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Texas divisionism is a mainly historical movement that advocates the division of the U.S. state of Texas into as many as five states, as some considered to be statutorily permitted by a provision included in the resolution admitting the former Republic of Texas into the Union in 1845. [1]
After his election, Fred Dutton, a colleague of Nelson's and a government officer who advised the president, asked for Nelson's suggestions on how the president could support consumers, and she sent him the Consumer Bill of Rights. [2] Kennedy presented those rights in a speech to Congress on March 15, 1962. [4]
The judicial system of Texas has a reputation as one of the most complex in the United States, [10] with many layers and many overlapping jurisdictions. [11] Texas has two courts of last resort: the Texas Supreme Court, which hears civil cases, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Except in the case of some municipal benches, partisan ...
Originally set up as the Office of Regulatory Loan Commissioner in 1963, [4] the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC)’s current name was established when the Texas Credit Code was enacted in 1967. [5] The Texas Finance Commission oversees the OCCC, [6] and appoints the Consumer Credit Commissioner who serves at its will. [7]
Texas did originally retain the right to divide into as many as five independent States, [30] and as part of the Compromise of 1850 continues to retain that right while ceding former claims westward and northward along the full length of the Rio Grande in exchange for $10 million from the federal government. [31] See Texas divisionism.
(The Center Square) – The state of Texas has two more wins in court, in a sweeping small business federal regulatory action that a federal judge ruled is unconstitutional and a federal agency ...
The case is one of several on the docket in which the Supreme Court, often skeptical of broad federal agency power, could hobble government regulators. On this occasion, the court, which has a 6-3 ...
Consumer interests can also serve consumers, consistent with economic efficiency, but this topic is treated in competition law. Consumer protection can also be asserted via non-government organizations and individuals as consumer activism. Efforts made for the protection of consumer's rights and interests are: The right to satisfaction of basic ...