Who Really Owns the Water in Texas
An analysis of Texas water rights shows ownership fragmented by law across surface water groundwater and storm runoff. It traces origins in Hispanic and English common law and explains the rule of capture, groundwater districts, and key court decisions like Edwards Aquifer Authority v Day, highlighting ongoing policy tension between landowner rights and resource conservation.
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Handbook of Texas Online
Texas Supreme Court
Edwards Aquifer Authority
Day
Today in History 176th day of 2013 and notable events
Highlights include the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 where Lt. Col. George Custer and 263 soldiers fell to Cheyenne and Sioux fighters. Other items note the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, the 1950 start of the Korean War, and the 1998 Supreme Court ruling on the presidential line-item veto.
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Little Bighorn
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South Korea
Supreme Court
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George Abbott
Big Brother rewrites history on Snowden and 9/11
Diana West argues that the surveillance state rewrites history surrounding Edward Snowden and 9/11. She contends leaks reveal a hollow republic where mass data collection protects a powerful state, citing Graham and FBI/CIA officials, and defending her book American Betrayal.
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Melendez-Perez
Mohamed Atta
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Congress
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Lee Hamilton
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United States
John Brennan
Sean Joyce
Joyce
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Diana West
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Dianawest.net
Dianawest
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