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thefncrow: Mar 14, 2001

Paxton is seemingly already getting special treatment. Paxton was booked in Collin County, and Collin County has had a policy of putting this white towel on people while having their mugshot taken, obscuring whatever clothing the subject is wearing at the time.

Everyone gets photographed with the towel, except Paxton apparently.

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VUGDWELLER: Mar 23, 2009

The towel thing is a pro-defendant measure to reduce the likelihood of false ID or prejudice against defendants showing up to court in ratty clothes or an orange jumpsuit or whatever. There's no reason it would ever need to be required of a defendant who shows up in a suit, or who just doesn't want to put one on.

# ? Aug 4, 2015 01:33

Trabisnikof: Dec 24, 2005

VUGDWELLER posted:

The towel thing is a pro-defendant measure to reduce the likelihood of false ID or prejudice against defendants showing up to court in ratty clothes or an orange jumpsuit or whatever. There's no reason it would ever need to be required of a defendant who shows up in a suit, or who just doesn't want to put one on.

Well it was because of a judge's order:

quote:

Paxton�s booking picture took some in the Collin County Sheriff�s Office by surprise, said Lt. Chris Havey, a spokesman for the department. He said 396th District Court Judge George Gallagher of Tarrant County, who is presiding over the case, gave Collin County Sheriff Terry Box a verbal order to not use a towel for Paxton�s booking photo.

�His attorney probably asked for that,� Havey said.

(DMN)

# ? Aug 4, 2015 01:40

Sheng-Ji Yang: Mar 5, 2014

Rick Perry's fall from eternal leader of Texas and presidential front runner to not even making the Republican debates is so incredibly satisfying. Goodbye forever Rick you fucker.

# ? Aug 5, 2015 12:36

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Observer has a good article about how state Republicans haven't circled the wagons around Paxton like they did Perry.

And another article from Texas Lawyer about how even if he beats the charges Paxton could still lose his law license.

# ? Aug 5, 2015 16:00

e_angst: Sep 20, 2001; by exmarx

Sheng-ji Yang posted:

Rick Perry's fall from eternal leader of Texas and presidential front runner to not even making the Republican debates is so incredibly satisfying. Goodbye forever Rick you fucker.

I wonder if Evan Smith didn't shed a small tear over Perry not making the debate. Smith was so hopeful that Perry had a real shot (and thus Smith would get a lot higher profile for the interviews he's done with Perry) that he was kind of delusional about Perry's chances.

# ? Aug 5, 2015 20:29

RazNation: Aug 5, 2015

It seems that a lot of Texan republicans have issues with the law....perry, paxton, that dingbat from Sugarland.

# ? Aug 5, 2015 23:02

Slow News Day: Jul 4, 2007

Texas Voter ID law just got stuck down by a federal court.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/08/05/3688384/breaking-federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-texass-voter-id-law/

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One day before the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, one of the most conservative federal appeals courts in the country wielded that law to strike down a Texas voter suppression law. A unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in an opinion written by a George W. Bush appointee, held that Texas�s voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act and must, at the very least, be significantly weakened. Though the court did not accept every argument raised against the state�s voter ID law, and its opinion does not go nearly as far as a trial judge�s decision which also struck down this law, it is a significant blow to the state�s efforts to make voting more difficult.

Voter ID laws are a common obstacle raised, mostly by right-leaning lawmakers, in front of citizens seeking to exercise their right to vote. Though stringent voter ID laws, which require voters to show a photo ID before they can cast a ballot, are often justified as a shield against voter fraud, the kind of fraud these laws target barely exists. A Wisconsin study, for example, found just seven cases of fraud out of 3 million votes cast during the 2004 election � and none of these seven cases were the kind of in-person voter fraud that is prevented by a voter ID law. Similarly an investigation by former Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz (R) found exactly zero cases of in-person voter fraud over the course of several elections.

What voter ID laws do accomplish, however, is they disproportionately disenfranchise groups that tend to prefer Democratic candidates over Republicans. As Judge Catharina Haynes explained in her opinion on behalf of the Fifth Circuit, one analysis determined that �Hispanic registered voters and Black registered voters were respectively 195% and 305% more likely than their Anglo peers to lack� a voter ID in the state of Texas. Indeed, even Texas�s own numbers confirmed that voter ID laws disproportionately impact racial minorities. Their own expert �found that 4% of eligible White voters lacked SB 14 ID, compared to 5.3% of eligible Black voters and 6.9% of eligible Hispanic voters.�

Similarly, low-income voters are much less likely to have ID then their wealthier counterparts. The district court in this case �credited expert testimony that 21.4% of eligible voters earning less than $20,000 per year lack SB 14 ID, compared to only 2.6% of voters earning between $100,000 and $150,000 per year.�

The racial disparities impacting voter eligibility, when combined with other conditions in Texas that tend to produce discrimination against African Americans and Latinos, were sufficient reason for the court to hold that Texas�s voter ID law must be struck down. Yet, while this is certainly a victory for the voters and institutions that challenged this voter suppression law, it is not a total victory.

For one thing, the Fifth Circuit determined that the appropriate remedy in this case may not be a broad injunction striking down the entire law. Rather, if the evidence in this case does not show that Texas acted with a discriminatory intent when it enacted this law, an injunction �reinstat[ing] voter registration cards as documents that qualify as acceptable identification under the Texas Election Code� may be appropriate.

More importantly, Haynes�s opinion vacated the trial court�s finding that state lawmakers did, indeed, act with racial discrimination in mind when they enacted this law. Pointing to several pieces of evidence that the district court relied upon which the Fifth Circuit found less compelling, Haynes�s opinion instructs the trial judge to conduct �a reexamination of the probative evidence underlying Plaintiffs� discriminatory purpose claims weighed against the contrary evidence.� That does not preclude the trial court from determining, once again, that state lawmakers had racial discrimination on their minds when they enacted this law, but it does make it more difficult for that court to reach such a determination.

Should the courts ultimately conclude that Texas did act with a discriminatory purpose, that could have profound implications for the state moving forward. Among other things, it could lead to a court order reinstating the requirement that Texas �pre-clear� all of its voting laws with officials in Washington DC before those laws can take effect � a requirement that was deactivated when five conservative members of the Supreme Court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act in 2013.

Ultimately, however, any decision calling Texas�s voter ID law into question must survive two significant obstacles. The first is that the Fifth Circuit is an especially conservative court, and it is likely that Texas will ask a panel of all 15 of the court�s active judges to reconsider this case. The fact that Haynes agreed that the law is problematic should help supporters of voting rights if Texas seeks full court review, but it is no guarantee that a majority of the Fifth Circuit will agree with her.

And, even if Haynes�s conclusion survives contact with the full Fifth Circuit, this case is reasonably likely to be reviewed by a Supreme Court that�s shown skepticism of voting rights claims generally and of the Voting Rights Act in particular.

Slow News Day fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Aug 5, 2015

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Badger of Basra: Jul 26, 2007

I will have a soft spot for Perry trying to play The Reasonable Conservative in the primaries.

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Mr Ice Cream Glove: Apr 22, 2007

Ken Paxton is in trouble...again

quote:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a top state health official were ordered to appear before a federal judge in San Antonio next week to determine if they should be held in contempt for violating a court order prohibiting enforcement of the state�s ban on same-sex marriage.

The issue involves a Conroe man who is seeking to amend the death certificate of his male spouse to reflect their 2014 marriage in New Mexico. The document listed James Stone-Hoskins, who died in January, as single and his surviving spouse, John Allen Stone-Hoskins, as his �significant other.�

Hours after the widower filed suit Wednesday morning challenging the decision, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia issued a ruling ordering state officials to amend the death certificate.

Garcia also ordered Paxton and Kirk Cole, interim commissioner of the Department of State Health Services, into his courtroom for a Wednesday morning hearing on whether they should be held in contempt of court for disobeying his July order prohibiting Texas from enforcing its ban on same-sex marriage.

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/in-new-legal-woe-paxton-faces-contempt-of-court/nnDWN/

# ? Aug 5, 2015 23:33

radical meme: Apr 17, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

zoux posted:

Observer has a good article about how state Republicans haven't circled the wagons around Paxton like they did Perry.

And another article from Texas Lawyer about how even if he beats the charges Paxton could still lose his law license.

Just for context for those who may not know it, Collin County, where the indictment was issued, is one of the most conservative and wealthiest counties in Texas. Imagine the citizens of Highland Park or River Oaks returning an indictment against a rich person for being rich, that's how amazing this indictment is to me.

# ? Aug 5, 2015 23:34

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

radical meme posted:

Just for context for those who may not know it, Collin County, where the indictment was issued, is one of the most conservative and wealthiest counties in Texas. Imagine the citizens of Highland Park or River Oaks returning an indictment against a rich person for being rich, that's how amazing this indictment is to me.

Rich people take securities fraud very seriously when it it exposed publicly or they lose money.

# ? Aug 5, 2015 23:37

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

radical meme posted:

Just for context for those who may not know it, Collin County, where the indictment was issued, is one of the most conservative and wealthiest counties in Texas. Imagine the citizens of Highland Park or River Oaks returning an indictment against a rich person for being rich, that's how amazing this indictment is to me.

Not only that, they returned indictments for more serious crimes than the initial investgating body thought they could get.

# ? Aug 5, 2015 23:53

TheMaskedChemist: Mar 30, 2010

radical meme posted:

Just for context for those who may not know it, Collin County, where the indictment was issued, is one of the most conservative and wealthiest counties in Texas. Imagine the citizens of Highland Park or River Oaks returning an indictment against a rich person for being rich, that's how amazing this indictment is to me.

loving Collin County. I'm in the same congressional district as those fuckers. It's aggravating.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 01:03

VitalSigns: Sep 3, 2011

Sheng-ji Yang posted:

Rick Perry's fall from eternal leader of Texas and presidential front runner to not even making the Republican debates is so incredibly satisfying. Goodbye forever Rick you fucker.

I'd be a lot happier if our new governor weren't either a literal crazy person or pandering to actual crazy people

# ? Aug 6, 2015 05:29

Badger of Basra: Jul 26, 2007

Texas Observer put out a great article on fair housing and the Inclusive Communities Project court case, I'd encourage everyone to read it: http://www.texasobserver.org/texas-lawsuits-affordable-fair-housing-inclusive-communities/

# ? Aug 7, 2015 20:18

computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

VitalSigns posted:

I'd be a lot happier if our new governor weren't either a literal crazy person or pandering to actual crazy people

I don't think he's a literal crazy person.

Now the Lt. Governor, he is a literal crazy person.

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zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Crazy like a fox.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 21:21

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

computer parts posted:

I don't think he's a literal crazy person.

Now the Lt. Governor, he is a literal crazy person.

He definitely was pandering to crazy people with all the Jade Helm poo poo.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 21:30

Lemniscate Blue: Apr 21, 2006; Here we go again.

blackguy32 posted:

He definitely was pandering to crazy people with all the Jade Helm poo poo.

That's the point: it wasn't pandering. Dan Patrick absolutely believes that poo poo.

# ? Aug 7, 2015 23:19

RazNation: Aug 5, 2015

radical meme posted:

Just for context for those who may not know it, Collin County, where the indictment was issued, is one of the most conservative and wealthiest counties in Texas. Imagine the citizens of Highland Park or River Oaks returning an indictment against a rich person for being rich, that's how amazing this indictment is to me.

Dont forget, its also the place where they spent 46 million dollars for a high school football stadium and three months after it was built, they found out it was built incorrectly.

# ? Aug 8, 2015 15:42

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

Lemniscate Blue posted:

That's the point: it wasn't pandering. Dan Patrick absolutely believes that poo poo.

I'm talking about Greg Abbott

# ? Aug 9, 2015 01:11

Slow News Day: Jul 4, 2007

When do we find out the results of the Paxton scandal?

# ? Aug 9, 2015 01:52

radical meme: Apr 17, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

enraged_camel posted:

When do we find out the results of the Paxton scandal?

After the trial. There's going to be a trial. He can't plea bargain this away and still keep his law license so a trial is inevitable.

vvvv: at least one year out if not more.

radical meme fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Aug 9, 2015

# ? Aug 9, 2015 02:21

Slow News Day: Jul 4, 2007

Sweet. Is there a set date for the trial at the moment, or is it still to be decided?

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Ogmius815: Aug 25, 2005; centrism is a hell of a drug

If he looses his law license can he still be AG? Is that a stupid question? I'd think he'd have to resign.

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mastajake: Oct 3, 2005; My blade is unBENDING!

He can still be AG (unless criminal charges forced him to go to prison, I believe), though obviously pressure would be on him to resign.

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My Face When: Nov 28, 2012; Hide your healthcare.
Hide your wife.

Just a wonderful reminder that East Texas is poo poo.

Judge sentences East Texas man to get married or face jail time

# ? Aug 9, 2015 19:10

1stGear: Jan 16, 2010; Here's to the new us.

My Face When posted:

Just a wonderful reminder that East Texas is poo poo.

Judge sentences East Texas man to get married or face jail time

Can we give East Texas to Louisiana yet

# ? Aug 9, 2015 22:24

PostNouveau: Sep 3, 2011; VY till I die; Grimey Drawer

My Face When posted:

Just a wonderful reminder that East Texas is poo poo.

Judge sentences East Texas man to get married or face jail time

Also, to write Bible verses.

And he can't call his job to explain his absence if he chooses jail.

And I guess the woman's thoughts on the matter are irrelevant?

# ? Aug 10, 2015 08:18

Dante Logos: Dec 31, 2010

PostNouveau posted:

Also, to write Bible verses.

And he can't call his job to explain his absence if he chooses jail.

And I guess the woman's thoughts on the matter are irrelevant?

Now that I think about it, couldn't the guy appeal and get the judgment thrown out? The judgment strikes me as brazenly stupid, even for a Texas judge.

# ? Aug 10, 2015 09:31

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

1stGear posted:

Can we give East Texas to Louisiana yet

No, cause Beaumont is east Texas and I have family there. They can have Vidor though cause gently caress Vidor.

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gatesealer: Apr 9, 2011

blackguy32 posted:

No, cause Beaumont is east Texas and I have family there. They can have Vidor though cause gently caress Vidor.

agreed

This really does seem like it would never hold up on appeal. What basis did this judge even use for this?

# ? Aug 10, 2015 10:48

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

Dante Logos posted:

Now that I think about it, couldn't the guy appeal and get the judgment thrown out? The judgment strikes me as brazenly stupid, even for a Texas judge.

There is zero doubt it would get tossed on appeal. They should do it just on principle, even if takes months or years.

# ? Aug 10, 2015 12:40

blue squares: Sep 28, 2007

Hey guys I know this happened a while back, but I just turned 26 and had to buy my own insurance. Were any reasonable arguments advanced by Perry and his team for rejecting the Medicaid expansion? Because it sucks.

# ? Aug 13, 2015 19:49

MariusLecter: Sep 5, 2009; NI MUERTE NI MIEDO

blue squares posted:

Hey guys I know this happened a while back, but I just turned 26 and had to buy my own insurance. Were any reasonable arguments advanced by Perry and his team for rejecting the Medicaid expansion? Because it sucks.

"gently caress you." -Rick Perry to 'blue squares'

# ? Aug 13, 2015 19:53

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

blue squares posted:

Hey guys I know this happened a while back, but I just turned 26 and had to buy my own insurance. Were any reasonable arguments advanced by Perry and his team for rejecting the Medicaid expansion? Because it sucks.

His argument essentially boiled down to, "gently caress Obama and gently caress Socialism!" It's up to you to decide whether or not those are good arguments.

# ? Aug 13, 2015 19:55

Antifa Spacemarine: Jan 11, 2011; Tzeentch can suck it.

blackguy32 posted:

No, cause Beaumont is east Texas and I have family there. They can have Vidor though cause gently caress Vidor.

Too bad Louisiana already has a Vidor in the form of Vinton.

Antifa Spacemarine fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Aug 14, 2015

# ? Aug 14, 2015 00:11

blackguy32: Oct 1, 2005; Say, do you know how to do the walk?

Shaman Ooglaboogla posted:

Too bad Louisiana already has a Vidor in the form of Vinton.

At least Vinton is not a sundown town like Vidor is. Not sure if Vidor still is but I'm not stopping there to find out.

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Dameius: Apr 3, 2006

blackguy32 posted:

At least Vinton is not a sundown town like Vidor is. Not sure if Vidor still is but I'm not stopping there to find out.

It is (unofficially).

# ? Aug 14, 2015 15:08

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