Posted on 04/01/2003 7:34:14 PM PST by ThJ1800
Texas' current system of judicial elections is a 153-year-old right that empowers the people to choose who will interpret our laws and make crucial decisions affecting our lives, liberty and property. For more than a century, Texans enjoyed this right under the majority rule of the Democrat Party.
Now, as Republicans have gained the complete control of all facets of state government for the first time in modern history, the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court wants to take away that 153-year old right by creating an appointment/retention system.
Under the appointment/retention system, Texans would not be able to elect their judges at all; rather, they would only be able to retain or remove judges appointed by a governor. If voters ousted a judge from office, Texans would not be allowed to choose a new judge. Instead, a new appointment would be made. The only power the people will have left is to vote against a candidate, not for a candidate.
(Excerpt) Read more at texasgop.org ...
I favor term limits - but then I favor term limits for every elected office.
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