• per curiam decision, Medellín v. Dretke, 544 U.S. 660 (2005) (Medellín I). The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed Medellín's second appeal, and the...
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    to interpret." In the subsequent domestic American litigation in Medellín v. Texas, the United States Supreme Court (the court of last resort concerning...
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    entering the United States. In October 1948, Immigration officials opened the Texas–Mexico border which allowed several thousand undocumented workers to cross...
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  • José Medellín, attempted to grope and pinch one of Peña's breasts; Peña brushed aside Medellín's hand and continued walking. In response, Medellín stated:...
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  • suggested by the quote above; however, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Medellín v. Texas (2008), held that some treaties are not "self-executing." Such treaties...
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    Ted Cruz (category Baptists from Texas)
    role as counsel for the State of Texas in Medellín v. Texas, a 2008 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that Texas has the right to ignore an order...
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    annexation of the Republic of Texas, much of the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and parts of Texas, Colorado, and Wyoming...
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    Breyer 543 U.S. 37 Decided November 15, 2004. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas reversed and remanded. The state court upheld a death sentence over the...
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    Wikisource has original text related to this article: Hernandez v. Texas Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), was a landmark case, "the first and only...
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    The Medellín Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Medellín) was a powerful and highly organized Colombian drug cartel and terrorist organization originating in the...
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    Agency's right to regulate carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act. Medellín v. Texas (2008): In a 5–4 decision in which the majority opinion was delivered...
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    v. Dominguez Hernandez v. Texas San Antonio I.S.D. v. Rodriguez Espinoza v. Farah Manufacturing Co. U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce Plyler v. Doe Medellín v....
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    occurred as far away as New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, or El Paso, Texas. Husbands and wives spoke to each other in rudimentary English or Spanish...
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    v. Dominguez Hernandez v. Texas San Antonio I.S.D. v. Rodriguez Espinoza v. Farah Manufacturing Co. U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce Plyler v. Doe Medellín v....
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    Pachucos are male members of a counterculture that emerged in El Paso, Texas, in the late 1930s. Pachucos are associated with zoot suit fashion, jump...
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  • use treaties Medellín v. Texas (2008), U.S. Supreme Court case that casts some doubt on how broadly Missouri v. Holland can be applied. Texas had ignored...
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    Features". Archives.TexasObserver.org. Texas Observer. March 28, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved July 6, 2020. Scruggs, Otey M. (August 1, 1963). "Texas and the Bracero...
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    court. This case was decided together with Texas v. Certain Named and Unnamed Alien Children. In May 2022 Texas Governor Greg Abbott expressed interest in...
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    Barrio Gangs: Street Life and Identity in Southern California. University of Texas Press. pp. 40–42, 113. ISBN 9780292786776. "13 Things You Should Know About...
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    Aztec Past: The Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin. University of Texas Press. p. 27. ISBN 9781477316078. Aguilar-Moreno, Manuel (2006). Handbook...
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  • the president to proceed in Clinton v. Jones (1997). The Supreme Court also relied on Youngstown in Medellín v. Texas (2008), in which President George...
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    Gebhart v. Belton Tape v. Hurley Lemon Grove Incident Parents v. Seattle Hernandez v. Texas Del Rio ISD v. Salvatierra Maestas vs. George H. Shone Brown v. Board...
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    in the form of a 1974 Supreme Court victory in Medrano v. Allee, limiting jurisdiction of Texas Rangers in labor disputes. Farm workers continued to organize...
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    "Mexican and Latin descent" was unconstitutional and the 1954 Hernandez v. Texas ruling which declared that Mexican Americans and other historically subordinated...
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  • paramount. An apt example of Breyer's approach might be his dissent in Medellín v. Texas (2008), where he faulted the court's construction of a treaty because...
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    Jovita Idar (category People from Laredo, Texas)
    her career in journalism at La Crónica, her father's newspaper in Laredo, Texas, her hometown. While working as a journalist, she became the president of...
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    occurred during the summer of 1943, along with Mobile, Alabama; Beaumont, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; and New York City. American servicemen and white Angelenos...
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