The organizational structure of Texas’ state court system was originally laid out in Article V of the State Constitution adopted in 1891. Piecemeal and ad hoc restructuring over the intervening years have resulted in an antiquated system full of irregularities, inconsistencies, and overlapping jurisdictions.In order to bring simplicity and rationality to the legal process, the system’s organization and administration should be reformed.
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Veritas April 2018
This issue of Veritas, the quarterly publication of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, features solutions to correctly measure poverty, introduces the Texas Prosperity Promise, explores whether free college is a good idea, a farewell from our CEO Brooke Rollins, an introduction of Lieutenant Colonel Allen West and the Booker T. Washington Initiative, and recaps the 2018 Policy Orientation and Visionaries Meeting.
April 4, 2018