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- Click here for it . More federalism. If anything changes in Texas politics in 2018, it’ll likely be the work of voters — not mapmakers. ...

- Click here for the article . Full throated federalism. After the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the landmark decision legalizing same-s...

The question is, should they? - Click here for the article . If the Texas Senate gets its way, Houston city officials could have to get vo...

For 2306, and our look at the executive and judicial branches - and the criminal justice system. - Click here for the article . The judge ...

Trump has a new enemy. An example of the relatively new concept of primarying. - Click here for the article . President Trump declared war...

- Abbott looks to conference committee to sort out pre-K dispute . Gov. Greg Abbott is looking to the budget conference committee to sor...

Is there a plot underway to concentrate power in the states? - Click here for the article . In the old days — we're talking way back...

This might be of interest to all of you. - Click here for the article . Higher education leaders entered the 2017 session of the Texas Le...

An example of coercive federalism? - Click here for the article Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday threatened to strip some “sanctua...

For our look at federalism and civil liberties in both 2305 and 2306. The case is Moore v Texas. - Click here for the article . The U.S...

For 2306 - Click here for the article . Gov. Greg Abbott raised many eyebrows last week when he threw his support behind a "broad-b...

For 2305 - Click here for the article . The political appointee charged with keeping watch over Environmental Protection Agency Administra...

- Prayer Rooms Are Just One Way Public Schools Accommodate Students And Religious Freedom . A classroom used as a prayer room at Liberty ...

For 2305. President Trump is coming to terms with the limits of presidential power. - Click here for the article . The decision to pu...

Extreme checking and balancing - perfectly constitutional though. - Click here for the article . Mere days after President Trump signed a ...

For our future look at economic policy in 2305. - Click here for the article . Every month, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics releases...

It begins. - Click here for the article . House Republicans unveiled on Monday their long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordabl...

A nice look at the battles within the Trump Administration. It also provides a great overview of the various groups that exist within each p...

The new version is designed to deal with the court cases brought against the first one. A win for checks and balances. - Click here for the ...

More policy change due to the change in the White House. - Click here for the article . The Supreme Court on Monday vacated a lower cou...

For our look at elections in Texas. - Click here for the article . Election numbers recently released by the Texas Legislative Council poi...

The changes are presumably to make the bill more likely to pass. - Click here for the article . With the measure scheduled for a committee ...

For the many 2306 students looking at "sanctuary city" legislation. Some strategy to attempt to derail it. - Click here for the ar...

- Sandra Bland Act would change processes for law enforcement, jails . State Rep. Garnet Coleman , D-Houston, on Thursday filed House Bil...

No one likes being checked. - Click here for the article . Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick celebrated a milestone Wednesday: His Senate had acted on...

Some 2306 students are focusing on property tax reform for their papers. - Click here for the article . Saying there needs to be more tran...

We discussed whether the constitutional ban - in the Texas Constitution mind you - against debtors prisons is routinely violated when peopl...

Traditionalists in the state are finding ways to push back against Obergerfells v Hodges. - Click here for the article . Almost two yea...

All from the Texas Tribune:  - Texas proposal would keep cities from restricting short-term home rentals . A legislative proposal that ...

A summary of the history of vetoes. - Click here for it . Article I, section 7 of the Constitution grants the President the authority to v...

A summary of the 114th Congress - Click here for the article . The 114th Congress, the session that ran from January 3, 2015 through Janua...

All are pulled from Roll Call - Intelligence Committee Could Subpoena Trump Tax Returns . Sen. Susan Collins said she thinks the Intel...

This will very likely end up in the Supreme Court. - Click here for the article . Maryland's ban on 45 kinds of assault weapons and its...

File this under fact checking. Number 3 might be the most important fact listed. - Click here for the article . Donald Trump made crime-fig...

More checking and balancing of the Trump Administration from the courts. - Click here for the article . A Brooklyn judge's ruling for t...

Here's a current example of cooperative and/or coercive federalism - depending on your ideological point of view. - Click here for the...

Here's focus on a resolution introduced to change a key component of the Constitution. - Click here for the article . Seats in the U.S...

And they suddenly like the direction the country is headed. Big surprise. Both stories are from the Texas Tribune. - UT/TT Poll: A new presi...

I'm posting this because it contains the following quote: "I read the constitution of the United States, and the word 'envir...

Just in time for Presidents Day. This is the first with Obama - he ranks 12th according to the historians - Click here for the list .

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

So to be completely honestly I can rant on and on about a number of things, but I guess Ill just pick one for this assignment. I'm goin...

Here's a topic that bridges 2305 and 2306. - Click here for the article . In a Wednesday morning tweet, President Trump returned to hi...