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U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that states cannot impose qualifications for prospective members of the U.S. Congress stricter than those the Constitution specifies.
Texas lawmakers are interested in Roberson's case not just because of his innocence claims, but because they passed a law in 2013 that was supposed to give defendants who were convicted based on ...
Salinas v. Texas, 570 US 178 (2013), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, which the court held 5-4 decision, declaring that the Fifth Amendment's self-incrimination clause does not extend to defendants who simply choose to remain silent during questioning, even though no arrest has been made nor the Miranda rights read to a defendant.
The lawsuit involved a dispute between Highland Park and Grace Presbytery over whether the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s trust clause, which Highland Park agreed to abide by, is legally enforceable under Texas law. Ultimately, three experts in Texas trust law retained by Grace Presbytery agreed that Highland Park’s agreement to hold its ...
Property damage can be prosecuted under the statute. Several of the people prosecuted under the law were involved in a 2021 blockade of a Washington, D.C., reproductive health care clinic.
Fritz G. Lanham (Law, 1897–98), United States representative from Texas (1919–1947) Oscar Lovette (J.D. 1896), United States representative from Tennessee (1931–1933) Luke Messer (J.D. 1994), United States representative from Indiana (2013– ) Malcolm R. Patterson (Law, 1882), United States representative from Tennessee (1901–1906)
Law 2004-2009 Future US Senator and a 2016 Candidate for the Republican Nomination for President of the United States: No [33] William Willard Gibson Jr. Law 1965-1998 Provost of Judicial Education with the Texas Supreme Court for 1992-1993 Yes [34]
C. H. "Sammy" Downs, 1946, Louisiana State Senate [15] Gil Dozier, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry; Frank Burton Ellis, 1929 L.L.B., Louisiana State Senate and federal judge; James R. Eubank, 1958, Louisiana House of Representatives [16] Jimmy Field, 1966, member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission