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Search results for "Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments, court rules"

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Duane Hall stated on December 09, 2016 in a speech to the N.C. Courts Commission:
North Carolina could save "literally tens of millions of dollars" if it stopped prosecuting 16-year-olds as adults.
By Will Doran• January 27, 2017
Rick Perry stated on December 07, 2011 in an Iowa TV ad.:
Our "kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 9, 2011
Cocks Not Glocks stated on August 24, 2016 in a Cocks not Glocks call to protest on Facebook:
"You would receive a citation for taking a dildo to class" at the University of Texas.
By Dylan Baddour• October 7, 2016
Roy Moore stated on August 14, 2017 in an interview with Vox.com:
"There are communities under Sharia law right now in our country. Up in Illinois. ... There’s Sharia law, as I understand it, in Illinois, Indiana -- up there. I don't know."
By Louis Jacobson• August 16, 2017
Leah Vukmir stated on June 01, 2018 in a tweet:
Tammy Baldwin "opposed displaying the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or singing the National Anthem in our classrooms."
By Diana Dombrowski• July 20, 2018
Roy Moore stated on September 21, 2017 in a debate:
DACA was "a mere memo from the Department of Homeland security under Barack Obama, which violated the laws."
By Joshua Gillin, Miriam Valverde• September 22, 2017
Eddie Lucio, Jr. stated on January 06, 2012 in an interview.:
Says Texas does not regulate the appearance of some kinds of imitation firearms sold in Texas.
By Katie Glueck• January 24, 2012
Wendy Davis stated on June 27, 2014 in her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention:
Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."
By W. Gardner Selby• July 6, 2014
Greg Abbott stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
"I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS."
By Dylan Baddour• October 3, 2014
Donald Trump stated on April 13, 2020 in a tweet:
"It is the decision of the President," not governors, to "open up the states."
By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2021 in Facebook post:
It's illegal for a college, public school or employer to "mandate" the vaccine because it was authorized for emergency use.
By Michael Majchrowicz• April 29, 2021
Jeff Wentworth stated on May 09, 2012 in a TV ad.:
Says he "restored prayer and the pledge in our schools."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby• May 25, 2012
Senate Leadership Fund stated on August 02, 2017 in an ad:
In addition to his compensation as a judge, "Roy Moore and his wife (paid themselves) over $1 million from a charity they ran."
By John Kruzel• September 5, 2017
Democratic Governors Association stated on October 24, 2013 in an email blast:
"Texas Governor Rick Perry’s voter ID law is a blatant effort to defeat Wendy Davis by disenfranchising tens of thousands of women voters."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 31, 2013
Ted Lyon stated on July 31, 2012 in an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says most Texas schools spend 45 out of 180 school days in mandated testing.
By Sue Owen• August 29, 2012
Rick Perry stated on March 16, 2012 in a Fox News interview.:
Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas.
By W. Gardner Selby• March 28, 2012
Patrick Murphy stated on October 02, 2012 in an ad:
An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2012
Ted Cruz stated on June 28, 2015 in an interview with NPR News:
Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling.
By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2015
Lloyd Doggett stated on December 15, 2016 in an interview with KEYE TV:
"Our university campuses by federal law do not check the immigration status of their students just as our public schools don’t."  
By W. Gardner Selby• December 28, 2016
Terry Gorman stated on September 21, 2011 in a TV interview:
"[Federal] law says that you can't give in-state tuition to an illegal alien … unless you first offer it to any other student regardless of their state of residence."
By Lynn Arditi• October 2, 2011

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