Category Archives: Politics

Service of Process Via Facebook? A Texas Legislative Proposal Has Been Made

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In recent years, social media use has been a fertile ground for breeding legal action. Cases ranging from harassment of classmates, to identity theft, to online solicitation have raised the question of just how much should legal regulation play a role in online activity. Furthermore, how much regulation is acceptable without infringing upon another's privacy rights? A new bill in Texas could push the envelope even further on this issue by making read more
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Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott Spends Over 1.5 Million Taxpayer Dollars Filing Lawsuits

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Gregg Abbott, the Texas Attorney General, has spent over 1.5 Million filing lawsuits--what some might even consider frivolous lawsuits--against the U.S. government for things like challenging Obama's healthcare plan and suing to try to force the federal government to give back women's healthcare funding that Rick Perry cost the state by placing limitations on who women had the right to seek their healthcare from. Despite having 700 lawyers on staff, read more
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Economy is Turning Around Slowly But Steadily

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In March of 2012, 120,000, new jobs were created per reports for the U.S. Department of Labor.  This number is down from the 210,000 average per month for the preceding three months.  Unemployment fell to 8.2 percent, the lowest since January of 2009. The really good news is the big picture.  Between December 2011 and February 2012, 734,000 jobs were created in the United States. Another 120,000 takes the job growth in the past four months to read more
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