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8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 40 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Langever v. Miller.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langever v. Miller Anchor | green | “so important is this division of governmental power that it was provided for in the first section of the first article of the constitution of the republic of texas, and alone it constituted article 2 of each succeeding constitution.” | 7 |
| 2 | Finance Commission v. Norwood | green | “exceptions to the constitutionally mandated separation of powers are never to be implied in the least; they must be 'expressly permitted' by the constitution itself.” | 7 |
| 3 | Armadillo Bail Bonds v. State | green | “reflects a belief on the part of those who drafted and adopted our state constitution that one of the greatest threats to liberty is the accumulation of excessive power in a single branch of government.” | 6 |
| 4 | Armadillo Bail Bonds v. State | green | “this separation of powers provision reflects a belief on the part of those who drafted and adopted our state constitution that one of the greatest threats to liberty is the accumulation of excessive power in a single branch of government.” | 5 |
| 5 | Meshell v. State | green | “any attempt by one department of government to interfere with the powers of another is null and void.” | 5 |
| 6 | State v. Hanson | green | “coercion of a lawful act by a threat of lawful action is protected free expression.” | 4 |
| 7 | State v. Holton | green | “level of intimidation against a local legislator arising from the threat of a criminal proceeding is at least as great as the threat from a civil suit,” | 3 |
| 8 | Irons v. Rhode Island Ethics Commission | green | “as long as a legislator's challenged actions, stripped of all considerations of intent and motive, were legislative in character, the doctrine of absolute legislative immunity protects them from such claims.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.