Local governments vary, state by state. In Texas, there are three local governments. These local governments are better known as counties, municipalities, and special districts. Although, they are separated into different categories, they all have something in common. Counties are administrative and judicial arms of the state. Counties are the most restricted. Special districts are limited-purpose local governments. These governments have taxing capability. In contrast to Counties, cities is a more
president the whole damn country is about to be turned into Texas or if I should try to stand up for us and convince the rest of the country we’re not all that insane.” This introduction from Molly Ivins’s essay, “Is Texas America”, shows how she holds a stereotypical view of Texas as being ignorant and insane. People’s personal identities help contribute to this. For the most part left wingers view Texas as the most conservative state in America. Through the collective number of people who hold
in their own home. (White 1986) This would be later overturned again by a later Supreme Court Case. In Lawrence v. Texas the Supreme Court said that substantive due process, that is the application of the law, not just the law itself, existed and therefore the right to privacy is protected under due process. (Chemerinsky 2011) However, in both Roe v. Wade and Lawrence v. Texas the Supreme Court