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Lone Star Justice
Is Texas’s attorney general a corrupt officeholder or an innocent official being railroaded by political rivals? -
TLR announces addition of Sheets and Hobbs to outside legal team
AUSTIN – On Feb. 6, Texans for Lawsuit Reform announced the addition of former Texas State Rep. Kenneth Sheets and former Texas Supreme Court General Counsel Lisa Bowlin Hobbs to its outside legal team. -
Racial Quotas at the Texas Bar Are Illegal and Unwise
No white males need apply for an opening on the state bar’s board. Those seats are reserved for minorities. -
Houston international law firm adds two new partners
HOUSTON – Andrews Kurth Kenyon, an international law firm based with an office in Houston, Texas, has added two new partners who will assume their new roles on Jan. 1. -
Texas attorney general clarifies campus handgun legislation for colleges
AUSTIN -- Texas’ Attorney General Ken Paxton has clarified the right of students at junior and community colleges to carry handguns on campus. -
UT law professor calls attorney general's union firefighter contract suit uninformed
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) — Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a lawsuit against the city of Austin over firefighters who allegedly engaged in union activities at taxpayer expense, but a law professor from the University of Texas in Austin is skeptical of the allegation. Emeritus professor Julius Getman, who used to represent the Connecticut State Police as an attorney, said the jobs of those in emergency and law enforcement professions are usually filled by individuals with great integrity -
U.S. settles with ACLU Client in suit over alleged CBP officer abuse
HOUSTON – The U.S. Government has agreed to pay $85,000 to a U.S. citizen with a physical disability, who was allegedly abused by a Customs and Border Protection agent at the Brownsville Port of Entry while trying to watch the search of her purse. -
Texas awaits Supreme Court ruling on petition to reinstate voter ID law
AUSTIN -- Texas filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court Sept. 23, requesting reinstatement of the Lone Star State's voter ID law. The petition comes as growing numbers of states enact voter identification laws in a bid to allegedly prevent election fraud. -
George Will’s Constitution
George Will has enjoyed a long career as a public intellectual, an especially illustrious one for a Right-of-center figure. For over four decades, Will’s commentary has appeared in intellectual magazines and newspapers including National Review, the Washington Post, and Newsweek. He has many books to his name as well as a widely syndicated newspaper column, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1977. A Ph.D. from Princeton, he’s also a familiar talking head on television, often sporting a bow tie -
Lawsuit blames Texas' at-large districts for lack of Latino judges
AUSTIN – A lawsuit has been filed against the state's governor and secretary of state regarding the alleged denial of equal opportunity for Latino voters in electing judges of their race. -
The Mau-Mauing of Justice Kennedy
The cowardice of Fisher II suggests that Justice Anthony Kennedy fears another confrontation by the “Wise Latina.” -
SCOTUS upholds UT’s affirmative action policy; AG says admission should be based on merit, not color
WASHINGTON - On June 23 the U.S. -
Insurer dubs Mostyn ‘puppet master,’ asks court to block ‘unethical’ counsel swap
What started as an ordinary Hurricane Ike lawsuit, evolved into complex multi-party litigation, with the most recent filings accusing “puppet master” Steve Mostyn of paying for the defense of the man who sued him for malpractice. -
Trial lawyers make a cynical play for the Texas Supreme Court, Place 9
This is another post on the races currently underway for three seats on the Texas Supreme Court. I have previously written ... about the race between incumbent Justice Debra Lehrmann and challenger Justice Michael Massengale for Place 3, and the potentially confusing race between incumbent Justice Paul W. Green and challenger Rick Green for Place 5. In this post I discuss the race between incumbent Justice Eva Guzman and challenger Joe Pool Jr. for Place 9. -
Hailstorm suit reform on the agenda for Texas House candidate
Overwhelmed by thousands of lingering hailstorm lawsuits, Hidalgo County recently earned the title of “Judicial Hellhole,” bestowed by the American Tort Reform Association. -
Fired dyslexic employee charges discrimination
A dyslexic woman is suing a Houston medical center, alleging her employer discriminated against her, resulting in her wrongful termination. -
Helping noncustodial parents find work, stay employed
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Cornyn to chair Senate committee hearings on judicial nominations
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) will preside over hearings Wednesday to consider judges to fill vacancies in Texas courts. -
Garza retires from 5th District appeals court; Silsbee cheerleader and UT admissions among notable cases
After serving for more than two decades, Senior Judge Emilio M. Garza has retired from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. -
Thankful for ... football
Photo courtesy Michael C. Johnson/US Presswire. The University of Texas Longhorns battle it out with the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a 2012 matchup.