Pages

▼
Showing posts with label US - Texas conflict. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US - Texas conflict. Show all posts
Sunday, February 19, 2017

From the Texas Tribune: Federal judge sanctions Texas in voter registration lawsuit

›
More on both voter registration, and conflict between the state of Texas and the national government. - Click here for the article . A fed...
Friday, January 27, 2017

From the Texas Tribune: Federal court blocks Texas fetal remains burial rule

›
For our look at federalism. - Click here for it . U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks ruled Texas cannot require health providers to b...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

My Statesman: Greg Abbott presses Texas Supreme Court to limit gay-marriage ruling

›
More - expected - conflict between Texas and the U.S. - Click here for the article. Ratcheting up pressure on the all-Republican Texas Sup...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: Paxton Blasts Clean Power Plan Ahead of High-Profile Legal Arguments

›
More conflict between Texas and the EPA. - Click here for the article . Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday accused the U.S. E...
Monday, September 12, 2016

For 2306 today - all from the Texas Tribune

›
- Federal Regulators Take Teladoc’s Side in Medical Board Suit . Teladoc, the Dallas-based company that sued Texas over its telemedicine...
Thursday, September 8, 2016

From Slate: Texas Supreme Court Justice: States Can Deny Same-Sex Spousal Benefits to “Encourage Procreation”

›
More conflict between the dominant political cultures in Texas and the United States. This fits material we've been discussing in 2306. ...
Thursday, September 1, 2016

Lawsuits in Texas

›
From the Texas Tribune: - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Waller County Over Gun Ban . Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is su...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

Plyler v Doe

›
This illustrates a few points in class including access to education and how the Supreme Court interprets (and reinterprets) the 14th Amendm...
Monday, August 22, 2016

From the Houston Chronicle: Texas judge blocks federal directive on bathrooms and transgender students

›
This is worth discussion. It applies to a variety of topics we will cover in class including federalism, civil rights, presidential power...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

Judicial challenges to Texas' education funding system

›
Texas has been front and center - not always in a good way - regarding the constitutionality of education policy. For consideration: 197...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

From 538: Tighter Restrictions Are Losing In The Battle Over Voter ID Laws

›
The federal courts are checking state legislatures. - Click here for the article . The struggle over who can vote on Election Day is b...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: Paxton Opinion Slams Schools' Transgender Policies

›
Doing what he is constitutionally authorized to do. A great example of conflict between the three levels of government. - Click here for...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: Texas vs. the Feds — A Look at the Lawsuits

›
Add this to our look at federalism. - Click here for the article . Since President Obama took office in 2009, the state of Texas has sued...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: The Brief: Texas Files 40th Lawsuit Against Obama Administration

›
Texas has led the charge suing the federal government - usually on 10th Amendment grounds - to overturn laws impacting the state. - Click he...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

From ScotusBlog: Argument preview: A big, or not so big, ruling due on immigration

›
Lyle Denniston preview next week's oral arguments in a case where Texas is challenging the president's delayed deportation policy. T...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: Courts Rebuff Texas Bid to Slow Foster Care Reform

›
An area of conflict between Texas and the national government - one that does not involve the environment! - Click here for the article . ...
Monday, March 21, 2016

The Tidelands Controversy

›
The chapter on the Texas Attorney General mentions this controversy, and the role then Attorney General Price Daniels, Sr. played in arguing...

From the Office of the Texas Attorney General

›
For discussion in 2306: - The Texas Attorney General v the U.S.A . And while we are on the subject, here is the TSHA's description of th...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

From ScotusBlog: Argument analysis: Two options on abortion law?

›
This is the case from Texas about whether restrictions on abortion clinics create an "undue burden"to women. The author walks thro...
Monday, February 29, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: Texas Case Could Define Extent of Abortion Limits

›
For out look in 2306 at the relationship between the state of Texas and the national government - federalism they call it. - Click here for ...