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Texas Political News: Governor Rick Perry on Immigration, Economics, and why Hispanics Should Become Republicans

Governor Rick Perry discusses the pragmatic issues surrounding illegal immigration in Texas, in particular the issue of high school children brought to Texas as infants illegally, but then graduating from high school and wanting to go to college. However their parents got them here, there is a basic economic factor at play. Do we want…

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SCOTUS Reaffirms Citizens United Vs. F.E.C.

SCOTUS Reaffirms Citizens United Vs. F.E.C. The United States Supreme Court reaffirmed its decision in Citizens United v. F.E.C. Monday in American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock, 11-1179, 2012 WL 2368660 (U.S. June 25, 2012).  In a short 5-4 per curiam opinion, the Court overturned a Montana statute prohibiting corporations from making “an expenditure in…