the weaker party

Newsworthy - also applicable to your chapters on federalism, elections, and  the presidency. - Click here for the article . Who gets to deci...

For a good look at the range of agencies that have some type of law enforcement entity:  - Click here for the entry .

An example of checks and balances. - Click here for the page . For more on the Department of Justice, click on the Wikipedia page . For more...

In light of recent events involving federal law enforcement, I thought this would be appropriate for this week's written assignment. It...

For your next written assignment - tell me what's happening here. How does it illustrate concepts in your textbook - notably the chapter...

For background on the agency:  - Click here for the link . FYI: In my opinion, this agency is misnamed. It does not oversee elections, only ...

This article combines the executive and legislative branched and campaign spending.   - Click here for the article . The Federal Election Co...

This is  the last section of the memo below:  OTHER ISSUES The requirements for voting and candidacy are often confused. Under Texas law, th...

An example of communication between the Texas Secretary of State - who oversees election laws in the state - and voter registrars, who are a...

All you need to know about regaining the right to vote in Texas if you have been convicted of a felony and have served all your time. - Clic...

The specifics are covered in Article Six of the Texas Constitution . Remember that the states are in charge of elections. Here is the text: ...

A few sources for more info about the variety of laws related to felons in the US. National Conference of State Legislatures: Felon Voting R...

I just now learned this! It's from the Dunn decision below, here's the relevant text:  "[F]reedom to travel throughout the Unit...

Purcell v. Gonzalez was mentioned in the decision below as a case stating that voting is a fundamental political right (though that is not c...

- Click here for the court's ruling  stating that they declined to review the case. Your chapter on the Judiciary discussed the rule of ...

Here is an illustration of state control of suffrage.  Recall that the Constitution originally gave this to the fully  to the states, and on...

Up until 1944, it was lawful for states to allow racial segregation in primary elections.  Texas was - until recently - a one party state. N...

U.S. House Districts in Texas:  Coded by partisanship

The national government does not oversee elections in the states. Following the ratification of several amendments (14, 15, 19, 24, 26) as w...

If you've read the U.S. Constitution clearly - or at  all - you'll notice that the national government does not run elections - it g...

As you will notice, we have lots of elections in Texas and across the United States.  What's happening today is the runoff for the party...

From the Texas Tribune: - Three Texas House runoffs give warring GOP factions chance to settle up before November . This article is focused ...

The second case decided last week concerning the president's immunity from investigations, this time from Congress. - Click here for the...

The lawsuit in Trump v Vance was over the constitutionality of a state grand jury request for records from President Trump's accountants...

Robert's opening sentence contained this interesting phrase. It gets to the heart of the reason there is a compulsory process for gather...

This is the concept presidents have used to claim that  the compulsory process clause does not apply to them since it may interfere with the...

This is referred to several times in the Trump v. Vance decision, since it applies to your readings on civil liberties, here is more on it. ...

Both of these cases are used as precedence to allow the grand jury subpoena against President Trump to go forward. A bit of background on ea...

In Robert's opinion in Trump v Barr, he mentions that the idea that a president is subject to subpoena dates back to the federal governm...

I'll post a few items related to this case announced yesterday - 7/9/20. - Click here for the decision . For the case itself:  - Ballotp...

He's why you have tuition free public schools - Click here for the Wikipedia entry . Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an A...

A look at the political movement which established tuition free elementary and secondary education. - Click here for the article . The stor...

- From Wikipedia:  Tribal sovereignty in the United States . The United States Constitution mentions Native American tribes three times: - ...

The term was made up by Chief Justice John Marshal in the following case:  -  Worcester v. Georgia . - From Tribal Sovereignty :  . . . the ...

This is the legislation at the heart of McGirt v Oklahoma. It is one of a handful of laws that allow the national government the power to pr...

A terrific overview of the removal of native populations from the east to Oklahoma - Click here for it .

Otherwise known as the Indian Removal Act. - Click here for the entry . The Indian Removal Act was signed into law on May 28, 1830, by Unite...

- Click here for the entry . There were three of them. Note that none were declared as wars by Congress. Spain claimed Florida when  they be...

I'll  post a few items related to the background of McGirt v Oklahoma.

Decided today at the Supreme Court:  - Click here for the ruling . Summary from Oyez:  Facts of the case: Jimcy McGirt, a member of the Musc...

This is central to the decision linked to below. I selected three sources that described it in different ways. It also contains history of i...