The Texas Legislature only meets for 140 days every other year. The 2023 Legislative Session began in January. Tell me what you know about the 88th Legislative session. Who do you expect the major power players to be? What major pieces of legislation do you except them to address? What would you like to seem…
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Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote eighty-five articles supporting ratification of the Constitution. The writers’ two-fold purpose was to defend the principles of the Constitution and gain support in the New York ratification vote. Today, The Federalist Papers serve as an original source of interpretation of the Constitution by the Founders. They are…
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Candidates for judgeships must rely on campaign contributions to finance these campaigns. But in doing so, they often depend heavily upon courtroom contributions, which brings up the question of whether those contributions influence judges’ decisions. Does the election of judges, and the campaign process and electoral politics, serve the cause of justice? Would having an…
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Candidates for judgeships must rely on campaign contributions to finance these campaigns. But in doing so, they often depend heavily upon courtroom contributions, which brings up the question of whether those contributions influence judges’ decisions. Does the election of judges, and the campaign process and electoral politics, serve the cause of justice? Would having an…
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