All posts tagged "Texas"
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Immigration Isn’t a Joke, Mr. President
Immigration issues won’t be fixed overnight, but having a president who blatantly and publicly makes fun of the...
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Stuck in McAllen: Jose Vargas and the Texas Immigration Crisis
“Don’t call me illegal, because I am not, illegal are your laws, and that’s why I’m not leaving.”...
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Obama, Perry, and the Crisis at the Texas Border
Hey y’all! President Obama will be coming to Texas today. Yippee! Thankfully he doesn’t plan to come to...
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Top 10 Schools for Healthcare Law: #9 University of Houston Law Center
The University of Houston Law Center is Law Street's #9 law school for healthcare law in 2014. Discover...
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Too Much, Too Late: Northwestern Law Expels LLM Student for Former Crimes
Just a few months before graduation, Northwestern Law School discovered that one of its students, Mauricio Celis, was...
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Lethal Injection Crisis in America: How States Are Solving the Problem
Due to lethal injection crisis in America--the dwindling access to typical lethal injection drugs-- states across the nation...
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Spokefly, Austin Tech Startup, Spreads Peer-to-Peer Bike Sharing
Austin, Texas is home to many innovative tech startups. Recently I discovered a wonderful peer-to-peer bike sharing startup...
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Teaching Creationism in Public Schools…Really?
2 + 2 = 4. George Washington was the first President. Dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth together....
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Mexican National Executed Despite Pressure from Mexican and U.S. Governments
Mexican citizen Edgar Tamayo Arias was executed last Wednesday night in Texas for the fatal shooting of a...
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All I Want For Christmas: Stop Telling Rape Victims to Get Over it
Merry Christmas Eve, folks! Today, I’ve got ridiculousness upon ridiculousness. And it’s infuriating. Salon reported today, via Raw...
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Is the US Done With the Death Penalty?
The United States will be able to report a lower number of executions in 2013. Thirty-nine people were...
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Texas Handles Rape Case Without Slut Shaming, Cue Applause
Good morning, loves! Happy turkey week! Thanksgiving is my all-time favorite holiday. I am a Thanksgiving super-fan. So,...
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Amazon Plays Dirty, States Fight Back
This may be the one of the only stories you see about Amazon today that does not involve...
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Texas Abortion Battle to Reach Supreme Court
This June, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis took the nation by storm. Sporting her now-infamous pink running shoes,...
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Battle Royal: Justice Department Challenges States on Voting Rights Laws
The Justice Department is gearing up to take aggressive legal action in a string of voting rights cases...
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Texas Sets Further Limits on Abortions
Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law Thursday a bill that greatly restricts abortion in the state. In his...
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Texas Senator Wendy Davis Leads Successful Filibuster
Sporting her pink sneakers, Sen. Wendy Davis spoke for over ten hours straight in her successful filibuster against a...
