Posted on 04/05/2019 3:36:53 PM PDT by SMGFan
A judge in Texas recently resigned by accident after he publicized his intention to run for the state's Supreme Court.
Democrat William "Bill" McLeod has served as a judge in Harris County Civil Court at Law Number Four since January. Thinking of the future, McLeod posted online his plans to run for the state's highest court.
He told KHOU that soon after, someone showed him the Texas Constitution, specifically Article 16, Section 65, which applies to district and county clerks, county judges, and judges of county courts at law, among other positions.
The law states that if any of those holding the aforementioned offices announce their candidacy for another office or become an actual candidate, "such announcement or such candidacy shall constitute an automatic resignation of the office then held."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
perhaps another conservative on the TX bench?
Orange man bad
Man this guy reeks of hatred.
Just look at those eyes.
Looks like a homo to me.
Nice thought - however consider that an incumbent House member has a much higher chance of winning a Senate seat than a House member who sat out a term.
In 2018, opponents of Marsha Blackburn pointed out how many roll call votes she missed. Well, the reality of it is that any incumbent House member running for Senate is going to miss a lot of roll call votes.
Now, maybe you’re just calling for the candidate to resign at the time of announcement (which, wink-wink, is likely to be right before filing deadline under the new rule) - sort of like Bob Dole in 1996.
I would expect a higher success rate than the House member who sat out a term.
So this judge wants others to support him in ignoring the law when it does not suit them. Yep, he is a democrat.
Looks like a dumbass to me, anyway.
Good riddance.
for sure. lets not waste this..
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He's a Demwit, so I'm sure he'll challenge this in court. But as we all know, ignorance of the law is no excuse. ;^) Thanks SMGFan.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. 8>)
I met one of those once. Couldn’t explain a point of the law. Guess I should have asked for a dismissal.
I love your your tag line. I think I’m going to get a T-Shirt made with that wrapped around a pistol.
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