Candidates for public office must follow a myriad of laws and regulations. The law treats campaigns with the utmost seriousness. Both the state and federal governments closely regulate campaigns, and they may take action when they find legal violations. Punishments can include both large fines and potential jail time. It is critical that political campaigns […]
Texas has passed a far-reaching election law with new rules that dictate how people can vote in elections. This new law is drawing nationwide attention in the controversy over voting rights, as is similar legislation in other states. Now, Texas is facing several lawsuits challenging the legality of the law. One has been filed by […]
Houston firefighters have been fighting for Prop B to make it onto the November ballot. Mayor Sylvester Turner strongly opposed the proposition despite Houston firefighters obtaining more than enough signatures to get it on the ballot per the city’s election laws. With the help of Feldman & Feldman, Prop B successfully made it onto the ballot, so voters get to decide whether or not firefighters deserve pay parity with police officers. This long fought battle took a somber tone when an Anti-Prop B sign was placed just 25 yards from the site of the deadly Southwest Inn fire that claimed the lives of five firefighters and injured dozens more.
In an unusual and head-spinning twist, prosecutors in the criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the attorney general’s office Thursday to block the release of sensitive case information that could hinder Paxton’s defense but that his own agency ordered to be turned over to a Texas newspaper.
In a bizarre scenario, the special prosecutors in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s case have sued Paxton over his office’s open records ruling that ordered the prosecutors to hand over their criminal discovery to a newspaper under the Texas Public Information Act.
In an unusual and head-spinning twist, prosecutors in the criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the attorney general’s office Thursday to block the release of sensitive case information that could hinder Paxton’s defense but that his own agency ordered to be turned over to a Texas newspaper.
Originally Published in the Houston Chronicle
Tom DeLay and his supporters have blamed his troubles on former Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Early, who won DeLay’s indictment but retired during the five years it took to bring the former U.S. House majority leader to trial.
