
(Much of the history I recount here  comes from Chapter 3 of my book, Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. [read post]
1 Sep 2014, 8:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Anyway, here are what I consider Perry's worst criminal-justice related vetoes:Maximizing police arrest powersPhoto via The EconomistSB 730 (2001): After the US Supreme Court ruled in Atwater v. [read post]
22 May 2013, 9:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
IANAL, but my personal view was that SB 187 did not provide enough discretion on sentencing to comply with the Supreme Court's decision in Miller v. [read post]
21 Apr 2013, 11:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This would create in state habeas law a remedy for lawyers' failure to advised their clients of collateral consequences, following a recent SCOTUS precedent on-point in Padilla v. [read post]
13 Apr 2013, 10:51 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The only reason to oppose this bill is as a back-door means of criminalizing youthful gay relations, since after Lawrence v. [read post]
10 Feb 2013, 9:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire, D-Houston, said [Chairman Tommy] Williams had presented an opportunity for the court to propose “proactive programs” on mental health. [read post]
25 May 2012, 8:08 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Whitmire launched into his Queen of Hearts impersonation and began shouting "Off with their heads! [read post]