Constitutional Law

Appellate Litigator Ted Cruz Is Running for Senate
R. Edward "Ted" Cruz, who argued eight cases before the U.S. Supreme Court during his tenure as solicitor general for the state of Texas, jumped into a race today for U.S. Senate. Cruz joins a growing field of Republicans hoping...

SANTA CRUZ EXPANDS USE OF PRIVATE SECURITY
SANTA CRUZ CA DEC 18 2010 Following the success of the First Alarm security guard program downtown, Santa Cruz Police announced the launch of a similar pilot program, this time covering the wharf and area parks...

Cruz Control: Past Case Haunts Burris Appointment
While I believe that the efforts in Illinois and Washington to block the Burris appointment are flagrant abuses of power, there is a legitimate reason to decry the choice. It is not due to the presumptively guilty man who appointed him but the clearly innocent man he wanted to kill: Rolando Cruz...

Juan-Carlos Cruz Charged with Attempted Murder
Juan-Carlos Cruz has officially been charged with attempted murder and solicitation of murder for allegedly trying to hire two homeless men to kill his wife ... this according to the Los Angeles County D...

Homeless Men -- Cruz Wanted Us to Cut Her Throat
The homeless men Juan-Carlos Cruz allegedly tried to hire to kill his wife claim they were instructed to "cut [a] woman's throat." The men told TMZ an elaborate story. According to  Little Dave , Cruz -- who had a show on The Food Network -- said he… Permalink

Ted Cruz Files Papers Enabling Run for Texas Attorney General - UPDATED
That's the title of Mary Alice Robbins' report for Texas Lawyer. LINKTed Cruz, the state's former solicitor general, has taken the first steps toward mounting a campaign to run for Texas attorney general in 2010...

$3.2 Million Settlement Approved
for Santa Cruz Strip Search Class Action

Restraining Chair
Santa Cruz County agree to $3 million wrongful death settlement after an inmate died while in jail.