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Why these prosecutors are refusing to enforce criminal anti-abortion laws in their states

‘Trigger’ bans in more than a dozen states will quickly or immediately outlaw abortion without Roe v Wade protections. It will be up to the discretion of district attorneys and law enforcement whether providers will be criminally charged, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Texas GOP's new platform says Biden didn't really win. It also calls for secession

"We reject the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election," the Republican Party of Texas says, referring to President Biden as the "acting" leader.

WEKU

Published Article in TROLP: "Judicial Courage"

The Texas Review of Law & Politics published my new article, Judicial Courage. Here is the abstract. What is judicial courage? Supreme Court Justices often accuse their colleagues of lacking fortitude, but they seldom explain what this concept means. This Essay provides a brief discourse about judicial courage. Part I…

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Law officers testifying for committee on Uvalde shooting

A legislative committee investigating the deadly shooting at a Texas elementary school last month is set to hear more testimony from law enforcement officers

The Independent UK

No, Texas can’t legally secede from the U.S., despite popular myth

The theme of independence has recurred throughout the history of Texas, which was a republic from 1836–45. But the Civil War established that a state cannot secede.

The Texas Tribune

Texas GOP wants to vote on whether to secede from US

Republicans say Texas “should reassert its status as an independent nation” and hold referendum in 2023

The Independent UK

Five shocking proposals from the Texas GOP’s radical new platform

Republicans in the US’s second-largest state have formulated a political programme that’s extreme even by their party’s current standards

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Texas’s Greg Abbott has spent more than $3m busing migrants out of the state

Texas governor’s plan has been criticised as expensive publicity stunt by Democrats

The Independent UK

Texas Law Enforcement Is Aggressively Fighting Public Records Requests About the Uvalde Mass Shooting

Transparency advocates say police could invoke a notorious loophole that allows them to hide records of deaths in custody and police killings.

Reason

Texas Republican party adopts far-right position that homosexuality is ‘abnormal’

Delegates at biennial convention also approve platform declaring that Joe Biden was not legitimately elected

The Guardian - US

Profs. Adam Candeub & Philip Hamburger on "The Common Carrier Cure for First Amendment Uncertainty"

An interesting new twist on the argument, which particularly focuses on how social media quasi-common-carrier regulations can fight governmental pressure on platforms to censor certain material; it reminded me of Ian Samuel's The New Writs of Assistance, which similarly argued that some Big Tech companies should be legally required to…

Reason

How Port Lavacans Resisted the KKK to Provide Education for All

A new work of historical fiction, set for release June 23, explores a Texas freedmen’s school and raises questions of white authorship.

Texas Observer

Key takeaways from the Texas GOP convention as the midterm election season nears

HOUSTON — Texas Republicans exited their state convention Saturday confident that they will have sweeping victories over Democrats in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

Tribune News Service

Senators Want To Control Google Search Results About Abortion

Plus: Uvalde cops didn't check classroom door, Texas GOP slides further to the right, telemedicine deregulation in peril, and more...

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The Independent UK

What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?

Thousands of enslaved people in Texas were ordered free two years after Emancipation Proclamation

Daily Mirror

Meghan Markle's kind phone call to family of teacher killed in Texas shooting

The nephew of Irma Garcia, a teacher who was killed alongside 19 children and a fellow educator during a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas last month, said that "sweet and lovely" Meghan Markle has shared her condolences with the family

The Texas Tribune

As she prepares to leave Congress, Eddie Bernice Johnson fears a rollback in the civil rights she fought decades to advance

Johnson’s barrier-breaking political career started in the heart of deeply segregated Texas. She is nearing the end of her 15th — and last — term representing Dallas. In January, she will retire.

The Texas Tribune

Texas plans to place charging stations for electric cars every 50 miles on most interstates

With $408 million in federal funds, the state wants to build enough charging stations to support 1 million electric vehicles.

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Tribune News Service

Red flag law used in 6 recent Bay Area school gun threats

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The day after an 18-year-old fatally shot 19 young pupils and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and reignited the nation’s firearms debate, Los Gatos police said a middle school boy claiming access to guns had threatened to “shoot up the school.”

Tribune News Service

7 Mexican lagers and margarita-inspired beers from Texas breweries

DALLAS — It’s always a good time to drink Mexican lagers and margarita-inspired craft beers, right? And summer temperatures are perfect for such crisp, refreshing and unique alternatives to the often bland, basic mass-produced Mexican lager.

WEKU

Four enduring myths about Juneteenth are not based on facts

As the U.S. celebrates the second federal holiday honoring Juneteenth, several myths persist about the origins and history about what happened when enslaved people were emancipated in Texas.

Zenger

Wild West : Texas Cops In Two Shootings Less Than 24 Hours Apart

“The San Antonio Police Department today released footage from two separate officer-involved shootings.”

Daily Mirror

NASA fears Elon Musk rocket will explode destroying route to International Space Station

The billionaire if his latest SpaceX launch goes badly, it could effectively cut off the space agency's sole means of launching U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station

The Guardian - US

Republican states trying to ban abortion expand health benefits for new mothers

Bills with benefits for low-income mothers don’t counteract bans that would lead to higher risks for maternal mortality, say experts

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ricardo Ramos def. Danny Chavez at UFC on ESPN 37: Best photos

Check out the best UFC on ESPN 37 photos from Ricardo Ramos vs. Danny Chavez, which took place Saturday in Austin, Texas.

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