ken herman (kherman@statesman.com)
There was a time in Texas a long, long time when it was political malpractice for candidates to declare anything other than unflinching fealty to the death penalty.
I recalled that era this week as the Texas House took a significant, if less than sweeping, step in a direction that once might have been scorned by some as soft on crime because it would reduce the pool of miscreants eligible for execution.
Anyone else remember the 1990 Democratic gubernatorial primary when Ann Richards, Mark White and Jim Mattox each sought to be the staunchest supporter of capital punishment?
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Then-state Sen. Ken Paxton, who is now attorney general, during The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 28, 2013. Paxton is fighting for his reputation on two fronts in the courts, and in the court of public opinion. Credit: Callie Richmond for The Texas Tribune
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From his first campaign for statewide office in 2014 to now, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has never not been in legal trouble. And his problems are multiplying at a time when someone in his spot would ordinarily be dreaming and scheming about higher office.
Analysis: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defending his reputation on two fronts
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From his first campaign for statewide office in 2014 to now, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has never not been in legal trouble. And his problems are multiplying at a time when someone in his spot would ordinarily be dreaming and scheming about higher office.
The news broke on Apr. 1, 1985, though no one thought it was an April Foolâs Joke: Ten years after Sherri Skinner and company had found themselves in the MSC â a ten years marked by advocacy and antagonism, bravery and hostility â a restrained memo from the Supreme Court, not 20 words long, announced the news: The Supreme Court had declined to review the case, letting the Fifth Circuitâs ruling stand.
Just like that, the court case was over. Gay Student Services had won.
âWeâre finally here,â Marco Roberts thought at the time.
Things happened pretty quickly after that.
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