Greg Abbott Lied When pressed by Davis, Abbott lied about public school lawsuit

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http://lonestarproject.net/greg-abbott-lied#.VB9HjPldVyw

Lone star Report has this on their webpage. (The debate clip is linked at the page)

I have no doubt that Abbott has lied about this and deliberately misled.

My problem is this:
LSR goes on to show in the link below a memo from Atty. David Richards which posits that Abbott has always had the authority to settle (memo at the link)

the problem is that the memo doesn't address Abbott's claim. The memo cites cases from pre 2000. Abbott claims that his power to settle was circumvented by a law passed in 2011 - which is not addressed in the memo.

This makes me somewhat leery of LSR .

Abbott Can End the School Finance Fight Now
Litigation expert shows Abbott has authority to settle the school finance lawsuit

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Memorandum
To: Matt Angle, Lone Star Project Director
From: Dave Richards
Re: Authority of Texas AG to pursue and/or settle state litigation
Date: January 20, 2014
...
Without a doubt the office of Attorney General has ample authority to resolve pending lawsuits
by settlement. Somewhat recent examples are the settlements in the long running Ruiz litigation
over Texas prison conditions and Morales v. Turman, which was the suit against the Texas
Youth Commission, as well as redistricting litigation in the 1980s, which was resolved by
settlement and a consent decree
...
lly, Texas’ Constitution and case law provide clear precedent that establishes the
Attorney General’s discretionary power to settle cases. For example, in 1991, there was an
attempted settlement during the redistricting challenge to the state senate. The Supreme Court
scuttled the settlement, but it did say—in an opinion by Nathan Hecht, now Chief Justice—the
following:
....
Based on precedent, past actions and informed interpretation of law, it is certainly within the
power of the Attorney General to settle cases of this nature.

Does anybody know what law Abbott is talking about?
It seems that if it was a real problem that he would have been more specific.

However, Abbott (as is well known hereabouts) is a bad attorney.

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1. has anybody got anything on this?

The only bill I can find that passed in 2011 (82d R) relating to the Atty Gen and cases dealing w/ constitutional issues is HB2425 which doesn't have anything to do with how the Atty Gen handles them - it just requires that the AG be given notice of the pleadings.

I have no doubt that he is disembling and/or misinterpreting the law (which he does regularly)

But then, he is a slimey, lying ....