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The U.S. Justice Department says that Texas juvenile detention centers have violated children's Eighth and 14th Amendment rights, as well as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and ...
The investigation, which started in October 2021, looked at the treatment of children in the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. In addition, the Justice Department's report ...
The 2021 Texas constitutional amendment election took place on November 2, 2021. Texas voters statewide voted on eight proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. All eight propositions were passed. [1] [2]
The Texas Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and eight justices. All nine positions are elected, with a term of office of six years and no term limit. The Texas Supreme Court was established in 1846 to replace the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas. It meets in downtown Austin, Texas in an office building near the Texas State Capitol.
Ten civil rights groups are urging the Dept. of Justice to investigate Texas' "Operation Lone Star," a border enforcement operation by Gov. Greg Abbott.
On February 19, 1868, Lawrence introduced a bill in Congress to create the Department of Justice. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill into law on June 22, 1870. [10] Grant appointed Amos T. Akerman as attorney general and Benjamin H. Bristow as America's first solicitor general the same week that Congress created the Department of ...
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas.The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails, and private correctional facilities, funding and certain oversight of community supervision, and supervision of offenders released from prison on ...
The US Department of Justice is suing the state of Texas over its use of floating barriers in the Rio Grande, which Gov. Greg Abbott has argued is intended to deter migrants from crossing into the ...