Letters at 3AM

Two words have been missing in all the hubbub about the Supreme Court's Lawrence v. Texas decision striking down laws against homosexual sodomy: Thank you.

"...choose an abortion, pointedly ignore both the Ninth and 10th amendments. They bear re-reading:..."

July 11, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Texas Should Declare Sovereignty

"...already introduced bills and resolutions declaring sovereignty under the 10th Amendment. Twelve other states are considering the same. Instead..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Postmarks

EPA Flexes Federal Muscle on Texas Air

Gov. Perry's huffin' and puffin' in defense of dirty air

"...a states' rights issue, citing "our rights under the 10th Amendment." (It states: "The powers not delegated to the..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Supports States' Rights

"...truly concerned with the proper application of the Eighth Amendment, while the 10th takes yet another back seat to..."

Oct. 8, 2007 Postmarks

Greg Abbott, Founding Father

Texas governor wants to rewrite U.S. Constitution

"...for everybody. Yes, seemingly the efficacy of the Tenth Amendment is over-rated, and Abbott has a nine-point plan to..."

Jan. 11, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Perry Continues Assault on Women's Health Care

Perry ends the WHP and blames it on the feds

"...clinics. To do otherwise, he wrote, would offend Texas' 10th Amendment sovereignty. As Perry sees it, the U.S. Constitution..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Where Does Perry Really Stand on States' Rights

"...but supposedly because he supports states' rights and the 10th Amendment. Now, he's saying he supports a federal constitutional..."

July 31, 2011 Postmarks

Austin Lawmaker Wants to Repeal Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance

Workman's HB 577 would undo Council's job applicant labor protection

"...ordinances they happen to disagree with by pointing to 10th Amendment state’s rights and the ordinance’s ostensible negative effect..."

Dec. 13, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Super Tuesday in Travis County

Live coverage of the primary election

"...should “strongly assert” states’ rights as granted under the 10th Amendment. (yes: 90.22%, no: 9.78%)..."

March 2, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Presidential Candidates File in Texas

Clinton and Judd only Dems to file for president in Texas so far

"...Ever the party of the 10th Amendment and states' rights, the GOP lets those numbers..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Targets the Undocumented

Lawmakers would restrict access to work, education, etc.

"...goes for broke in claiming state sovereignty under the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Con­sti­tu­tion, "... serving notice to..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Keeping It Weird: Bills on the Fringe

Early bills show reliable signs of Texas Weird

"...a variety of bills that attempt to define the 10th Amendment as fundamentally pro-states' rights, and a variety of..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

SCOTUS Punts on Fisher vs. UT, Lifts Part of Voting Rights Act

Two major rulings from the Supreme Court

"...ecstatic about this ruling. Gov. Rick Perry resurrected his 10th Amendment pandering by calling it "a clear victory for..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...angrily reminded Texans that Southern states have used the 10th Amendment "to justify slavery, school segregation, poll taxes, and..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature

House Committees Announced

Straus keeps Dems in chairs but Travis delegation suffers

"...and (in a sad bit of bowing to the 10th Amendment crowd and their attempts to re-fight the Civil..."

Feb. 9, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Election Headlines

Headlines from the campaign trail

"...Glass recently confronted the incumbent at Texas Conservative Coali­tion's 10th Amendment Town Hall in Humble about his refusal to..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature

Point Austin: Yes, They Did

You've got health care – even in Texas

"...lawsuit against health care reform as "unconstitutional" – more 10th Amendment demagoguery as wrong on the law as it..."

March 26, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Federal drug czar still lying about pot and wasting taxpayer money

"...states' rights and influences ballot decisions, it undermines the 10th Amendment."..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...saw fit to provide. Read Federalist 45 and the 10th Amendment...."

May 7, 2004 Column

Against Nanny Government

"...saw fit to provide. Read Federalist 45 and the 10th Amendment. You can whine about the PATRIOT Act, but..."

May 3, 2004 Postmarks

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Light Rail, Green Politics, and much ado about the city's growing pains.

"...of federal regulations were in fact actually legal. (The 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that the federal..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...and lawyers across the state who watched as the 10th Court of Appeals, based in Waco, played tug-of-war with..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch

Court rules 55 years for 24 ozs. of pot is not cruel or unusual

"...On Jan. 9, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver upheld a..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Thou Shalt Not Sue?

Van Orden's suit against the Ten Commandments is no slam-dunk.

"...a D.C. homeless shelter the night before arguing First Amendment law before the nation's highest court...."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Austin’s Exclusionary Housing Policies Are Getting Revolutionary Rewrites

After decades of resistance doors open for less-wealthy Austinites

"...For any one of these LDC amendments to pass would be a transformative change to the..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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Our readers talk back.

"...the protection of the minority provided by the First Amendment. It has been proven that the majority of American..."

April 2, 2004 Column

Naked City

"...reads (in part): "Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the professional services agreement with Halliburton KBR, formerly..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...have joined a statewide effort to defeat the constitutional amendment that would define marriage as exclusively heterosexual. "I'm a..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature

APD 'Documents the Instigators'

The behavior of APD's undercover cops raises questions about First Amendment rights.

"...the bust would spark serious questions about possible First Amendment violations by Austin police. But that's exactly what happened,..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

You Have a Right to Counsel. So Why Doesn’t Travis County Allow Attorneys at Bail Hearings?

Get out of jail free $10K

"...U.S. state were a country, Texas would have the 10th-highest incarceration rate of all the world's nations, behind nine..."

Aug. 4, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

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