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Gray Reed

Texas Capitol Report: An Update On Special Session

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On Sunday, August 3, most of the 62 Democratic members of the 150-member Texas House of Representatives left the state, blocking a scheduled Monday vote on proposed congressional redistricting maps. Their absence left the...more

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rejects Legislators’ Attack on Governor’s COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation

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On July 1, in Wolf v. Scarnati, a divided Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejected House Resolution 836, in which the Commonwealth’s General Assembly attempted to terminate Governor Tom Wolf’s Proclamation of Disaster...more

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Why Courts Should Give The Legislature The Benefit Of The Doubt

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Like many others, I’m a huge fan of Justice William W. Bedsworth’s column, “A Criminal Waste of Space”.  Today’s post was inspired by Justice Bedsworth’s most recent column bemoaning the misplaced instinct of lawyers in their...more

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