Texas Legislature

It has been widely known that Congress writes very vague statutes in order to keep the political process going, and to keep the balance with in the legislation. Out of this vagueness the Courts have created a framework for both Congress and the agencies to create said policies. This framework is quite extensive and allows for the public to make comments on public policies that will affect them. The non-delegation doctrine basically states that Congress can’t detail every facet and fact of…

Assemblywomen Melissa Melendez introduced a new bill AB 403 last year, advocating for better protection for legislative staffers and lobbyists who report illegal activities in workspace, especially sexual harassment. The bill has failed for four years consecutively due to delay by the Appropriations Committee with unknown reason. This time, Meledez is coming back with full support – 13 California Senators co-authored the bill with her, with over 140 open letters showing support. Although…

The legislative meeting that I watch online was the City Council Public Safety & Livable Neighborhoods meeting on November 12, 2015, the length of the meeting was two hours and 49 minutes .The official involved were council-member officials from the San Diego City Council, Police officials and the public. Marti Emerald is member of the San Diego City Council and President Pro Team from District 9, her main role in the meeting was to direct the meeting. Second official was Todd Gloria a member…

Our group selected the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act (S.178) and the bill focuses to improve the justice systems to response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases and to prevent elder abuse and exploitation. Our group chose Congressman A. Donald McEachin and Congressman Robert J. Wittman to talk about the bill. We selected them because they both are representing our state. Congressman A. Donald McEachin is a Democrat member of the United States House of Representatives…

Texas Constitution: Differences and Amendments During any regular or special session, a member of the Texas legislature can propose an amendment to the state constitution. This proposal must be approved by two-thirds of the members of each house of Texas and the Amendment will be voted upon by qualified, registered voters. A brief description, or explanatory statement of the proposed amendment is then prepared by the Secretary of State and approved by the Attorney General. It will then be…

Wright essay, the thesis in “America’s Future is Texas” is that Texas is a politically divided state just like other states of America. However, the Texas legislature is more functional than the United States Congress and more refined than the House of Commons. But a recurrent crop of crackpots and ideologies has fed the state's reputation and proudly retrograde politics (Wright, 2017). Moreover, Wright uses colorful language to describe the politics of Texas and uses rough stories in government…

The Texas Constitution: Explaining the Foundations of the Lone Star State The current Texas Constitution is a document, which was accepted on February 15, 1876. It is the seventh written constitution of Texas. It contains sixteen articles and places many restrictions on government. Although it is the supreme law in the State, it also falls under Article IV, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, also known as the Supremacy Clause. Much like the U.S. Constitution, the Texas Constitution establishes…

Established by Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution of 1876, the office of governor of Texas was created as a state office. It was initially established by the Constitution of 1845 that succeeded the president of the Republic of Texas office. Today the state of Texas is overseen by the chief executive of Texas (the governor) and run by the other branches of the government, one of which is the legislative. The governor has several duties that place his state rank at a status superior to…

The Texas administration said that the "Texas Plan to Restore the Rule of Law" includes constitutional amendments to prohibit Congress from regulating any activity "wholly produced within a state," a category that could include the use of weapons And marriage. The amendments would also include measures to develop a balanced budget of the United States and would allow states to override federal laws or decisions of the US Supreme Court if two-thirds of the entities disagree. The plan to deliver…

between the gubernatorial authority of Texas’s governor and lieutenant governor. This can be attributed to the strict nature of the Texas Constitution of 1876 as a reaction to Reconstruction and the overpowering era of Edmund J. Davis as a governor. Consequently, the governor’s formal powers have been restricted, and relative to most other states, the lieutenant governor of Texas has considerably greater power, especially with the legislative branch (Erikson and Wallace, 2010). Currently, the…