MISRULE OF LAW

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Day: August 18, 2014

The Rick Perry Indictment is Textbook Malicious Prosecution

Outsiders were stunned by the August 15 indictment of Gov. Rick Perry by a Travis County Grand Jury, but they shouldn’t have been. The common perception that Texas is solidly or uniformly “red” is mistaken. Yes, for the past 16 years, Texas voters have elected only Republicans to statewide…

Malicious Prosecution in the Lone Star State

The charges against Rick Perry are baseless. Outsiders were stunned by the August 15 indictment of Governor Rick Perry by a Travis County grand jury, but they shouldn’t have been. The common perception that Texas is uniformly red is mistaken. Yes, Texas voters have elected only Republicans to s…