1. Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments, 89th Texas Legislature, November 4, 2025, Election
By Texas Legislative Council
Provides detailed information on the seventeen joint resolutions passed during the 89th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature that propose amendments to the Texas Constitution. Includes background information, detailed analysis, comments from both supporters and opponents, and the text of each joint resolution to assist voters during the November election.
Texas Legislative Council, 2025, 99 pages
L1400.7 C766 2025

 

2. Condensed Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments, 89th Texas Legislature, November 4, 2025, Election
By Texas Legislative Council
Presents a brief analysis for each of the seventeen joint resolutions proposed to amend the Texas Constitution that passed during the 89th Regular Session and will appear on the upcoming November election ballot. Includes the topic, an analysis, and a summary of comments made by supporters and opponents during the legislative process.
Texas Legislative Council, 2025, 22 pages
L1400.7 C766C 2025

 

3. Constitutional Amendments Proposed for November 2025 Ballot
By House Research Organization
Describes the process by which constitutional amendments are adopted. Provides information on each of the seventeen proposed amendments that will be submitted for voter approval at the November 4, 2025, general election. Includes a summary of the amendment, background information, analysis, and arguments for and against each proposal.
House Research Organization, 2025, 38 pages
L1801.9 ST94 89-4

 

4. The DEI Dilemma: Understand the Legal Landscape and Support Your Campus
By Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc.
Compiles a collection of essays on the impact of the current legal and political environment on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in higher education. Examines the dismantling of DEI programs and policies through presidential executive orders, state legislation, and universities’ voluntary policy shifts. Discusses strategies for responding to these challenges to DEI efforts in colleges and universities. Mentions SB 17, 88th Legislature, R.S.
Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc., 2025, 81 pages
378.73 R894D 2025

 

5. José Tomás Canales Became JT: A Short Biography of the First American of Mexican Origin to Become a Texas State Representative
By José Angel Gutiérrez
Explores the life and experiences of State Representative José Tomás Canales. Chronicles his early life through schooling in Austin and Kansas, and attending law school in Michigan. Discusses his political career including serving in the Texas House of Representatives from 1905 to 1911 and again from 1917 to 1921 highlighting his actions related to the 1919 Joint Committee to Investigate the Ranger Force. Includes Canales' role in the formation and running of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).
José Angel Gutiérrez, 2025, 234 pages
328.764 G885 2025

 

6. The Texas Civil Rights Project: How We built a Social Justice Movement
By James Harrington
Recounts the journey of the founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) through a history of the social justice and civil rights movements in Texas over the last fifty years. Details the origins of the TCRP along with its advocacy for victims of police brutality; injured farmworkers; preventing violence against women; grand jury reform; privacy issues; legal services for poor and low-income individuals; people with disabilities; and the Texas Equal Rights Amendment, SJR 16, 62nd Legislature, R.S.
University of Texas Press, 2025, 298 pages
340.092 H299 2025

 

7. The Right to Oblivion: Privacy and the Good Life
By Lowry Pressly
Reframes privacy as the right to be unknown and argues the value of privacy is in the ability to limit the creation of information rather than controlling our information. Provides historical overview of the approach to privacy from the invention of photography through the digital age of the internet to examine previous thoughts on privacy. Reflects on the ethical and moral concerns of privacy and information.
Harvard University Press, 2024, 228 pages
323.448 P935R 2024