Category Archives: Texas Government Watch

Texas’ Senate Bill 4, the “Show Me Your Papers Law,” is Arguably Unenforceable Under Existing State Law

Here are how things stand right now for the controversial Texas Senate Bill 4 (88-4) (“SB4”), which was passed last fall by both houses of the Texas Legislature and signed into law by Governor Abbott. You may recognize the new statute by its nickname, the “Show Me Your Papers Law.” See, e.g., “Texas’s So-Called ‘Show…

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, InDepth Articles, Texas Government Watch |

Illegal Reentry into Texas: Crimes Under Federal Statute and Texas Law

There are lots of names for people crossing the border into Texas without authority, including migrants, immigrants, illegals, undocumented noncitizens, illegal entrants. See, “Illegal Alien” Is One of Many Correct Legal Terms for “Illegal Immigrant,” written by Alex Nowrasteh and published by Cato on October 14, 2019. However, the legal terminology pursuant to federal statute…

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Federal Government Watch, InDepth Articles, Texas Government Watch |

Thirteen Significant New Texas Criminal Laws Effective in 2023

Arrests in Texas can be based upon actions or investigations by either state or federal authorities or by a combination of the two in joint operations. From a criminal defense standpoint, the choice of law upon which the arrest is made is key. This is because criminal cases move through two entirely independent justice systems…

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Assaults, Child Pornography Charges, Drug Crimes, InDepth Articles, Manslaughter Charges, Search and Seizures, Sex Crimes, Texas Government Watch, Trafficking Charges |

Are Texas Anti-Smuggling Laws Unconstitutional? Governor Abbott and Texas Penal Code §20.05 and §20.06

Our state government continues to take independent state action using criminal laws to try and stem all sorts of border activities involving both people and things crossing from Mexico into Texas. Recently, for instance, Governor Abbott issued an executive order announcing that two Mexican Cartels, and possibly more in the future, will be considered as…

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Michael Lowe, on InDepth Articles, Texas Government Watch, Trafficking Charges |

Texas Governor’s Designation of Mexican Cartels As Terrorist Organizations: Criminal Defense Perspective

On September 21, 2022, the Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a press release with its accompanying Executive Order GA-42 and the news that, at least in the State of Texas, Mexican cartels are now considered to be “terrorist organizations” by state law enforcement. In the release, Governor Abbott explains that the growing market…

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Michael Lowe, on Drug Crimes, InDepth Articles, Texas Government Watch, Trafficking Charges |

Don’t Ever Talk to the Police! Never Give a Statement to Law Enforcement in Texas Criminal Investigation

Additional Information Provided in Addition to my YouTube video On television and in the movies, people are always giving statements to the police. In all the versions of Law & Order, for instance, the police are taking statements from people with or without their lawyer being present. In fact, it’s hard to remember an episode…

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, InDepth Articles, Texas Government Watch |

New Texas Sex Crimes: The Online Prostitution Laws Effective September 1, 2019

Texas Penal Code Amended to Address Human Sex Trafficking Over the Internet Human trafficking laws exist at both the federal and state levels; anyone arrested on these charges faces serious felony time if convicted. However, the reality has been that federal prosecutions have been fiercer and with more bite than those charges at the state…

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on InDepth Articles, Sex Crimes, Texas Government Watch, Trafficking Charges |

Prosecutors and Police in Dallas: How Bad is It?

So, what’s going on here in Dallas County with our prosecutors and our police department? Well, there are lots of things going on right now that impact criminal justice – and criminal defense – here in North Texas. Because excessive force by the police and prosecutorial misconduct isn’t just stuff that happens in…

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Corrupt Cops, DA Watch, Federal Government Watch, Texas Government Watch |

New Texas Criminal Laws 2017

The regular session of the 85th Texas Legislature ended on Memorial Day. Bills not passed by the lawmakers and signed into law by the governor are dead in the water. (Abbott vetoed 50 of them.) For the bills that did not become law: well, maybe next year. Governor Abbott has called for a special session…

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Michael Lowe, on Jail Watch, Texas Government Watch, Weapons Charges |

Speedy Trials in Texas: Prosecuting “Killer Nurse” Genene Jones for 1981 Crime

Do you remember where you were in 1981? Were you even alive in 1981? Let’s think back … 1981 was the year: President Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley; the CDC recognized the first five cases of AIDS in five homosexual men diagnosed with a “rare form of pneumonia” in Los Angeles; Donkey Kong…

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, DA Watch, Orwellian Threats to Rights, Texas Government Watch |

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