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John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas (1963–1969) and as the 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (1971–1972). He began his career as a Democrat and later became a Republican in 1973.. Born in Floresville, Texas, Connally pursued a legal career after graduating from the University of Texas ...
Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety, 597 U.S. 580 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) and state sovereign immunity.In a 5–4 decision issued in June 2022, the Court ruled that state sovereign immunity does not prevent states from being sued under federal law related to the nation's ...
Texas State Treasurer was an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of Texas, responsible for overseeing the financial operations of state government. The position was established in the Constitution of 1876. It was officially abolished on August 31, 1996.
Shortly after taking office in January 2021, the administration directed the U.S. immigration agency, ICE, to stop all deportations except those that posed a threat to "national security, public safety, and border security". The act was widely expected to reduce the number of deportations by the agency.
13 lis 2023 · On January 22, 2021, Texas sued the United States and Acting Secretary Pekoske in the Southern District of Texas. 14 Arguing the new guidelines violated its agreement with DHS, Texas carefully grounded its claim in “budgetary harms, including higher education and healthcare costs.” 15 Based on these alleged costs, the district court ...
1 lut 2006 · Texas Treasury Warrants during the U.S. Civil War. In November 1864, the state of Texas authorized additional emissions of warrants, and enacted new taxes and other
The case involved a claim by the Reconstruction government of Texas that United States bonds owned by Texas since 1850 had been illegally sold by the Confederate state legislature during the American Civil War.
