POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 26 Outline of Last Lecture I Courts A Municipal Courts B County Level Courts C District Courts D Supreme Court II Juries A Grand jury B Indictment C Exemptions D Hung Jury III Judges A Merit Plan Outline of Current Lecture I News II History of Legal System A Family Law B Changing Times C Labor Laws D Categorizing Crimes Current Lecture l The Fort Worth Arena passed Republican Susan Hawk defeats Democrat Craig Watkins in the Dallas DA race The fracking ban in Denton passes and oil companies are upset Arlington passes a bill to improve roads Wendy Davis lost big to Greg Abbot in governor race and she also lost her Senate seat to a Tea Party Republican George P Bush is the 1st member of his family to win his first political race All Republicans won statewide Now 20 Republicans and 11 Democrats ll The history of the legal system is based on English common law which is based on precedents These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute A Texas is a community property state couples divide property acquired during marriage and now prenuptial agreements are growing more popular B State and local government may take private property for public purposes Government must provide adequate compensation Texas limits government s power of eminent domain C Texas forbids contracts between labor and management to establish closed shops and Texas is the right to work state Only 5 of crimes are prosecuted under federal law Federal offenses include crimes committed on the high seas federal property involving crossing of state or national boundaries interfering with interstate commerce D Crimes have different levels of security Punishment varies according to classification of crime seriousness Texas legislature assigns crimes to one of 2 categories felony or misdemeanor
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