Civil Rights

Democrats Champion, Governor Signs, Michael Morton Act

Senator Rodney Ellis and State Representative Senfronia Thompson were just a few of the Democrats championing this important reform.

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I vote in every election

  In the summer when I was 14 I often went to the Fondren Library at Rice, and I read up about the Third Reich. One book that was to...

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Senator Ellis fights to create a commission to review exoneration cases.

Prosecutors are fighting Sen. Rodney Ellis‘ efforts to pass through the Texas Senate a bill that’s already cleared the House that would create a commission to review exoneration cases, the Democratic...

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Good Samaritans Committing Election Fraud?!

HB 148 will be heard in Senate State Affairs Hearing - Thursday, May 9 State Affairs will meet at 1:30pm or upon adjournment in the Senate Chamber Tell Senator Ellis...

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Voter Suppression Bills Heading to the House Floor

The following bills were voted favorably out of committee and will soon be voted on by the Texas House of Representatives.  The two listed below are blatant attempts at voter...

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Showdown on voter's mail ballot rights

House erupts in showdown on voter's rights By David RaufAustin Bureau Published 9:32 pm, Thursday, April 25, 2013   AUSTIN — The Texas House erupted Thursday into a partisan showdown over voting rights...

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The Guns of our Founding Fathers

States United to Prevent Gun Violence has created an ad that looks at the 2nd Amendment from a very interesting perspective.   Click on the picture or the link to...

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Bill that Would Repeal Unconstitutional Statute Voted out of Committee

Senator John Whitmire reports that the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice advanced Senate Bill 538 by Senator José Rodríguez of El Paso on a committee vote of 5-0. SB538 will...

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Freedom of speech

At the Brown Bag Lunch April 11 I exercised my freedom of speech in 2 ways. First of all, I wore a "Liberate Marihuana" T-shirt, in observance of April 20....

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Texas Legislature may have to have special session for redistricting

The 83rd Texas legislative session could go into overtime. Attorney General Greg Abbott has urged the Legislature to make permanent the interim legislative boundaries developed last year by a federal...

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