STATE OF TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION PROPOSITION 1 (FOR) “The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran.” PROPOSITION 2 (FOR) “The constitutional amendment providing for [...]
A documentary trailer of the 1L year of Section 1 at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
It did not take that long for Latino political officials to address the latest Republican stunt to disenfranchise voters of the minority community. Councilmember James Rodriguez of District I and Councilmember Edward Gonzalez of District H filed suit against Harris County. Councilmember Gonzalez stated, “The proposed map cracks communities of interests and dilutes the voting [...]
Somewhere in America … every hour someone commits a hate crime. Every day at least eight blacks, four gays or lesbians, two jews, two whites and one Latino become hate crime victims. Every week, a cross is burned. There are things that you can do to stop hate. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) suggests: [...]
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.President Dwight D. Eisenhower
In a game of chicken, the more radical side usually wins. This was the case in our debt-ceiling fiasco that has ended and a crisis avoided. The radical right also known as the Tea Party loonies were prepared for Armageddon. Who can blame them? They hate paying for your kids going to school. They hate [...]
It is not that often that you read a legal instrument and chuckle to yourself. That is exactly what Judge Martin Sheehan of the First Division Kenton Circuit Court in Kentucky accomplished on July 19, 2011 after releasing an order in regards to the case of Kissel v. Schwartz & Maines & Ruby Co. which [...]
It has often been said that one who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.Justice Harry Blackmun
The above-mentioned quote was written in the dissent of a famous case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to refuse counsel and represent themselves in state criminal proceedings. Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 852, 95 S. Ct. 2525, 2550, 45 L. Ed. 2d 562 (1975).
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.Sarah Williams
I have been following Rapid Ric aka The Mixtape Mechanic ever since I arrived in Austin for college over 7 years ago. Seem like ages ago but I was introduced to The Fistful of Dollars Mixtape by my roommate and the rest is history.
A lot has happened in the mean time, from serving as Houston rapper Chamillionaire’s personal international disc jokey (DJ) to filming his first video (Pullin’ Up) … Rapid Ric has been on his grind. He moved to Houston as he became more intertwined with our local music scene.
Rapid Ric released his new album, Whut it Dew, this week for free. This should not be confused with his original Whut It Dew Mixtape that was released in 2004 and features a prominent image of Chamillionaire on the cover.
