Tag Archives: Texas Commission on Judicial Selection

No consensus on partisan judicial elections

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Even the Texas Commission on Judicial Selection can’t agree. There’s always been room for disagreement on the question of how to select judges in Texas. That won’t change in recommendations by the Lone Star State’s latest commission looking at the … Continue reading →

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Look out! Here come the lady judges!

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Everybody scream! In Democratic judicial primaries last Tuesday, Dayna beat David, Jane trounced Jim, and Colleen got more support than John, David and Brennen combined. Is that all there was to it? Men have dominated Texas courts for decades. Now, … Continue reading →

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Update on the “Judicial Selection Committee”

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

Yes, this is a thing. All but one member of the new Texas Commission on Judicial Selection indicated at the group’s first meeting Thursday that they believe partisanship is problematic in the state’s method of selecting judges. Only Sen. Joan … Continue reading →

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