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Republican Rick Perry has served as Governor of Texas since December
2000, when George W. Bush vacated the office to assume the Presidency.
Two Republicans represent Texas in the U.S. Senate: Kay Bailey
Hutchison (since 1993) and John Cornyn (since 2002). Texas has 32
representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives: 19 Republicans
and 13 Democrats.
The Texas Constitution, adopted in 1876, is the second oldest state
constitution still in effect. As with many state constitutions, it
explicitly provides for the separation of powers and incorporates its
bill of rights directly into the text of the constitution (as Article
I). The bill of rights is considerably lengthier and more detailed than
the federal Bill of Rights, and includes some provisions unique to
Texas.
The executive branch consists of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Comptroller of Public Accounts, Land Commissioner, Attorney General,
Agriculture Commissioner, the three-member Texas Railroad Commission,
the State Board of Education, and the Secretary of State. The
comptroller decides if expected state income is sufficient to cover the
proposed state budget. Except for the secretary of state—who is
appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the
Senate—each of these officials is elected (the three Railroad
Commission members are voted at-large; the State Board of Education
members are voted in single-member districts). There are also many
state agencies and numerous boards and commissions. Partly because of
many elected officials, the governor's powers are quite limited in
comparison to other state governors or the U.S. President. In popular
lore and belief the lieutenant governor, who heads the Senate and
appoints its committees, has more power than the governor. The governor
commands the state militia and can veto bills passed by the Legislature
and call special sessions of the Legislature (this power is exclusive
to the governor and can be exercised as often as desired). The governor
also appoints members of various executive boards and fills judicial
vacancies between elections.
The Legislature of Texas, like the legislature of every other state
except Nebraska, is bicameral (that is, it has two chambers). The House
of Representatives has 150 members, while the Senate has 31. The
speaker of the house, currently Tom Craddick (R-Midland) leads the
House, and the lieutenant governor (currently Republican David
Dewhurst) leads the state Senate. The Legislature meets in regular
session only once every two years. The Legislature cannot call itself
into special session; only the governor may call a special session, and
may call as many sessions as often as desired.
The judicial system of Texas has a reputation as one of the most
complex in the United States, with many layers and many overlapping
jurisdictions. Texas has two courts of last resort: the Texas Supreme
Court, which hears civil cases, and the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals. Except in the case of some municipal benches, partisan
elections choose all of the judges at all levels of the judiciary; the
governor fills vacancies by appointment.
Law
The justice system in Texas has a reputation for strict sentencing.
According to the Prison Policy Initiative, of the 21 counties in the
United States where more than a fifth of the residents are prison
inmates, 10 are in Texas.
Texas leads the nation in executions by far, with 377 executions from
1976 to 2006. The second-highest ranking state is Virginia, with 94.
Only capital murder (equivalent to such terms as "murder with malice
aforethought" in other states) is eligible for the death penalty. Prior
to 2005, the alternate sentence was life with the possibility of parole
after 40 calendar years; a 2005 law change changed the alternate
sentence to life without parole.
A 2002 Houston Chronicle poll of Texans found that when asked "Do you
support the death penalty?", 69.1 percent responded that they did, 21.9
percent did not support, and 9.1% were not sure or gave no answer.
Well-known for their role in the history of Texas law enforcement, the
Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Highway Patrol continue today to
provide special law enforcement services to the state.
Politics
Texas politics are dominated by fiscal and social conservatism. The
political climate is currently dominated by the Republican Party, which
has strong majorities in the Texas Senate and House of Representatives.
Every executive branch official elected statewide is Republican, as is
every member of Texas's two courts of last resort; no Democrat has won
a statewide election since 1994. The majority of the state's delegation
to the U.S. House of Representatives is Republican, as are both U.S.
Senators.
Like the Southern states, Texas historically was a one-party state of
the Democratic Party. The Democrats controlled a majority in the Texas
House and in the state's Congressional delegation until the 2002 and
2004 elections, respectively.
There are thirty-two congressional districts in Texas, the second most
after California. Texas's congressional districts were redrawn in 2003
by the Republican-dominated legislature. Districts are usually drawn
after the national census every 10 years, but an impasse in the Texas
Legislature resulted in the districts being drawn by the courts in
2001. The legislature, with controversial help from U.S. Congressman
Tom DeLay, redrew the districts after the Republicans gained a larger
share of the legislature. A court challenge to the legality of the
non-Census-timed redistricting was upheld by the Republican-dominated
Texas Supreme Court; the United States Supreme Court remanded the map
to a three-judge federal panel to redraw the 23rd District, which it
ruled unconstitutionally diluted Hispanic voting strength in violation
of the Voting Rights Act. The court otherwise upheld the rest of the
districts on the map in question and noted that after a map meets all
legal rules and laws, one drawn by the state's elected officials is
preferred over one drawn by federal judges. The Democratic challengers
of the map had pointed to an early 1990's map drawn by federal judges
as one that should be kept in use.
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JOE THYNE I joined the military on April 27, 1988 on my 17th birthday (with a waiver signed by my parents). In my military career, I progressed through the ranks first as an E-1 (Private) up to an E-5 (Sergeant).
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