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Texas Needs Honest and Competent Judges
to Uphold the Rule of Law

“Improving our legal system starts with ensuring we elect competent and impartial judges to apply our laws and Constitution as written, without legislating from the bench.” —Gov. Greg Abbott

Capable and impartial judges are critical to Texans’ respect for the law and to our state’s continued economic success. The laws passed by the Texas Legislature are only as good as the judges who apply them. Activist judges who legislate from the bench pose a threat to the 25 years of carefully crafted tort reforms Texas has enacted, and consequently, to the dynamic Texas economy, which in 2017 alone created 350,000 new jobs!

Texas is one of only a handful of states that elects all of its judges. Every two years, hundreds of judicial seats are on the ballot. On the ballot this November are three Texas Supreme Court positions, 45 positions on the intermediate courts of appeals and hundreds of trial court positions.

Because the Texas Supreme Court only handles about 100 cases each year, the judges on Texas’ 14 intermediate courts of appeals court decide many of the most consequential issues that come before Texas courts, including cases that affect our economy, public safety and education.

In November, be sure to vote for conservative and competent judges who will maintain the rule of law, enforce our criminal statutes and decide civil cases efficiently and fairly. The President of the United States appoints judges to the federal bench but you, the Texas voter, decides who sits on the state court benches. It is an awesome responsibility.

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In case you missed it: Texas judges are stuck between a rock and a hard place. The nature of our state’s partisan election system requires judges to raise money to run political campaigns to serve. Because judicial campaigns are lower profile than other races on the ballot, few voters know about the judges or are willing to make contributions to their campaigns. Instead, the natural constituency for judicial fundraising is attorneys and law firms. But the idea of judges raising money from lawyers who have appeared or might appear in their courtrooms leaves a bad taste in many Texans’ mouths. Read and share: bit.ly/355ziMH ... See MoreSee Less

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A Rock and A Hard Place

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The nature of our state’s partisan election system requires judges to raise money to run political campaigns to be elected or re-elected to a seat on the bench. Because judicial campaigns...
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Trial lawyer ads are everywhere: television, the radio, even on social media. Many ads use blaring headlines, dire warnings, and even government agency logos to claim doctor-prescribed medications could be deadly... These ads promise big money if consumers sign up to sue. Read and share: bit.ly/357SEAR ... See MoreSee Less

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Misleading TV Ads Make Trial Lawyers Rich

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Trial lawyer ads are everywhere: television, the radio, even on social media. Many ads use blaring headlines, dire warnings, and even government agency logos to cl...
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Fuck you guys. It's Impossible to sue in Texas no matter what happens to you. Google a lawsuit in Tarrant County District Court 141 filed by myself where I'm fighting 20 attorneys.

They are the real problem. Mainly because they buddies in every legislature write the laws to favor them and not us! Fire them all!

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More than 500 cities and counties opted out of the unprecedented “negotiation class” proposed by plaintiff lawyers to settle sprawling opioid litigation, leaving 98% of the 34,458 U.S. cities and counties technically still in the class. Read and share: bit.ly/38pcGJ0 ... See MoreSee Less

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More than 500 cities and counties reject opioid class action, will pursue lawsuits on their own

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More than 500 cities and counties opted out of the unprecedented “negotiation class” proposed by plaintiff lawyers to settle sprawling opioid litigation, leaving 98&pe...
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#ICYMI: It’s time Texas took a hard look at our antiquated system of electing all of our state’s judges. Texas is one of only six states to do so. Read & RT: #lawsuitreform #tortreform

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