Lots has been happening in Texas, all covered extremely well by Scott at Grits for Breakfast, including some remarkable efforts towards restructuring low-level marijuana penalties, an attempt to ban so-called “consent searches”, going after rogue task forces and lots more.
Could this be a sign that a historical independent streak in Texans is re-surfacing? It is a conflicted state – conservative, but with libertarian underpinning – home of both Tom Delay and Ron Paul. It’ll be interesting to watch. And Grits is the place to watch it.
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