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Statements about Legal Issues
Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Mostly False

Use a candle or the (efficient) bulb of your choice

Says Washington's reach extends to "even telling us what kind of light bulb we can use."

Todd Staples

Todd Staples

True

It's in the Bill of Rights.

Says the U.S. Constitution provides for just compensation when land is taken under eminent domain.

Thomas Melsheimer

Thomas Melsheimer

Mostly False

Count is close, reflecting partisan tussle

"Across the country, more than half of the U.S. attorney seats remain without a prosecutor chosen by Obama."

John Cornyn

John Cornyn

Half Flip

Supportive then, surprised now

On the importance of judicial experience for Supreme Court nominees.

Greg Abbott

Greg Abbott

Mostly False

Advocate frames case that's not quite there

Says the EPA "outsourced the scientific basis for its greenhouse gas regulation to a scandal-plagued international organization that cannot be considered objective or trustworthy."

Rick Green

Rick Green

False

Incorrect even counting years Texas was a Republic

"When you look at the nearly 150 men and women who have served us on the Texas Supreme Court, more than half of them had zero prior judicial experience."

Paul Workman

Paul Workman

Mostly False

Her husband claimed an exemption for the 2009 tax year

"Holly Turner... still takes her homestead (property tax) exemption in Fort Worth."

Farouk Shami

Farouk Shami

False

Innocents may have been executed, but that's not certain

"We have killed lots of innocent people in the state of Texas."

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