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  • Greg Abbott’s proclamation against Muslim’s isn’t legal…

    Under 8 U.S.C. § 1189, the Secretary of State — not a governor — has the exclusive authority to designate Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs).States have zero jurisdiction here.No wiggle room.No “Texas exception.” Anything a governor tries to declare in this space is symbolic theater, not enforceable law. CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) is a U.S.…

  • Democratic Socialism — Context & Controversies

    Summary By LeRoy Nellis  Definition Democratic socialism is often presented as distinct from authoritarian communism. Its stated goal is to merge social ownership of resources with democratic governance and individual rights.Yet history shows that several movements describing themselves as democratic socialist have, in practice, drifted toward corruption, economic collapse, censorship, or selective repression once concentrated power and economic control collided. Modern…

  • Democratic Socialism — Context & Controversies

    By LeRoy Nellis  Definition Democratic socialism is often presented as distinct from authoritarian communism. Its stated goal is to merge social ownership of resources with democratic governance and individual rights.Yet history shows that several movements describing themselves as democratic socialist have, in practice, drifted toward corruption, economic collapse, censorship, or selective repression once concentrated power…

  • Legal Argument: The Constitutionality and Legality of Restraint Chair Use in Texas Correctional Facilities

    I. IssueWhether the use of a restraint chair on adult inmates in Texas jails and prisons, as authorized under 37 Tex. Admin. Code § 273.6, comports with constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment, and substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment—particularly in cases involving mentally ill or medically vulnerable detainees.…

  • Systemic Medical Abuse in Williamson County Jail: 

     How Part-Time Medicine and Unlicensed Practice Destroyed My Health By LeRoy Nellis (Published on LeRoyNellis.blog and http://www.academia.edu) SECTION I — INTRODUCTION I write these pages not as a lawyer, not as a journalist, but as a man who survived the medical system inside the Williamson County Jail—if “system” is even the right word. For 326…

  • 🩺 Williamson County Jail Medical & Psychiatric Hiring Record (2018 – 2025)

    Year Position Title Employer / Contracting Firm Type & Schedule Pay / Contract Terms Prescribing Authority Source / Notes 2025 (Oct) Psychiatrist Physician – Ref # BD-649-01 Adelphi Medical Staffing LLC (for Williamson Co Jail, Georgetown TX) Contract (4 yrs); Minimum 16 hrs / week $250 – $285 per hour (on-site) ✅ Explicit (“Prescribe psychotropic…

  • Liberty Before Conviction: Constitutional and Human Rights Dimensions of Pre-Trial Detention in the United States

    By LeRoy Nellis LeRoy Nellis is an investigative author and constitutional researcher based in Austin, Texas. Section 1: Abstract Abstract Pre-trial detention represents one of the most profound constitutional tensions in the American criminal justice system—balancing public safety with the presumption of innocence. Though the Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail and the Fourteenth Amendment safeguards…