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19 Αυγ 2019 · Abortion Ban. How judicial conflicts of interest are denying poor Texans their right to an effective lawyer. For decades, Texans who can’t afford a lawyer have gotten caught in a criminal...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss Texas’s current system of electing judges, to provide a summary of various judicial selection systems in other states, and to offer a compendium of research materials on this topic.
13 Ιαν 2017 · During the 85th Legislative Session, Texas lawmakers have the opportunity to enact reforms to the current process by which the state selects its judges—in partisan elections in combination with a straight-ticket voting option. Political science fellow Mark P. Jones analyzes four reform options and their respective advantages and disadvantages.
31 Δεκ 2020 · Texas looks unlikely to change its controversial partisan election system for judges — even after a commission studying the issue recommended ending the practice.
15 Απρ 2019 · But 21st-century Texas’s 19th-century judicial system increasingly fails to serve its people’s needs. For example, the results of modern judicial elections are often almost random.
The Texas judicial system is unnecessarily complex. Its defects serve to punish its users—parties, attorneys, judges, and court staff—by creating confusion and inconsistency, and by overburdening some aspects of the system. It also punishes Texas’s taxpayers, who fund these inefficiencies.
1 Δεκ 2022 · Texas' court system has three levels: trial, appellate, and supreme. Trial: The trial level, or local, courts are the most numerous, consisting of over 450 state district courts, over 500 county courts, over 800 Justice of the Peace courts, and over 900 municipal courts.
