POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 26 Outline of Last Lecture I. CourtsA. Municipal CourtsB. County Level CourtsC. District CourtsD. Supreme Court II. JuriesA. Grand juryB. IndictmentC. ExemptionsD. Hung JuryIII. JudgesA. Merit PlanOutline of Current Lecture I. NewsII. History of Legal SystemA. Family LawB. Changing TimesC. Labor LawsD. Categorizing CrimesCurrent Lecturel.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 passesa 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 powerof 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
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