The Roberts Court and the Bill of Rights, presented at the Texas State Bar Annual MeetingAllyson N. Ho
“The system is designed to kill legislation, not pass legislation,” said Kathy Green, the director of state and federal strategy for AARP Texas who has more than 30 years of experience working in the Legislature, in state agencies and with interest groups. Committees First,...
Talking about China to Texas folks Yet, when I returned to my native State, Texas, coming here for the first time in for over 7 years - there were moments of awkward interruptions during conversations. Going big and bold at Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation Considered by many...
“The Court’s firm assessment is that, for the reasons stated by the States, they will face irreparable harm in the absence of injunctive relief,” wrote Engelmayer in his decision. “That is both because of the risk that the new policy presents of the disclosure of sensitive and confident...
It looks like Florida is aping Texas again. This is why we can’t have nice things. My twoprevious columnsforImbolc. The Horror of Throwback Thursday. The second leaf of my atrium roof. On movies I’ve never seen. Beginning the annex decor. ...
In 1965, this historic civil rights law prohibited discrimination against Black voters. Though it has since been gutted, calls are mounting to renew it.
In September 2021, more than 15,000 asylum seekers from Haiti crowded under a bridge in the Texas border town of Del Rio, sleeping in squalid tents or dirt in the sweltering heat, and surrounded by trash under dire living conditions. U.S. border patrol authorities brutalized the asylum seeke...
Is the Bill of Rights an amendment? Is the Bill of Rights a document? Is freedom of speech in the Bill of Rights? Does Texas have a Bill of Rights? What does the Bill of Rights protect? What due process rights do juveniles have? Can the Bill of Rights be repealed? Does the Bill ...
In others, such as Tennessee and Texas, the state legislature controls the process of initiation. The process can affect the sorts of amendments likely to be considered; it shouldn’t be surprising, for example, that amendments limiting the number of terms legislators can serve in office have ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation's highest court has allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to remain in effect, marking a turning point for abortion opponents who have been fighting to implement stronger restrictions for nearly a decade.