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Texas Appeals Court overturns voter fraud conviction of woman who voted despite felony conviction

JURIST

The Court of Appeals of the Second Appellate District of Texas threw out a voter fraud conviction Thursday that would have put a Texas woman accused of voting while on supervised release after being convicted of a felony behind bars for five years.

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US Supreme Court rules First Amendment retaliatory arrest claims permissible despite probable cause

JURIST

The case concerns a Texas councilwoman who argues that she was arrested in retaliation for her speech critical of a city government official. The case originated when a Texas councilwoman, Sylvia Gonzales, petitioned to have a city manager removed. The US Supreme Court held Thursday in Gonzalez v.

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US DOJ sues Texas over state law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

JURIST

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Texas and Governor Greg Abbott in his official capacity on Wednesday over a state law that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is usually a federal matter. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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Gun-Free School Zones and Concealed Carry: Which Takes Precedence?

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Resolving the contradiction will require an amendment, according to a paper in the Texas Tech Law Review. candidate at the Texas Tech University School of Law and author of the paper. candidate at the Texas Tech University School of Law and author of the paper.

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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

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Case in point: Texas v. That case, which involved Texas’ challenge to a regulation that delegated governmental authority to an actuarial group to set standards for Medicaid reimbursement, had been rescheduled twice and relisted six times going into last Friday’s conference. Texas , a capital case from the Lone Star State.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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Texas , involving allegations that a racially biased juror, who commented during voir dire that “non-white” races were statistically more violent than whites, served on petitioner Kristopher Love’s capital sentencing jury. was filed by a plaintiff seeking to enforce a similar registration statute. In Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v.

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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

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The statute includes a list of information the government must include – most notably, the time and place of the removal hearing. A noncitizen who does not attend a removal proceeding can be ordered removed as long as written notice has been provided to him under the statute. Smith was charged with five felony counts.