Texans have a Constitutional Right to elect their judges

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[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.

[Quix]

There is that phenomenon.

Self selection out of the lazy etc.

Thanks for the note.

[nanny]

As to appointed or elected - I, too, would opt for the elected. It is a matter of the lesser of two evils - but you know what they say 'the lesser of two evils - is still evil.' But keeping it an elected position - there is the opportunity for it to come out right. The other way - we are talking purely political payoffs.

I favor term limits - but then I favor term limits for every elected office.